Friday, February 15, 2008

Aoeshi

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

So, I have mentioned Ariyoshi, the sushi spot in Cleveland Heights before. But there are new and interesting developments in the area. Apparently, the space across and up the street a bit, the old Starbucks coffee, that thankfully closed sometime ago, has been advertising on the windows that a place called Aoeshi will be opening soon. Listing sushi, panini bread, and wraps as their cuisine. The place is tiny, and who would open a sushi place right next door to another? So, we inquired with what seems to be the Madam of Ariyoshi, that now knows us since we go there so often. She told us that the owners of Aoeshi opened a restaurant next door to their West side location also, and now have followed them here to the East side too! Obviously, there is more to the story, she told us that she knows the owners well, but she did not tell us how, very interesting. We will have to wait and see how this unfolds.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I don't know about the sushi, but it is the first place in that strip of lee road to offer a gyro! I hope it is good, I love me some gyros. I wonder though, is a place that sells Sushi, Paninis, Gyros, and philly cheese steaks really going to be good at all of the above?

jim said...

Aoeshi is far superior to Ariyoshi. It's too bad the names are so similar and that when you say "The sushi place on Lee Road" most people think you mean Ariyoshi, which in my opinion is very mediocre.

Please blog again (since your blog was the first Google hit for Aoeshi!) and make sure you tell people how good Aoeshi is. ;-)

I have no affiliation with the place other than being very pleased there's a good sushi joint on Lee Rd. and wanting it to stay there.