I hear either Richard closed the downtown restaurant or the Health Department did. Does anyone know the details?
I have not heard an official word. But I did get a text message from a friend last night saying that it would be tsunami's last night and they were giving away free drinks and food all night.
Ha Ha! Look at my post in JoeMomma has come about ttrying to get a drink a couple of weeks ago. Writing was on the wall....EVERYONE there had their collective heads up their ....dark places. I liked it but good gawd man! next?
RICHARD; apt name.
I'm just curious, what were the prices like for rolls, Spicy Tuna, New York, Philly?
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Originally posted by dbacks fan
I'm just curious, what were the prices like for rolls, Spicy Tuna, New York, Philly?
Very high. They had some good rolls, and I liked the food. Their venture at the Riverwalk was a disaster from day one, but the downtown location offered some good food if you wanted to shell out that much cash.
Personally I'm a Sushi Train kinda guy. I don't need to pay 6 times as much to help pay for the employee's tattoos and piercings.
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Originally posted by Gaspar
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Originally posted by dbacks fan
I'm just curious, what were the prices like for rolls, Spicy Tuna, New York, Philly?
Very high. They had some good rolls, and I liked the food. Their venture at the Riverwalk was a disaster from day one, but the downtown location offered some good food if you wanted to shell out that much cash.
Personally I'm a Sushi Train kinda guy. I don't need to pay 6 times as much to help pay for the employee's tattoos and piercings.
I was just curious, there is a place about 2 miles from where we live here in Phx, and I think their most expensive roll is $7.95. My wife and I can go there and share 3 to 4 rolls and with tip be oout the door for just under $30.00. Nothing fancy, family run, always good and always busy. I think thie max capacity is 40 people.
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Originally posted by dbacks fan
I'm just curious, what were the prices like for rolls, Spicy Tuna, New York, Philly?
Fairly reasonable, actually, though it depended on how ornate you wanted to get.
I had several perfectly adequate meals there; it's more of a blow to the downtown scene than to Tulsa sushi cuisine as a whole. Much like a Starbucks, a Walgreens/CVS, or a faux Irish pub, a sushi restaurant is one of those yupster prerequisites to a thriving, livable downtown area.
a place like Asahi would do much better downtown. People just want lots of cheap Sushi for lunch. Tsunami was too much of an "experience"
It never seemed that pricey the few times we went, but then again that was all before they opened the second location and ended up being closed at odd times, so I guess they raised there prices.
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Originally posted by inteller
a place like Asahi would do much better downtown. People just want lots of cheap Sushi for lunch. Tsunami was too much of an "experience"
Seemed pretty cheap to me. If you're trying to find sushi on a Taco Bell budget, you're taking your life into your own hands.
I've eaten at Tsunami every night during DFest, and it will be sad not having that tradition anymore. [V]
I never thought it was that expensive compared to In The Raw, but the last few times I ate there, they would be out of: Sapporo, avocados, tuna, shrimp, you name it. No matter what I ordered, some component would be missing or they simply wouldn't have it... I guess the signs were there. It's a great space, hopefully something similar takes it's place.
Oh, and did I mention SLOWWWWWWW? I know sushi takes time, but I never got out of there in less than 1.5 hours.
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Originally posted by inteller
a place like Asahi would do much better downtown. People just want lots of cheap Sushi for lunch. Tsunami was too much of an "experience"
Seemed pretty cheap to me. If you're trying to find sushi on a Taco Bell budget, you're taking your life into your own hands.
um, compared to Tsunami, I'd take my chances with Asahi.
Man, I'm bummed to hear this. Great place to go eat before a show at Cain's or a night out in the Blue Dome.
Oh no! I'll have to find another place to drink $9 beers.
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Oh no! I'll have to find another place to drink $9 beers.
Nine bucks for a beer? That's stupid.
I don't know if I ever got a $9 beer there, but I do know that every time I ordered one it was room temperature. I don't know if they had problems with the taps or if it was because it sat on the countertop for 15 minutes waiting for the server to deliver it to me.
They had some real service problems.
I worked there for the first three years of it's existence. I am very sad to hear it's gone(even though most of the 'originals' are gone). I was so close to a lot of the people in the restaurant for so long that it's kind of like hearing your parents got a divorce(even if you haven't seen them in two years). That place was home to so many good times and good friends...it was the one place in Tulsa I knew that I could always go back to. I could ALWAYS go hang my low there and be ok. I'll really miss that about Tulsa.
KMB
Oh, and Richard closed it down, not the health department.
Bad management will do that to any business.
Whoever this "Richard" fella is, he doesn't spend any time at his businesses, and thats why they fail. I know that from what I heard up at the Riverwalk.