hey my names alex and i am trying to move to fresno from NY in febuary. i wanted to join the club and actually talked to i think scooby03 before. i wanted to see if anyone new any places i could look for either a decient place for my fiance and i or for a job. i am a professionaly train chef. thanks a lot
alex

 

One of the members here runs a resturant in clovis. He might be the guy to talk to. As far as nice areas, Oakhurst is the best IMO. Once you get into the valley it is hot and smoggy year round.

 

thanks

 

No problem. And welcome to the club in advance

 

are there any nice resturants or hotels in fresno

 

oh will i have to look else where

 

and where is the closest mini dealership

 

The nearest delaer is a ways away. For non waranty work, I recomend going to Custom MINI Shop which is run by regulars. For resturants in fresno, there isn;t much. There is Earnas Elderberry House in Oakhurst which is world renownd. Ducys which is up at Bass Lake is good. So is the Narrow Guage which is inbetween Oakhurst and Yosemite on highway 41.

 

Oakhurst is about 30-40 miles from Fresno. If you want to live in Fresno itself, I would recommend northeast Fresno, near Woodward Park. It's a nice area. There are a few apartment complexes in area (we live in one) and they're all pretty nice.

Fresno has quite a few restaurants, especially in the northeast area. What kind of cooking do you do?

Champagnia (http://www.campagnia.net/) is pretty good, and there is at least one other fancier restaurant in the same area. We also have most chain restaurants (Chilis, Applebees, Claim Jumper, etc), lots of authentic Mexican restaurants and some really good Japanese food places. There are also quite a few independent grills, steakhouses, and cafes.

 

Alex,

Glad to see you here on NAM I'm the one you talked to

Nearest dealer is 140 miles or so away, but then thats what we are here for

 

by the way this is my baby

 

Welcome (soon) to Fresno. One of our members, MINIchef(also on NAM), is lead chef at a new restaurant in Visalia which is approx 40 miles from Fresno(smaller city, but nicer in my opinion). He may have some insight on employment opportunities in the area.
Cheers,
Michele

 

do you know what mini chef 's email is

 

If you click on the MidCal MINI's forum page here on NAM, and go down to the CrawDaddy's thread, you will find him.

 

Can i ask why your moving to Fresno?

 

His Fiance has a job at the Zoo here

 

I see, Well glad to see hes moving to the best state.

 

Fresno has a zoo?

 

Yes, haven't you seen all the animals running around loose.

Steve

 

Oh them. They caged them up? Fresno must have changed alot in the month since I've been there.

 

They have to cage the ones that need to be protected from the ones running around loose.

Steve

 

Nope, they shipped the loose one to Ann Arbor

 

Its not a bad one either

 

That one was from the Oakhurst zoo.

Steve

 

Now, I know Oakhurst doesn;t have a zoo