An ambitious plan to open a food hall in a historic downtown Fresno building barely got off the ground before a dispute between its two owners caused it to come crashing down.
The GrubPub, located in the former home of Las Mananitas in the State Center Warehouse building on R Street, launched with a soft opening March 9 and closed two weeks later largely due to slow sales.
The idea was to provide downtown office workers and nearby residents with several dining options in one spot. Inside the 8,000-square-foot space is a Mexican restaurant, a seller of loaded baked potatoes, teriyaki bowls and a cafe selling pastries and coffee drinks…