An “American type” sushi restaurant chain that mixes conventional seafood dishes with a music-themed environment is coming to Colorado and launching its first location within the Colorado Springs space.
Rock N Roll Sushi will open in leased house in a multitenant retail constructing being developed northeast of Marksheffel Street and Structure Avenue on the Springs’ east edge, in unincorporated El Paso County.
Franchisee Kyle Gerstner mentioned he is concentrating on a primary quarter 2023 opening for the restaurant.
Based in 2010 by a husband-and-wife workforce in Cellular, Ala., Rock N Roll Sushi now has greater than 50 places, largely within the southeastern United States, in line with its web site.
Its menu consists of sushi, seafood rolls, hibachi, salads, soups and appetizers. As a part of its rock-and-roll theme, menu gadgets are grouped into classes corresponding to “opening acts,” “classics” and “headliners.”
The restaurant, which can embody a sushi bar and alcohol bar, will probably be adorned in what Gerstner known as a Nineteen Eighties and ’90s motif, with guitars, pictures, a stage and a video wall that performs music movies from the period. It additionally can have dine-in seating and a pickup window.
As Rock N Roll Sushi’s franchisee in Colorado, Gerstner signed an settlement with the chain to open 25 places statewide, which he mentioned he hopes to do over the following decade. There will probably be as many as 5 Pikes Peak area eating places.
Gerstner, who lives in Florida, is accustomed to Colorado Springs’ restaurant scene.
A franchisee for Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Gerstner opened his first Freddy’s within the Pikes Peak area a decade in the past and now owns 5 places. A sixth Freddy’s is underneath building as a part of the multitenant constructing the place Rock N Roll Sushi will open, he mentioned.
Gerstner additionally was a part of a gaggle that operated two Pie 5 Pizza eating places within the Springs, although they closed in 2017 after solely a few yr.
His data of the realm made Colorado Springs a pure location for the state’s first Rock N Roll Sushi, Gerstner mentioned.
“We have been very lucky within the Pikes Peak area with Freddy’s and know the realm very properly and see an excellent introduction to the state proper there in Colorado Springs,” he mentioned.
Gerstner may need introduced burgers and pizza to the realm, however mentioned he is additionally a “enormous fan” of sushi.
Rock N Roll Sushi presents good meals with a enjoyable vibe, he mentioned. Whereas there’s competitors amongst sushi manufacturers, the Rock N Roll Sushi idea is “totally different sufficient, but acquainted sufficient, to be a special alternative for any diner within the space that will be occupied with sushi or hibachi,” he mentioned.
“It is an Americanized model of conventional sushi,” Gerstner mentioned. “It’s a enjoyable and vibrant environment. It’s totally different to every other sushi possibility on the market. It’s the identical high-quality product and I name it very approachable. There’s little to no apprehension for anyone to come back and revel in sushi or hibachi.”
