A new restaurant serving sushi, skewers and small plates — sharing the same owner as three other popular Sarasota area Asian eateries — is debuting on Lakewood Ranch’s Main Street.
Kuro Sushi will officially open to the public Nov. 1, following a dinner hours and reservation-only soft opening through Saturday, Oct. 25 and a Forty Carrots Family Center fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The new restaurant is at 8126 Lakewood Main St. #102 in the former space of Hana Sushi Lounge.
Daniel Dokko owns Kuro Sushi, along with JPAN Sushi & Grill in Sarasota’s Shops at Siesta Row and University Town Center and Korean barbecue spot Korê Steakhouse in Lakewood Ranch’s Waterside Place, all under Umami Hospitality Group. Dokko said the restaurant will offer a variety of flavors, both due to the team’s different backgrounds — Dokko is Korean, chef Brian Briones is Filipino, and partner Anderyas Putranto is Indonesian — and by spotlighting shareable small dishes…