Comments on: Knoxified Friday Question: Nama Sushi Bar

By: Sushi in Bearden - Will it kill downtown? : KnoxvilleTalks.com

Sushi in Bearden - Will it kill downtown? : KnoxvilleTalks.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:56:24 +0000

[…] a perfect location for sushi in Knoxville. But the folks at Knoxify wonder whether it won’t drain off a nice little chunk of downtown’s patrons who were only venturing east of Sequoyah Hills for Nama’s sushi. show us some […]

By: luaLA

luaLA — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:06:09 +0000

as a good friend of gregg and a fellow local restaurant owner i am sure gregg will do spectacular as usual! he is great with what concept he is envisioning ! i am flying in from LA just to eat there in may…hope it’s good!

By: KB

KB — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:10:33 +0000

I agree, should do well. I have wanted to try it but do not have time to go downtown for lunch. I am the only family member who goes for sushi, so I am stuck with Wasabi’s or other medium choices. Eager to try Nama’s!

By: CP

CP — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:56:58 +0000

Great responses everyone. Thank you!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:37:36 +0000

I’m sure Greg will do great with the west location. He’ll be able to offer the great Nama experience to those who choose not to fight the downtown crowd especially on the weekends.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:26:57 +0000

That’s awesome! I have to say that Cha Cha wasn’t my favorite, but Nama rocks. I’ll be looking forward to enjoying a meal there while not worrying about all the $4 gas I spent to do so.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:52:44 +0000

Nama is great, but we’ll have to see what he does with the old ChaCha space given its easily 4 times larger than the footprint of the current nama. Personally I’d give it a new name and a new concept.

By: ck

ck — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:49:25 +0000

Greg seems to have the golden touch these days, so I think he’ll do well. The interior design of cha cha was already pretty cool, so he won’t have as much start up cost to make it a good atmosphere. It’s basically a no-brainer for him.

My only concern is that a lot of the Bearden/Sequoia Hills crowd will stay out of downtown, now that they can get their nama fix closer to home. Though with the crowds lately at the Gay St. nama, that might be a good thing…

By: rollingwithwheat

rollingwithwheat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:37:27 +0000

Absolutely. It’s too bad Cha Cha didn’t survive the barrage of unfortunate events that occured. But Nama is a great substitution with similar atmosphere and clientele. Can’t wait!

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:24:23 +0000

nama is the best sushi in town, so i’m sure it’ll do great out west…

And amen to the south knoxville comment…I work out here and I’m still shocked I don’t need my passport stamped every time I drive across the bridge.…