Gaijin For Sale?

[soonerguru]

I will miss Devil's Advocate, one of my favorite sushi dishes in the Metro.

[Drake]

SweetNSour, their food is good. They tend to have much better service than typical fast food places, they are cleaner, and kids love their playgrounds.

Exactly. Their service and the manners of the employees is typical outstanding. Plus, their food is good. Raising Cains is also very good

[dismayed]

I will miss Devil's Advocate, one of my favorite sushi dishes in the Metro.

Well the good news is that the Gaijin in Norman off of I-35 is still open, so if you really have a massive craving for the Devil's Advocate you can always hop on the highway. :-)

[tuck]

Exactly. Their service and the manners of the employees is typical outstanding. Plus, their food is good. Raising Cains is also very good

Raising Cane typically choose college towns for locations...great company/concept.

[kevinpate]

> you can always hop on the highway

These days it may be faster to hop onto Western and ride it south into Norman, or go the 240 to Sooner and down route. That or don't head south to Norman until after 7:30 pm.

[OKCMallen]

I will miss Devil's Advocate, one of my favorite sushi dishes in the Metro.

The D-Ad was very good. Their best offering.

[BBatesokc]

I walked past the shell that was Gaijin this morning. There was a crew remodeling it. I inquired and a businessman who seemed to be in the know said it was bought by an Asian male and is going to be another Sushi type restaurant.

Take it for what it is worth - but somebody is remodeling it.

[BigTulsa]

John - You're correct. And I suspect that Gil's quality problems discussed here are what typically happens to an entrepreneur who expands his/her retailbusiness to a second location. Very hard to maintain that exceptionally high standard of quality when you're not omnipresent.

Case in point up the turnpike: Tsunami's Sushi. He had the downtown location, then expanded to the Jenks Riverwalk location. The downtown location shut down last month.

[OKCMallen]

Case in point up the turnpike: Tsunami's Sushi. He had the downtown location, then expanded to the Jenks Riverwalk location. The downtown location shut down last month.

Isn't the one at the Riverwalk gone too, now?

[metro]

A couple weeks ago I heard serious talks were being made from a very reputable source as well as talks are being made for the former Claybourne's Haberdashery location next door. Hopefully the Park Harvey will have some new retail/restaurant life breathed into it soon!

[OKCMallen]

A couple weeks ago I heard serious talks were being made from a very reputable source as well as talks are being made for the former Claybourne's Haberdashery location next door. Hopefully the Park Harvey will have some new retail/restaurant life breathed into it soon!

What kind of retail?

[BBatesokc]

Saw signs on the Gaijin space that say "Sushi & Sports Bar Coming Soon!"

[Dave Cook]

Something has to be done to stop these FOB Vietnamese/Chinese sushi chef posers from opening 'sushi bars' on the reservation.

We can all make better sashimi/nigiri in our kitchens...if we weren't all so lazy.

[Midtowner]

if we weren't all so lazy.

Herein lies the problem.

[soonerguru]

Tsunami's downtown location was doing fine. When they expanded to Riverwalk they discovered that people in Jenks don't eat sushi. Then, instead of realizing their error, they sunk both restaurants. I feel bad for the guy because I liked Tsunami.

[mecarr]

The Sushi and Sports Bar restaurant that's going in where Gaijin was said they'll be open in June. I'm not sure how well Sushi goes with sports, but who knows, I hope it works.

[metro]

Yes, that is correct, it is going to be run by the same group that owns Kang's, so it should be pretty decent quality!