Bethany Clough

Where do you eat out when you’re strapped for cash? Tell us your Fresno favorites

Sergio Porras puts a pan pizza in the oven while working at his Panned Pizza pop-up business with his wife Stefani on the patio at Spokeasy in Fresno in this file photo from 2023.
Sergio Porras puts a pan pizza in the oven while working at his Panned Pizza pop-up business with his wife Stefani on the patio at Spokeasy in Fresno in this file photo from 2023. ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
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  • The article asks readers to name budget dining spots and specific dishes.
  • What’s the dish and its price from locally owned Fresno and Clovis restaurants?
  • Report will compile reader responses into a story about affordable local options.

Gas is $6 a gallon. Elections are being won or lost on affordability. And everything just seems to be expensive lately.

You can dine at home to save money, sure.

But sometimes you just gotta take a break and let someone else do the cooking.

So we thought we’d ask, where do you eat out when the budget is tight? What restaurant? What dish, specifically? How much does it cost?

Beyond that $1.50 hot dog and soda combo at Costco, what other deals are out there? Especially at locally owned restaurants in Fresno and Clovis?

Give us specifics in the form below and we’ll share the results with you in a story.

A food vendor sets up shop selling hot dogs on the sidewalk along Olive Avenue in Fresno’s Tower District Wednesday evening, July 19, 2023.
A food vendor sets up shop selling hot dogs on the sidewalk along Olive Avenue in Fresno’s Tower District Wednesday evening, July 19, 2023. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
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Bethany Clough
The Fresno Bee
Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers’ questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.
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