Blue Sushi Sake Grill joins the LoDo swim

The second of three new sushi joints just opened in LoDo. After a series of preview parties, Blue Sushi Sake Grill opened yesterday in the former home of Dixons on the 16th Street Mall (or at least some of it; the other portion is now Lucky Pie)...

By Patricia Calhoun

July 10, 2012

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The second of three new sushi joints just opened in LoDo. After a series of preview parties, Blue Sushi Sake Grill opened yesterday in the former home of Dixons on the 16th Street Mall (or at least some of it; the other portion is now Lucky Pie).

Blue Sushi Sake Grill is a link in a chain out of Omaha. This location will be opening at 4 p.m. through July 13; after that it will open at 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday, noon on Sunday.

Aoba, a sushi bar/Japanese restaurant, opened two months ago in the former home of Organixx, just a block away at 1520 Blake Street. And right next door to Aoba, in the former home of India House, construction is proceeding on LoDo's Hapa Sushi, a second Denver spot for the Boulder-based outfit.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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