A Fresno secret

Crafters, shoppers, bargain hunters: I'm about to turn you on to the best Fresno find of the year. And this is one of these shopping secrets that-- QUITE LITERALLY-- is a secret, because this place doesn't even have a name. It's just this cool place that sells stuff. Think of it as a perpetual yard sale, but inside a warehouse.

My sister-in-law introduced the place to me by happenstance. "Hey I was by your office at lunch on Friday. We went to Yoshi Now's other place. You know, across from the main post office"

I had no idea what she was talking about, and being that I have worked in the same building for over 11 years, that's saying something. The following Friday she invited me to join her and a few of her friends on their next shopping excursion.

I thought she was confused, but she was dead on: This place is exactly across the street from the main post office.

Remember the old Nabisco building?

An unassuming, plain building shuttered long-ago, sure. But loooook closerrrr......

RUMMAGE SALE! Really? Look left...

And read between the signs. There's a driveway. Leading here:

It's at this point when I feel like I should be wearing an oversized trench coat. In any event, through the rabbit hole-of-a-door I go, whereupon I go up a short 5-steps, and as my eyes adjust to the light, I see a Yard Saler's Nirvana.

This image shows only a fraction of what awaits in this massive room...

...and this is just another fraction, and I can't even begin to estimate the fractions here but I *think* both photos only show MAYBE half the room.

It's filled with anything and everything you can imagine-- all kinds of treasures and antiques and cast offs and projects waiting to happen.

To wit:

Art that goes nicely with a VCR-TV combo. OrSomething to brighten your walls, orfurniture waiting to be claimed and re-loved. Or

I don't even know.

I tracked down a dude that worked there; he is one of the 5 partners that have stuff in the place. By his description, Yoshi of Yoshi Now has a majority stake in the place, but basically, the 5 partners sell all their overstock here. It doesn't have a name. But it is open Thursday through Sunday, roughly 12 to 5 p.m.

Now you're in on the secret.

You're welcome. :^)