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NOW OPEN (we think!): Ro-Zu
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NOW OPEN (we think!): Ro-Zu
So awhile back we noted the seemingly impending opening of Ro-Zu, a Japanese spot at 700 S. Seventh Street. A sign on the door when we swung by Saturday night noted that the restaurant opened on Feb. 5, but the place seemed to be closed and empty despite the fact that all the lights were on (?). Here's what we've gleaned since then, thanks to an info-packed (yet still slightly cryptic) message from owner Ralph Pecca.
Pecca, an alum of La Salle University and Cornell Business School, worked on the managerial side in the country club industry for more than 30 years, everywhere from Miami Beach to Roanoke, Virginia. Exec chef Todd Dae Kulper ran a noted sushi restaurant in Iowa City, and is still listed as the chef of a spot in Miami Beach called O Asian Grill. He also seems to have spent some time cooking in Hawaii, and at Nobu and French Laundry, from what we gather.
Ro-Zu is open daily for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and for dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. They do Sunday brunch.
So we've got lots of biographical/nuts-and-bolts-type information but no menu details just yet, if you don't count a line about how the food will highlight "the exotic delicacies of Japan in authentic tradition." We will share when we know more. WHO ARE YOU, RO-ZU?! AND WHAT KINDS OF SUSHI DO YOU HAVE? TELL US!
(Oh, and thanks again to the Meal Ticket tipster who sent us that photo of the restaurant's kabuki masks.)
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