Fresno Restaurant Week kicked off Monday with a great selection of local restaurants featuring pre-fixed menu options.
to try and change that trend… tonight – and through the month… it’s “fresno restaurant week.” as cbs 47′s brittney hopper shows us… more than two dozen locally owned restaurants are on board. 16 53 1:19 eating out cost money.. and during hard economic times, its a luxury that gets cut from egionalmentea persons budget.. fresno restaurant week, allows people to eat out at a reasonable cost while supporting local restaurants.. a win win for the local economy.. take sot: “if every person in fresno shifted their spending 10 percent we would generate over 2,000 jobs and over 200-million dollars of economic activity in our area” fresno regional independent business alliance is putting on the event in hopes of generating more people to eat local.. lorraine salazar, owner of sal’s restaurant says in 2008 when the economy took a hit, restaurants saw a 15 to 40 percent decrease in business.
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