{"id":508357,"date":"2026-01-11T11:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508357\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:07:11","slug":"benaddiction-announces-closure-after-13-years-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508357\/","title":{"rendered":"Benaddiction announces closure after 13 years in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — It was a packed house Saturday morning, as Fresno residents geared up to say goodbye to a breakfast staple.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been coming here for a very long time, and it’s very special to us, so we wanted to come and have our last meal here,” said longtime customer Madelyn De La Cruz.<\/p>\n

De La Cruz tells Action News that she and her friends have been eating at Bennaddiction since 2013, when owner James Caples operated a food truck in Downtown Fresno.<\/p>\n

What started as a passion project blossomed into a beloved breakfast spot, even being featured on our Dine and Dish series<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n

“I’ve built a really strong community of regulars and followers who love what we do here, and I’m sad that we’re not gonna see them anymore,” Caples said.<\/p>\n

He told us he loves his food, known for his eggs Benedict and pancakes, but it’s always been about the people.<\/p>\n

For De La Cruz, that culture is what has kept her coming back.<\/p>\n

“We have breakfast places, we have lots of chains, things like that, but this was just something that felt very homegrown Fresno,” De La Cruz said.<\/p>\n

But Bennaddiction has fallen on hard times.<\/p>\n

Caples says the sudden closure of their original location in 2023, tacked onto rising prices and a crippling government shutdown last year, left him struggling to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

“I stopped paying myself, starting working mostly for tips for my money, and we were managing to get by, to squeak by that way,” Caples said.<\/p>\n

Our ABC30 Price Tracker<\/a> shows bacon prices in Fresno at $5.63 per pound in 2016; ten years later, it has jumped to $7.29.<\/p>\n

Eggs are also seeing a spike, going from $2.33 to $3.49.<\/p>\n

Caples told Action News that by October 2025, sales had dropped 25% from the previous year, leaving them nearly $800,000 in the hole.<\/p>\n

“It just got to a point where I’m just too tired to keep doing it, so we’re gonna find a nice, peaceful job for a while,” Caples said.<\/p>\n

But he isn’t saying goodbye without offering his loyal customers a chance at taking a piece of Benaddiction home…<\/p>\n

“Starting next weekend, we’re gonna start selling our mugs on a bid offer,” Caples told us.<\/p>\n

“It’s hard, it’s 13 years of your life, it’s hard.”<\/p>\n

Your last chance to grab breakfast at Benaddiction will be Monday, January 19.<\/p>\n

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