It was all over the internets today that Downtown Fresno’s Libelula restaurant is moving to a different part of downtown: Tokyo Garden.
Everyone is pumped, including me.
It felt like the Tokyo Garden space would never be used again. Then you have Libelula be the one to revive it?! So rad.
Having Libelula’s food with a combination of Tokyo Garden/La Bel vibe is going to be so damn sublime.
But it does bring up some questions. Questions I (at the moment) don’t know the answers to, but I am going to ask them anyway:
- Will they be serving alcohol? They don’t over at the Crest Theatre location, right? Maybe they will be able to pick up Tokyo Garden’s liquor license? There are comments on Facebook that hint at that, but nothing confirmed.
- Will they be open for dinner? Yes! The owners said it on Instagram. I almost feel like it would take away from their awesome breakfast place vibe, but whatever, it will be great.
- Will there be bands and karaoke like Tokyo Garden? This would be rad too but that is a whole other thing than what they do now, so I dunno.
- Will the bakery be there too? Good question. Don’t know.
- Do they have to get the restroom ADA-compliant? The restrooms are epic small and not up to today’s standards and would be costly to bring them up to code. But I won’t tell if you don’t.
I almost don’t need any of these questions answered. It’s already cool enough to have Tokyo back with Libelula’s food; it’s already satisfying enough.
And I really like how (especially if they will be open in the evening) it will provide more synergy with South Of Shaw Brewing, that wine bar, and Fulton 55. If there is a show at Fulton 55 or Warnor’s, you wouldn’t have to leave the area the entire night.
Anyway, I will be watching along with everyone else as these questions get answered. I am hungry right now thinking about it.
