Rock N Roll Sushi taking over Poke Hula space in North Little Rock's Lakewood Village

Rock N Roll SushiRock N Roll Sushi's SoMa place.
Rock N Roll Sushi is broadening into North Little Rock, taking control of the area that Poke Hula has actually been occupying given that 2018 at 2607 McCain Boulevard at the western end of the Lakewood Village shopping center.

Owner and franchise designer Jason Alley said he asked about the area, and started negotiations after it was verified that Poke Hula would not be renewing its lease.

This will be Rock N Roll Sushi's 5th Arkansas area given that opening 2 stores during the pandemic's capability restriction phases in 2020, the first on Chenal Parkway and the second on Main Street in SoMa. In 2022, Rock N Roll Sushi opened places in Conway and Benton within a month of each other, Alley stated.

Alley stated the brand name's development in Arkansas accelerated quicker than he prepared for.
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" We're most likely a year ahead of the schedule that we had planned for our areas," he said. "People seem to like the brand, and the realty has actually shown up when we required it to."

At just over 1,500 square feet, the North Little Rock shop will be among the brand name's smaller sized places, and Alley said the expectations are to simplify more in hopes of a demand for 3rd party delivery and to go business from the North Little Rock, Sherwood and Jacksonville areas.
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Alley said there will be seating inside, and unlike its other shops there won't be a physical bar, but they will serve beer, sake and red wine.

" It's going to have all the feels and look of a Rock N Roll Sushi within, it's just going to be a smaller sized version of it," he stated.

Rock N Roll Sushi takes over the space this week, and Alley says the best case scenario is an early November opening and worst case is the start of December. Street stated the hope is the North Little Rock place triggers additional development up the I-67 passage and into Northeast Arkansas.

According to their site, Rock N Roll Sushi has over 60 overall locations across the southeastern United States. They anticipate to broaden to 75 areas by the end of the year.
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