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Glen Yoshiaki Gondo (1948 – July 1, 2024) was an American businessman, restaurateur, and cultural advocate.Gondo, whose parents opened the first Japanese restaurant and sushi bar in Houston, Texas, is credited with popularizing Japanese cuisine and culture in the city. [1]
In 1995 Allison Cook of the Houston Press described Kim Sơn as the most prominent "success story as the Great Houston Restaurant Parable." [11] On September 24, 2023, the restaurant in Stafford closed. [12] Sometime in 2025, [13] the location in East Downtown is scheduled to close as the facility will need to be cleared for more lanes for ...
Rare Magazine – Best Sushi 2008-2010 [42] Bon Appétit Magazine – Top Ten Sushi Spots April 2009 [43] The Fearless Critic – Best Restaurant in Austin 2008, 2010 [10] Zagat Guide – Best Food in Austin 2008-2010 [44] Houston Chronicle - Top Restaurants in Texas [45] Austin Business Journal – Best Chef August 2007 [46]
Kura Sushi, Inc. (Japanese: くら寿司, Hepburn: Kura zushi) is a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain. [6] [7] It is the second largest sushi restaurant chain in Japan, behind Sushiro and ahead of Hama Sushi. [8] Its headquarters are in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. [9] It has 543 locations in Japan, 56 in Taiwan, and 69 in the United ...
A conveyor belt sushi boom started in 1970 after a conveyor belt sushi restaurant served sushi at the Osaka World Expo. [9] [1] Another boom started in 1980, when eating out became more popular, and finally in the late 1990s, when inexpensive restaurants became popular after the burst of the economic bubble.
Others [9] [10] [11] attribute the dish to Ichiro Mashita, another Los Angeles sushi chef from the former Little Tokyo restaurant "Tokyo Kaikan". [ 5 ] [ 12 ] According to this account, Mashita began substituting the toro (fatty tuna ) with avocado in the off-season, and after further experimentation, developed the prototype, back in the 1960s ...
*Pancho's Mexican Buffet DFW & Arlington *Pancho's Mexican Buffet Houston Pancho's Mexican Buffet is a chain of Tex-Mex restaurants [ 1 ] in the United States . [ 2 ] In 2017, the owners began closing stores due to poor performance, and developed a small store concept named "Cuban Cafe".
Molina's Cantina is a Tex-Mex restaurant chain in Houston, Texas. As of 2022, Molina's is the oldest still-operating Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston. Molina's is known for its family restaurant atmosphere and the employees who work in Molina's for many years at a time. As of 1992, one cashier had worked at Molina's for 20 years.