Comments on: Yaku to Close and Turn into a Rock ‘n’ Roll/Sushi Concept

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:16:07 +0000

The food at Yaku was pretty blah. It was too similar to Guarapo. There are a lot of sushi / rock-bar rezy's in Miami... Hopefully this one takes off.

By: Sushi Rock Scheduled to Open Next Month in Former Yaku Space - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:35:46 +0000

[...] restaurant/bar in the former Yaku space is designed to “make people feel like they are onstage,” says Hudgins. “The decor [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:06:07 +0000

I had nothing to do with location and everything to do with the food.
They never even tried to really make the restaurant work (e.g. grand opening celebration, getting word out in the neighborhood, a better and more diversified menu, etc). I knew they were finished when I walked in there and all the waiters and hostess people looked as though they just came in from the street. No one to blame but themselves. Here's to hoping the sushi place is better.

By: Latin Concepts Is Heading to…Pittsburgh? - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:21:19 +0000

[...] Nesrin, who actually runs the company, had already pulled the plug on Ceviche in Glover Park and sold their experiment in Peruvian-chifa cuisine in [...]

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:43:06 +0000

A little late to the party, but I gotta say that the diss at Arlington ("The location should have been downtown.") is undeserved. Anyone trying to get thru Ballston or Clarendon most evenings will see that a downtown location isn't essential to draw a crowd. And there are places off the Metro path (Rays Hell-Burger, Village Bistro) that seem to get by as well. I'm afraid that Yaku soffered from both being "out of sight, out of mind" and not able to generate the buzz needed given the less-than-stellar location.

By: goober

goober — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:06:18 +0000

it was a cool atmosphere and had good happy hour, but Yaku's food was a bit over priced and pretty inconsistent...

By: Thanks for the Memories and Meals: D.C.’s Shuttered Restaurants - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:09:03 +0000

[...] doors (or scheduled to shut their doors) include Vegetate in Shaw, the CPK on Connecticut Avenue, Yaku in Arlington, D’Acqua on Pennsylvania Avenue, Savory Cafe in Takoma Park, and Enjera Eritrean [...]

By: some dude

some dude — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:26 +0000

wow, way to ripoff Sticky Rice. good luck with that!

By: muckraker

muckraker — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:45:19 +0000

that's too bad. I liked their brunch. Good tots.

By: Tim Carman

Tim Carman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:20:45 +0000

Dan,

It sounds like a rock lounge concept to me, combined with sushi. But I'll have more details later.