And yet, they have failed twice on Peoria now. Their Zan-Mai or Zanmai concept was one of the best locations in town for a meal or drink although it was somewhat removed from the walkable texture of Cherry Street proper. I suppose the same could be said for their Fuji Brookside location being south of 36th where it doesn’t seem quite as pedestrian-friendly.
Had to look Zanmai up, now I remember reading about it here and the hopes everyone had for it. I agree that it's Cherry Street area but not Cherry Street and that could have had some effect on it. Also the article from the World says that Fuji was in Brookside for 10 years so I wouldn't necissarliy call it a fail, but 10 years in Tulsa to me is actually a success for a non regional/national place. It does seem that Nobu Terauchi has been pretty good with his attempts at expansion and while they did not succeed, they didn't end the original either.
One thing I have noticed where I have lived is that restaurants near malls like Woodland Hills have short life spans in general. I also don't buy the construction on Memorial caused them to close. When they were building the light rail down Central Ave in Phoenix it was torn up for the better part of two years, and while some business closed because of the construction, it later came to light that they were teetering on closing anyway for other reasons.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/scene/restaurants/table-talk-zanmai-modern-japanese-cuisine-closes/article_c9a92bd4-a41d-5d80-ace8-4741485b2f1a.html
