back to 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\nBocho opened in 2016, the brainchild of Le Thai (Fremont Street) and 8 East (Circa Las Vegas) owner, and our personal culinary hero, Dan Coughlin.<\/p>\n
At the time, Bocho was the only sushi restaurant in the area.<\/p>\n
In addition to challenges related to the pandemic, it also could not have helped that there’s been non-stop road construction in the area for about two years.<\/p>\nBonus points if you noticed we waited until the light turned red, visual metaphorwise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSushi has been harder to come by downtown recently.<\/p>\n
A popular sushi bar at Golden Nugget, Red, hasn’t reopened since its closure due to the pandemic, and guests report the sushi bar at Main Street Station’s Triple 7 Restaurant has also not reopened, although the restaurant has.<\/p>\n
Downtown regulars give a thumbs up to another nearby sushi spot, Sushi Ichiban, located by Eureka restaurant and the El Cortez casino on 6th Street. You can’t miss Sushi Ichiban, the sign has caused seizures.<\/p>\n
We have never personally had sushi, because we are civilized, but some people seem to like it, and we’re sorry to see Bocho go belly up.<\/p>\n
Which you knew was a fish reference, but not everyone pays attention like you do, so we had to call it out, of course.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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