The Rock N’ Roll Sushi in Owensboro is opening later this month, offering a few prizes for the first several people in line. The American-style sushi restaurant pairs rock ‘n’ roll music with big, bold, and loud flavors of sushi.
The grand opening event is set to begin at 11 a.m. on August 26, according to the business’s Facebook page. The first customer will get a free sushi roll every week for a year, while the next 20 people in line can also claim some freebies.
Rock N’ Roll Sushi is located at 3750 Frederica Street, Suite 1. They are in the space next to Slim Chickens in front of the former Texas Gas building.
The location has already begun hiring servers, cooks, specialists, and hostesses. They have both day and night shifts available with immediate start dates.
The local franchisee is Jennifer Chancy, who previously said she wanted to replicate the same feeling she had when she first entered a Rock N’ Roll Sushi.
She recalled visiting a friend in Alabama who brought her to the restaurant. At the time, she liked sushi, but she was instantly attracted to the restaurant’s atmosphere upon walking in.
“It’s rock-and-roll-themed, obviously, but when you walk in the door, it’s like walking into a concert. It was super appealing to me because of all the neon lights, the red and black; it’s just a really interesting concept to me,” she said previously.
The location marks the first in Kentucky for the chain, and it will have a few unique features to it compared to others that Chancy has visited.
She noted that the front of the restaurant will have a patio — something she had not seen before — along with an open-concept kitchen.
“Our [floor plan] is an open concept, so you can see them making food in the kitchen. It’s just going to be very different than what they’ve ever experienced before,” Chancy said.
She said she was taking a risk opening the business, but with the community’s support and her business partner Candice Maddox, she’s looking forward to the day they can start welcoming customers.
“It makes me feel relieved to see how many people are excited about it, and it makes me excited that I’m going to be able to reach so many people,” she said previously. “This is a franchise business, but I’m an Owensboro person. I’m locally owned, so I appreciate it.”
Their menu includes classic sushi rolls like California, Rainbow, and Eel rolls, but they switch it up with their “Headliners” rolls. Some recommended rolls include the VIP Roll with shrimp tempura, krab stick, cream cheese, and fried or blackened cajun-seasoned crawfish, the Crowd Surfer Roll with shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, red tuna, and a jalapeño outside.
The business began in Mobile, Alabama, with Lance and Gerri Mach Hallmark opening the first store in 2010. Now, over a decade later, the sushi chain has grown to more than 50 locations throughout the Southeast.
This location marks Kentucky’s first Rock N’ Roll Sushi, with the nearest locations being in Clarksville, TN, and several cities in and around Nashville.
