Well, I'm not going to be going here, obviously. Sushi Plaza would've been next week's Sushipalooza stop... if it hadn't gone out of business, like, a year and a half ago.
I do have fond memories of this place from my university days, not as a sushi restaurant but as a gritty burger joint that was open until 4am and served great french fries. A few years ago the owner retired (or got shot, or indicted, who knows?) and Sushi Plaza took over the space. Apparently sushi was not as popular with the cabbies and prostitutes as burgers were; when I took the picture above, the eviction notice on the door mentioned something like $15,000 in rent arrears. Ouch.
Last time I was by, the "For Lease" signs were gone, and a liquor licence application notice was up. The new place is apparently going to be called Guu Izakaya. So still Japanese, but not sushi. Will it fare better than Sushi Plaza? I'll check it out after it opens and report back! Unless I forget, which I almost certainly will.
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