[midtownuser]

I noticed a new sushi restaurant under construction on Travis (across from Escobar).

here is their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/facuz
and official webpage: http://www.wecravesushi.com/

This post has been edited by midtownuser: Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:15 PM

[CHiPs]

midtownuser, on Friday, July 18th, 2008 @ 4:15pm, said:

I noticed a new sushi restaurant under construction on Travis (across from Escobar).

here is their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/facuz
and official webpage: http://www.wecravesushi.com/

Any HAIFers been to Crave Sushi yet?

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Friday, July 18th, 2008 @ 4:15pm, said:

I noticed a new sushi restaurant under construction on Travis (across from Escobar).

here is their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/facuz
and official webpage: http://www.wecravesushi.com/

Hey guys! Well I was browsing around on the net and saw that you guys started a little thread about our restaurant. That's so great! Any word put out about our restaurant is much appreciated! Good words of course!

So okay, just a little update about the new place. We currently are in the construction phase. Our target date to open our doors was initially November 1st but unfortunately it's going to be later now. We're about a month or so behind schedule.

And just a brief description of the restaurant:

We will be located in midtown on the 2900 block of Travis as some already know. We are directly across from Escobar and Whiskey Creek. We've signed on Executive Chef - Robert Garay from Hyde Park New York (CIA). We will be serving Sushi and other fine Japanese cuisine. Their will be lounge seating, sushi bar seating, bar seating, etc. And the highlight of the restaurant is that on Fridays and Saturdays we will stay open til 4am!!

We will have lunch daily from 11am to 2pm. Dinner will be from 5pm to 11pm. On Fridays and Saturdays we're staying open til 4am of course. On Fridays and Saturdays we will serve the full menu til 11pm then from 11pm to 4am we will keep the sushi bar open til close!

[roadrunner]

CraveSushi, on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 @ 5:02pm, said:

Hey guys! Well I was browsing around on the net and saw that you guys started a little thread about our restaurant. That's so great! Any word put out about our restaurant is much appreciated! Good words of course!

So okay, just a little update about the new place. We currently are in the construction phase. Our target date to open our doors was initially November 1st but unfortunately it's going to be later now. We're about a month or so behind schedule.

And just a brief description of the restaurant:

We will be located in midtown on the 2900 block of Travis as some already know. We are directly across from Escobar and Whiskey Creek. We've signed on Executive Chef - Robert Garay from Hyde Park New York (CIA). We will be serving Sushi and other fine Japanese cuisine. Their will be lounge seating, sushi bar seating, bar seating, etc. And the highlight of the restaurant is that on Fridays and Saturdays we will stay open til 4am!!

We will have lunch daily from 11am to 2pm. Dinner will be from 5pm to 11pm. On Fridays and Saturdays we're staying open til 4am of course. On Fridays and Saturdays we will serve the full menu til 11pm then from 11pm to 4am we will keep the sushi bar open til close!

Thank you for the info. I look forward to trying it. Good luck with your endeavor.

[sheeats]

AAAIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!! Does this mean I can get a sushi fix at 2am? Because -- in all seriousness -- sometimes I feel like I would be willing to stab someone for some sushi after a long night. I don't know what this says about me and I don't care. Late night sushi is an awesome prospect. Yay!!!

[midtownuser]

CraveSushi: now you have a blog post - http://houstonist.co...coming_soon.php

[CraveSushi]

sheeats, on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 @ 8:16pm, said:

AAAIIIIIEEEEEEEE!!! Does this mean I can get a sushi fix at 2am? Because -- in all seriousness -- sometimes I feel like I would be willing to stab someone for some sushi after a long night. I don't know what this says about me and I don't care. Late night sushi is an awesome prospect. Yay!!!

Yes! That means you can get your "roll" on after 2am!! lol But thats just Fridays and Saturdays.. unless theirs that much of a demand for another night say.. Thursday or something.. we will defintely put that into consideration.

Can you imagine staying open til 4am every night of the week??? That would be really crazy haha

midtownuser, on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 @ 11:48am, said:

CraveSushi: now you have a blog post - http://houstonist.co...coming_soon.php

Yes we've noticed that earlier today! That's awesome! Thanks for posting that up on here also!

[midtownuser]

how come i haven't seen any activity yet?

[swtsig]

CraveSushi, on Friday, August 22nd, 2008 @ 11:06pm, said:

Yes! That means you can get your "roll" on after 2am!! lol But thats just Fridays and Saturdays.. unless theirs that much of a demand for another night say.. Thursday or something.. we will defintely put that into consideration.

Can you imagine staying open til 4am every night of the week??? That would be really crazy haha!

that would be very NYC, and thusly, very cool.

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 @ 12:16am, said:

how come i haven't seen any activity yet?

we're still waiting on some of the city permits and whatnot to go through.. construction will start very shortly.. i'm so anxious lol

[CHiPs]

CraveSushi, on Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 @ 4:19pm, said:

we're still waiting on some of the city permits and whatnot to go through.. construction will start very shortly.. i'm so anxious lol

Any plans to open on the near East DT/East End? (Land/Rent is cheap and an up-and-coming area)

[Saddleman]

I hope the restaurant isn't built in a suburban style.

Is Crave the same restaurant as the one in Austin?

[midtownuser]

cravesushi: there is rumored to be a new sushi restaurant opening up under the new 24 Hour fitness (on the next block). How do you think this will affect your restaurant? to have 2 sushi restaurants in such close proximity.

[CraveSushi]

CHiPs, on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 @ 3:01pm, said:

Any plans to open on the near East DT/East End? (Land/Rent is cheap and an up-and-coming area)

well not at this time.. it all depends on how this one does first before we can even think of expanding... that will be later on down the line for sure

[CraveSushi]

kingkirbythegreatoftexas, on Thursday, August 28th, 2008 @ 7:52pm, said:

I hope the restaurant isn't built in a suburban style.

Is Crave the same restaurant as the one in Austin?

we're are going to have a very modern look and feel... it'll be very nice inside and out

and no we have no relations to the Crave Thai and Sushi in Austin, The Crave Lounge in Dearborn, MI or even Crave in Akron, Ohio.

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Friday, August 29th, 2008 @ 1:55am, said:

cravesushi: there is rumored to be a new sushi restaurant opening up under the new 24 Hour fitness (on the next block). How do you think this will affect your restaurant? to have 2 sushi restaurants in such close proximity.

Well I think it shouldn't effect us in any way at all. Our ambience and our quality of food will definitely speak for itself. But it really boils down to how the public will feel about this.

I haven't seen or heard of this place personally. Just curious... What's it called?

[midtownuser]

CraveSushi, on Friday, August 29th, 2008 @ 1:29pm, said:

Well I think it shouldn't effect us in any way at all. Our ambience and our quality of food will definitely speak for itself. But it really boils down to how the public will feel about this.

I haven't seen or heard of this place personally. Just curious... What's it called?

i never got the name. some employees at the 24 hour fitness were telling me about this rumor. so it isn't from a reliable source. anyways, are you guys gonna get rid of that awful looking fence around the parking lot? no offense, it's just that i don't think it's necessary.

[jc281]

CraveSushi, on Friday, August 29th, 2008 @ 1:24pm, said:

we're are going to have a very modern look and feel... it'll be very nice inside and out

and no we have no relations to the Crave Thai and Sushi in Austin, The Crave Lounge in Dearborn, MI or even Crave in Akron, Ohio.

Now what about Crave Cupcakes in Uptown Park Houston?

[CraveSushi]

jc281, on Monday, September 1st, 2008 @ 6:42pm, said:

Now what about Crave Cupcakes in Uptown Park Houston?

no relations there either.. so no free cupcakes... too bad huh? haha

[CraveSushi]

ok.. got something for you guys... this is just a prelim sketch.. its not final so don't go gettin too crazy with it lol... and btw don't let it leak out just yet haha i know its the net.. word spreads like wildfire.. anyways.. check it out.. lemme know your thoughts

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[midtownuser]

CraveSushi, on Friday, September 5th, 2008 @ 9:52am, said:

ok.. got something for you guys... this is just a prelim sketch.. its not final so don't go gettin too crazy with it lol... and btw don't let it leak out just yet haha i know its the net.. word spreads like wildfire.. anyways.. check it out.. lemme know your thoughts

looks awesome. great addition to the area and i will be give you guys a lot of business.

do you plan on having a happy hour?

[CHiPs]

midtownuser, on Friday, September 5th, 2008 @ 11:50am, said:

looks awesome. great addition to the area and i will be give you guys a lot of business.

do you plan on having a happy hour?

Nice. Will Crave be taking up the whole building?

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Friday, September 5th, 2008 @ 11:50am, said:

looks awesome. great addition to the area and i will be give you guys a lot of business.

do you plan on having a happy hour?

i apologize for the late replies...

the menu will be finalized very very soon and from there we'll decide on what to do about happy hour.. most likely we will have one

CHiPs, on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 @ 9:22am, said:

Nice. Will Crave be taking up the whole building?

no, only about half the building is ours... the rest is up for lease

so anyways... does anyone know where our banner flew off too?? haha... damn ike!

This post has been edited by CraveSushi: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 11:29 PM

[midtownuser]

no construction so far. i wonder if they will even open up this year.

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Monday, September 29th, 2008 @ 4:11pm, said:

no construction so far. i wonder if they will even open up this year.

we have some things rolling and we have some other things pending as far as construction goes.. its been a very tedious and meticulous process... construction should go fairly smooth once more things start falling in to place..we're still aiming for a late nov/early dec opening... cross your fingers!... january would be worse case scenario.

[Daniepwils]

Is there a HAIF'er Discount?

This is so awesome for Midtown, I can't wait!

[stilettoninja]

CraveSushi: Can I make a request? Serve chu-hi! After living in Japan for a year, I became hooked on that stuff. When I came back to the States, it's no where to be found!

[midtownuser]

doubt this restaurant is coming. i saw a new sign up saying LEASING NOW. so the landlords are looking for someone else to fill in this space. sucks

[houstongirl]

midtownuser, on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 @ 1:09am, said:

doubt this restaurant is coming. i saw a new sign up saying LEASING NOW. so the landlords are looking for someone else to fill in this space. sucks

They are still planning on opening in November 2008.

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 @ 1:09am, said:

doubt this restaurant is coming. i saw a new sign up saying LEASING NOW. so the landlords are looking for someone else to fill in this space. sucks

Hey sorry guys.. been so long since I've been on here. Been so busy with meetings with purveyors and whatnot. And still so much to do.

We are still planning to open by end of November, early December. So no worries 'midtownuser'!! lol

We lost our big sign due to Hurricane Ike but we have 2 new signs up now.

That leasing sign is up for the other 2 units that are still vacant.

Btw, We are currently accepting resumes for all positions here at Crave. (i.e. line cooks, sushi bar, dishwashers, barstaff, waitstaff, hostess, etc.) Please submit them to john@wecravesushi.com for further review.

The building process is progressing rapidly now. So don't be afraid to stop by to check out the construction. You might run into one of us! Kind of crazy how things are coming together now.

I'll keep everyone posted!!!

[CraveSushi]

Hey Guys,

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!

Just a little update, We are about 3-4 weeks out from opening our doors.

I know, I know... things keep getting pushed back a little here and there.

But don't worry! We are opening eventually!

Things are starting to come together.. and they're coming together quickly!

BTW, at this time, we NEED experienced Line Cooks and Dishwashers/Bussers.

So if you or if you know anyone that is interested... Please submit resumes to john@wecravesushi.com

Thanks again guys! See ya soon!!

Also, check out our b4-u-eat.com profile page!

http://www.b4-u-eat....file.asp?r=5742

This post has been edited by CraveSushi: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 10:46 AM

[sowanome]

Wish you the best of luck, I will definitely check this out the next time I'm in Houston!

[midtownuser]

does that mean you will be open on the night of new year's eve?

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 @ 1:01pm, said:

does that mean you will be open on the night of new year's eve?

I really really hope so!! haha

We're not sure what to do about New Years yet if we are open.

We're trying to decide if we should just do business as usual or...

maybe do like a private party where theirs an open bar, selected all-you-can-eat sushi bar and maybe do a cover along with it. It's hard to say what will make it a successful New Years. I would invite people on here for pre-sale tickets or whatever...idk

What would most midtowners agree with? Any suggestions??

We gotta keep it mind it is a 'restaurant' not a club...

so I and the other owners may do like the private party thing we wanted from say 9pm-1am then open for business as usual for after hours til 4am. We don't know. haha what do you think??

[midtownuser]

CraveSushi, on Sunday, November 30th, 2008 @ 1:10pm, said:

I really really hope so!! haha

We're not sure what to do about New Years yet if we are open.

We're trying to decide if we should just do business as usual or...

maybe do like a private party where theirs an open bar, selected all-you-can-eat sushi bar and maybe do a cover along with it. It's hard to say what will make it a successful New Years. I would invite people on here for pre-sale tickets or whatever...idk

What would most midtowners agree with? Any suggestions??

We gotta keep it mind it is a 'restaurant' not a club...

so I and the other owners may do like the private party thing we wanted from say 9pm-1am then open for business as usual for after hours til 4am. We don't know. haha what do you think??

Don't you think 4am is a little early to close on NYE? most people will be leaving the clubs around that time.

[CraveSushi]

midtownuser, on Saturday, December 6th, 2008 @ 1:53pm, said:

Don't you think 4am is a little early to close on NYE? most people will be leaving the clubs around that time.

Yea it depends on how business is doing really. If we're still slammed at 3am or 4am we may stay open even longer still.

[midtownuser]

CraveSushi, on Friday, December 12th, 2008 @ 4:07pm, said:

Yea it depends on how business is doing really. If we're still slammed at 3am or 4am we may stay open even longer still.

is this place really gonna be ready in 10 days?

[brian0123]

midtownuser, on Saturday, December 20th, 2008 @ 1:46pm, said:

is this place really gonna be ready in 10 days?

I was wondering the same thing. It's looking nothing like the rendering from earlier in this post (back in September).

[LTAWACS]

brian0123, on Sunday, December 21st, 2008 @ 10:49am, said:

I was wondering the same thing. It's looking nothing like the rendering from earlier in this post (back in September).

Good point... Is there something going on? Hrm...

[midtownuser]

website is down as well. sucks

[LTAWACS]

midtownuser, on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 @ 6:42pm, said:

website is down as well. sucks

Uh oh... That can only mean one thing...

[VicMan]

LTAWACS, on Thursday, December 25th, 2008 @ 10:32pm, said:

Uh oh... That can only mean one thing...

The website is back up. It says it will be "presented in the beginning of 2009."

[CraveSushi]

Hey guys,

Sorry If I haven't been on here lately. Been real busy with trying to get the place open.

Their have been some delays but nothing drastic. So we have to push back the opening to January 2009.

The website was down temporarily because we updated the site and switched to a better and faster server.

The website is still in the beta phase. Theirs still many updates to the website that need to be done.

As far as the exterior rendering, that was just a teaser and it may or may not happen, it's not our call, we can only hope it will.

Either way, we will still open for business in January 09!

This post has been edited by CraveSushi: Sunday, December 28, 2008 at 6:25 PM

[CraveSushi]

What's going on guys,

So here's what we've been working diligently on.. Any day now!

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[LTAWACS]

Looks good.

[midtownuser]

nice!

[swtsig]

very nice! i'll be sure to get together w/ some friends that live in the area and stop by once yall open

[Chamo]

CraveSushi, on Monday, January 5th, 2009 @ 8:42am, said:

What's going on guys,

So here's what we've been working diligently on.. Any day now!

Great job! I will be visiting for sure.... I am a regular visitor to the area and have found myself many times around 2-4a.m. looking for a place to eat.

[CHiPs]

Chamo, on Monday, January 5th, 2009 @ 10:07pm, said:

Great job! I will be visiting for sure.... I am a regular visitor to the area and have found myself many times around 2-4a.m. looking for a place to eat.

I'll stop by for lunch.

[brian0123]

Very nice looking on the inside. My wife and I can walk to your place from our house (I walk to Cali Sandwich all the time)...so I just now need to convince her to like Sushi