It's been greater than 18 months since Eater first reported that chef Daisuke Nakazawa was opening a Los Angeles location of his namesake restaurant, Sushi Nakazawa, at 145 North Robertson Boulevard. The high-end sushi temple can be slated to open later this 12 months, straddling the border between Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. However first, the Jiro Goals of Sushi protege needs to provide Angelenos a style of what's to return with a supply service simply referred to as Hello Dozo (stylized as Hello. Dozo), out there by means of DoorDash beginning Monday, Might 28.
“I do know Eater has been writing about Sushi Nakazawa opening quickly for a very long time,” says Nakazawa. “We've been quietly engaged on Hello Dozo for many of this time, and it's solely been that we've been in a position to launch this earlier than opening the restaurant.”
Ciao Dozo, which interprets to “Hey. Right here,” gives 4 sushi units starting from $29 to $54, with six, eight or 12 items of nigiri, with edamame, sashimi, futomaki, wasabi, ginger, and a Nakazawa soy sauce mix. Costs for a la carte sashimi and nigiri begin at $8. The menu additionally features a DIY hand rolling equipment for $29 that comes with three forms of fish (bull, yellowtail, salmon), ikura, rice, nori, cucumber marinated and seaweed salad. The maki-only possibility for $25 contains three various kinds of rolls, pickled cucumbers and seaweed salad. Hello Dozo's modular packaging borrows closely from Sugarfish's glossy field strategy.
Chef Nakazawa opened the unique Sushi Nakazawa in New York's West Village in 2013, incomes 4 stars from New York Occasions restaurant critic Pete Wells earlier than shedding a star in 2020. The New York location additionally has a Michelin star. Nakazawa opened the second location on the Trump Worldwide Lodge in 2018; the lodge was transformed right into a Waldorf Astoria.
Ciao Dozo can be out there for supply by means of DoorDash Monday by means of Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from midday to 9 p.m. in North Hollywood, Toluca Lake, Burbank, Sherman Oaks and Hollywood beginning Might 28.