Finding sushi in Boulder isn’t hard, but getting it delivered via a conveyor belt with prizes is completely novel. That’s where Kura Revolving Sushi Bar comes in, and it’s the first Colorado location of the Japanese restaurant chain.
You’ll find the quaint shop in the 29th Street Mall, between Canyon Boulevard and Walnut Street. It’s a good thing too, the Denver metro area lost its only conveyor belt sushi concept last April when chef Jeff Osaka closed his final Sushi-Rama location, the others shuttered in February. The Boulder spot officially opened at the end of July, and has been bustling ever since.
A Bit of History
Also known as kaitenzushi, conveyor belt, or rotation-style sushi started in 1958, invented by Yoshiaki Shiraishi after he saw how quickly beer was bottled on conveyor belts.
While Shiraishi created the concept, he had nothing to do with the Japan-based Kura Corporation, which was launched independently in 1977 by Kunihiko Tanaka, who was a vinegar salesman at the time. It took almost 20 years for Kura to embrace the ease of conveyor belt sushi, bringing the revolving sushi concept into play in 1995…