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Your usual dinner plans can wait. ๐ท๐
Downtown Merced restaurants are always serving up special dining experiences that go beyond the everyday menu, giving you a chance to try something you wonโt find on a regular night out.
We recently experienced A Night with CRลช at Bella Luna Merced, where each course was specially created to pair with a different wine.
Now, The Goods Italian Market & Deli is bringing something new to the table with a tomato themed dinner featuring Bianco DiNapoli tomatoes. ๐
Itโs happening this Thursday and seating is limited โ RSVP to grab your spot!
Letโs go Downtown! โจ
09/18/2026
Another weekend in Downtown Merced! From an Oktoberfest to a free movie for the family, downtown is the place to find something for everyone!
Which will you be attending? โจ
A fresh new look for Lovers Deli ๐โจ
We celebrated Lovers Deliโs storefront transformation with a ribbon cutting this week! The new design brings their personality outside, with the green and white details inspired by the checkered paper youโll recognize from their food packaging.
A great storefront adds so much character to a street, and we love seeing our Downtown businesses make their spaces their own. Weโre excited to see projects like this continue to bring more color, personality, and uniqueness to Downtown Merced.
This project was made possible through the Downtown Merced Storefront Program by the Merced County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Merced County Hispanic Chamber and United Way of Merced County United Way Merced
Remodel completed by Marvulli
Congrats on the fresh look, Lovers Deli! ๐๐๐ฅช
09/14/2026
We are excited to announce the first of many Storefront Celebrations: Lovers Deli! ๐๐๐
Lovers Deli will be celebrating their new storefront on Wednesday, September 16th at 11am.๐
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Lovers Deli received a grant from MCHCC and United Way to help cover the costs for a redesign of their storefront. Over the course of the year we will be celebrating more businesses in Merced Main street who received this grant.
We hope this is the start of many more opportunities for future Merced businesses!๐๐๐
09/11/2026
Another weekend in downtown Merced ๐ itโs too nice out to stay indoors this weekend! Come be a part of the cool things happening in your community ๐ซถ๐ฝ
Grab your friends, rep your fandom & meet us at the movies! ๐ฌ๐ฟ
Weโve got 4 FREE movie showings coming to the The Merced Theatre this September:
๐บ Napoleon Dynamite
Friday, September 4 | 7 PM
๐ง Twilight
Friday, September 11 | 7 PM
๐ Despicable Me
Saturday, September 19 | 3 PM
๐ Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Saturday, September 26 | 7 PM
๐๏ธ All showings are FREE!
๐ Merced Theatre
Grab the fan tees, text the group chat, and make a night of it Downtown! ๐ฟ
Now the important questionโฆ which fandom are you repping? ๐๐
08/31/2026
๐๐ What a welcome, Merced!
We are overwhelmed by the support and positivity this brought to our community! 22 Downtown businesses participated and more than 750 votes were cast! ๐พ
Even better, several businesses collaborated with members of our local arts community to bring their blue + gold visions to life. Businesses, artists, students and community coming together โ THIS is community.
To keep things fair, final results combined community voting with scores from three independent secret judges who evaluated creativity, Bobcat spirit and overall impact.
๐ Congratulations to our winners!
๐ฅ HeadquarterZ Barbershop
๐ฅ Trevinoโs Mexican Restaurant
๐ฅ La Michoacana Fruit & Ice Cream
Thank you to every business that took a chance and joined us, and to everyone who voted and showed up! We hope this is the start of a new Downtown Merced tradition. ๐๐
The contest is over but our UC Merced is everlasting, come check out our amazing downtown Merced businesses this week!
08/28/2026
Do you love these weekend roundups as much as we do?!
Finding things to do can be hard sometimes, so much going on in the works at once, we love making it easy for you to support downtown and make weekend plans!
08/25/2026
Downtown business ownersโwe want to hear from you! ๐ฃ
Weโre updating our contact list so we can better connect with our downtown businesses and share upcoming events, collaborations, promotional opportunities, important information, and more.
Whether youโve been downtown for decades or recently opened your doors, we want to make sure youโre in the loop! Fill out the quick form below and letโs stay connected. ๐
๐ https://forms.gle/483Hm6fkXvNW5GVEA
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