Bamboo Sushi Explained

Bamboo Sushi
Current-Owner:Sortis Holdings
Previous-Owner:Sustainable Restaurant Company
Food-Type:Japanese
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Country:United States
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Bamboo Sushi is a small chain of Japanese restaurants based in Portland Oregon, in the United States. The business has also operated in Beaverton, Denver, Lake Oswego,[1] and Seattle. Bamboo Sushi is owned by Sortis Holdings (previously, Sustainable Restaurant Company).[2] [3] Michelle Andersen is the chief executive officer of Bamboo Sushi.[4]

History and locations

Kristofor Lofgren started Bamboo Sushi in 2008.[5] [6]

There were five locations in Portland, and one each in Denver and Seattle's University District,[7] as of 2019.[8]

Bamboo Sushi opened in Beaverton in August 2022.

Reception

Bamboo Sushi won in the Best Place to Eat Sustainably and Best Sushi categories of Willamette Week annual readers' poll in 2015.[9] The business won in the latter category again in 2022.[10]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stein . Gary M. . 2018-12-11 . Bamboo Sushi to open Jan. 9 in downtown Lake Oswego . 2024-07-09 . LakeOswegoReview.com . en . 2024-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709143439/https://www.lakeoswegoreview.com/news/bamboo-sushi-to-open-jan-9-in-downtown-lake-oswego/article_f8222e36-64e8-5e7f-9aee-83fc38ec177e.html . live .
  2. Web site: 2023-11-03 . The Portland Company That Owns Bamboo Sushi, the Ace Hotel and Rudy’s Barbershops Is Struggling . 2024-07-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2023-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216051250/https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/11/03/the-company-that-owns-bamboo-sushi-the-ace-hotel-and-rudys-barbershops-is-struggling/ . live .
  3. Web site: 2020-07-31 . Sortis Holdings buys Bamboo Sushi parent Sustainable Restaurant Holdings in bankruptcy deal . 2024-07-09 . Nation's Restaurant News . en . 2024-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709143451/https://www.nrn.com/mergers-acquisitions/sortis-holdings-buys-bamboo-sushi-parent-sustainable-restaurant-holdings . live .
  4. Web site: 2022-08-15 . Bamboo Sushi Is Opening Its First Beaverton Location This Week . 2024-07-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2023-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230922092457/https://www.wweek.com/restaurants/2022/08/15/bamboo-sushi-is-opening-its-first-beaverton-location-this-week/ . live .
  5. Web site: Portland's Bamboo Sushi Is Here to Spread the Sustainable Seafood Gospel . 2024-07-09 . . en-US . 2021-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211127080319/https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2019/06/portland-s-bamboo-sushi-is-here-to-spread-the-sustainable-seafood-gospel . live .
  6. Web site: Tsai . Luke . 2019-10-29 . Portland’s Bamboo Sushi Brings the ‘World’s First’ Sustainable Sushi Restaurant to SF . 2024-07-09 . Eater SF . en . 2023-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128120027/https://sf.eater.com/2019/10/29/20938358/bamboo-sushi-first-sustainable-sushi-sf . live .
  7. Web site: 2023-06-07 . Bamboo Sushi Review - University District - Seattle . 2024-07-09 . The Infatuation . en . 2023-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230928210759/https://www.theinfatuation.com/seattle/reviews/bamboo-sushi . live .
  8. Web site: Pratt . Suzi . 2019-10-30 . Sustainable Seafood Chain Bamboo Sushi Opens Its First Seattle Restaurant Today . 2024-07-09 . Eater Seattle . en . 2023-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927061458/https://seattle.eater.com/2019/10/30/20939933/bamboo-sushi-opens-seattle-restaurant-u-village . live .
  9. Web site: 2015-07-15 . Best of Portland Readers' Poll . 2024-07-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2019-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190106055602/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-25089-best-of-portland-readers-poll.html . live .
  10. Web site: Food Winners . 2024-07-09 . Willamette Week . en . 2022-07-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715144318/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2022/07/13/food-winners/ . live .