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New downtown sushi bar provides tasty option for foodies

PHOTOS BY UNSIE ZUEGE

Kai and Angela Tho in front of their new sushi restaurant in Chanhassen.

Playboy roll is spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, asparagus, topped with shrimp, jalapeno, served in a fl aming aluminum wrap.

Diners enjoy imaginative sushi and sashimi dishes in an elegantly simple dining room. Non sushi lovers will enjoy tempura, noodles and grilled hibachi entrees.

BY UNSIE ZUEGE

uzuege@swpub.com

Chanhassen foodies have more options than ever.

Kai’s Sushi & Grill is the newest edition to the restau-rant scene in Chanhassen, adding to the cultural mix that includes Tian Jin for Chinese, Rey Azteca for Mexican, Piz-zaioli for Italian, and Na’s for Thai. While it’s not exactly Eat Street, Chanhassen’s down-town is getting there.

“I think Chanhassen wants a sushi restaurant,” Kai Tho said, about his decision to open a month ago. Tho, an Eden Prai-rie resident, has been in the res-taurant business for 20 years, working in New York City and most recently Las Vegas.

He and his wife, Angela, moved to Minnesota where they have family. He loves the area and thinks it’s a great place to offer fresh, high qual-ity and creative sushi.

Kai’s Sushi & Grill opened quietly just over a month ago in downtown Chanhassen, just a few doors down from Na’s Thai Restaurant and next door

to Pizzaioli. Tho looks forward to growing his business by of-fering not only traditional and imaginative sushi and sashimi but variations for those who prefer tempura and grilled steak and fish.

Tho’s extensive restaurant background includes restau-rants in Pennsylvania and New York City, and most recently, Tao Restaurant Las Vegas, a splashy, flashy destination res-taurant and nightclub known for sushi, where a dinner tab for four averages around $600.

Don’t worry though. Tho’s sushi is reasonable, ranging from $4.95 for salmon roll to $9.95 for the Four Musketeer Roll made with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, and eel. Special rolls like Black Dragon Roll and Angel Roll average between $14-16.

Tho brought a little bit of Las Vegas glamour to Chanhassen. He designed the restaurant’s interior, a spare and elegant reinterpretation of traditional Asian red and black décor with simple black leatherette chairs and tables. The inset ceiling lights provide a sophisticated atmosphere. A contemporary red lantern ceiling fixture resembles an inset jewel. A blood orange and gold Japanese kimono is a striking backdrop at the front counter.

Kai’s menu includes sushi,

sashimi, noodles, and hibachi grill specialties. The names of his special rolls reveal his Las Vegas influence: Passion Roll, Playboy Roll, Kiss N Love Roll, and Tropical Inferno Roll along with the more staid striped sea bass, sea urchin, flying fish roe and spicy tuna roll.

The menu offers Japanese bento box lunches, sushi bar, and kitchen lunch specials. Hibachi dinners range from steak and chicken to seafood—salmon, lobster, shrimp and scallops.

It ’s an extensive menu. When asked what his favorite was, Tho smiled and went be-hind the sushi bar, deftly mak-ing a Playboy Roll, wrapped in aluminum foil and served

flaming tableside. It was deli-cious.

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Kai’s Sushi & GrillWho: Kai Tho, owner and manager, formerly with Tao Restaurant, Las Vegas.

What: Japanese grill and sushi bar.

Where: 586 West 78th Street, Chanhassen.

Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.

Eat in or take out.

Phone: (952) 923-2456

Fax: (952) 923-2457

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OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE

CERTIFICATE OFASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333The fi ling of an assumed name

does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The fi ling is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumer to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

Assumed Name: Big Water Trading

Principal Place of Business: 8831 Lake Riley Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 USA

Nameholder(s): Patrick J. Byrne, 8831 Lake Riley Drive, Chan-hassen, MN 55317, Anne D. Byrne, 8831 Lake Riley Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317

If you submit an attachment, it will be incorporated into this docu-ment. If the attachment confl icts with the information specifi cally set forth in this document, this docu-ment supersedes the data referenced in the attachment,

By typing my name I, the un-dersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has autho-rized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have com-pleted all required fi elds, and that

the information in this document is true and correct and in compli-ance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

Patrick J. ByrneDate Filed: 10/22/2012(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, November 8 and 15, 2012; No. 4740)

OFFICE OF THE MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE

CERTIFICATE OFASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333The fi ling of an assumed name

does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The fi ling is required for consumer protection in order to enable consumer to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

Assumed Name: Grace and Izzy Designs

Principal Place of Business: 1589 Sparrow Road, Waconia, MN 55387 USA

Nameholder(s): Tammy Lynn Livermore – 1589 Sparrow Road, Waconia, MN 55387

If you submit an attachment, it will be incorporated into this docu-ment. If the attachment confl icts with the information specifi cally set forth in this document, this docu-

ment supersedes the data referenced in the attachment.

By typing my name I, the un-dersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has autho-rized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have com-pleted all required fi elds, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compli-ance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

Tammy Lynn LivermoreDate Filed: 08/25/2012(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, November 8 and 15, 2012; No. 4744)

NOTICEThe Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District will be operating an aeration system on Rice Marsh

Lake from November 27th, 2012 until September 30th, 2013, that will result in open water. Anyone on the lake should be aware of the danger of open water and thin ice around the aeration system. This aeration system is necessary to prevent winter fi sh kill in the lake. The aeration system will be located in the southeast quadrant of the lake; a map of the aeration system location is shown below. This notice is being provided with residents’ safety in mind and in accordance with MN Statute 103G.611 Subd. 4.

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(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, November 15 and 22, 2012; No. 4746)Can significant dollars be

saved by getting people to change their behaviors regard-ing energy use? That is the question that was asked as part of an innovative pilot launched at Ridgeview Medical Center in spring 2012.

The goal of the pilot, funded by the Minnesota Depart-ment of Commerce, was to test whether a systematic program to raise awareness and engage employees would actual ly change employee behavior and consequently save Ridgeview money.

Class 5 Energy, based in White Bear Lake, brought its expertise in behavior-based energy programs with K–12 schools to hospitals like Rid-geview. Ridgeview provided a team of employees and com-mitment from the leadership to support the pilot and adapt the program from a school setting to a health care setting.

“Ridgeview has been a lead-er in sustainability programs and has a national reputation in the health care community for their commitment to envi-

ronmental responsibility. So they were a natural partner for this pilot,” stated Amy Anderson, general manager for Class 5 Energy, in a press release. “And the great results that have been achieved with this pilot only reinforce that excellent reputation.”

To monitor the pilot, Class 5 Energy tracks Ridgeview’s gas and electric bills with its utility tracking software and provides Ridgeview with quar-terly reports. For the most re-cent three months of tracking, Ridgeview Medical Center had an overall savings of 16 per-cent on its energy bills, which equated to more than $41,000 in avoided costs. Eleven of 13 buildings saw reductions, some as high as a 25 percent reduction in energy use.

“This has been an orga-nization-wide effort, across all of our hospital and clinic buildings, through which all employees have been asked to see energy as a control-lable cost and to do their part to reduce consumption and improve efficiency. These re-

sults show that their collective efforts have resulted in real savings for Ridgeview while also being good stewards of the environment,” stated Robert Stevens, president and CEO of Ridgeview Medical Center.

Some successful aspects of the Ridgeview pilot include:

• Recruiting an employee representative in each de-partment known as an EPA (Energy Protection Agent) to provide education and encour-age participation;

• Adding automatic timers to equipment — such as copy machines and other non–pa-tient care equipment — that can be shut off during non-use hours;

• Creating a steering com-mittee of cross-departmental representatives throughout Ridgeview to lead the effort and measure impact.

Ridgeview is an indepen-dent, regional health care network based in Waconia, with the Two Twelve Medi-cal Center located in Chaska. More info at www.ridgeview-medical.org.

Ridgeview cuts energy costs