Wasabi customers help restaurant move to temporary location
Restaurant owner Robert Burns wanted people know Wasabi is still in Lincoln.
He also needed help moving dozens of tables and chairs a couple of blocks to a temporary location.
So Sunday, his most devoted customers and employees marched in a two-block parade down 14th Street, carrying decorations, furniture and supplies from the old location at 239 N 14th St. to the temporary spot in Phreddy’s Phillys at 114 S. 14th St.
“We’re trying to move there to here in one night,” said Burns, who owns both restaurants. “All these people are volunteers that are just customers.”
Wasabi moved to make room for a parking garage and high-rise project. Another restaurant next door, Taste of China, recently closed for the same reason.
Wasabi had been at its old location six years.
David Welch had been eating at the restaurant regularly for four of them. He designs Wasabi’s Web site.
“We want to keep Wasabi in town here,” he said. “If (Burns) can’t get some help from the City Council, we may be losing him.”
Burns said he will be meeting with City Council members today to discuss possible assistance in moving to a permanent location.
Right now, his eyes are on a spot he has taken a lease on at 10th and N streets.
“After six years of doing business I have to start over,” Burns said. “We need something to help us out to get started.”
Reach Zach Pluhacek at 473-7395 or zpluhacek@journalstar.com.
He also needed help moving dozens of tables and chairs a couple of blocks to a temporary location.
So Sunday, his most devoted customers and employees marched in a two-block parade down 14th Street, carrying decorations, furniture and supplies from the old location at 239 N 14th St. to the temporary spot in Phreddy’s Phillys at 114 S. 14th St.
“We’re trying to move there to here in one night,” said Burns, who owns both restaurants. “All these people are volunteers that are just customers.”
Wasabi moved to make room for a parking garage and high-rise project. Another restaurant next door, Taste of China, recently closed for the same reason.
Wasabi had been at its old location six years.
David Welch had been eating at the restaurant regularly for four of them. He designs Wasabi’s Web site.
“We want to keep Wasabi in town here,” he said. “If (Burns) can’t get some help from the City Council, we may be losing him.”
Burns said he will be meeting with City Council members today to discuss possible assistance in moving to a permanent location.
Right now, his eyes are on a spot he has taken a lease on at 10th and N streets.
“After six years of doing business I have to start over,” Burns said. “We need something to help us out to get started.”
Reach Zach Pluhacek at 473-7395 or zpluhacek@journalstar.com.
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