Local Restaurant Serves More Than Sushi

This week’s business hero is Sushi Time, a small local Japanese sushi/Chinese restaurant situated in Plaistow, New Hampshire. We first started dining there in 2007? when the restaurant was in one room with 6 booths, 4 tables and a 6 person sushi bar. I’ll never forget the first time going there. We had recently moved from Los Angeles where amazing restaurants were everywhere and sushi had been popular for 10+ years. It had been difficult for us to find a restaurant that we liked in the area, let alone a sushi restaurant whose fish was fresh. One weekend evening with our kids in tow, we took a chances and had dinner at this strip mall sushi establishment. The owner/manager at the time, Denny, kindly sat us down in a 4-person booth and a lovely woman came over to take our order. Clearly English was their second language but they welcomed us into their community. The next thing we knew, Evan and I were being baptized with a squirt of saki, and Denny said, “More saki, More happy!” We laughed together while the kids got a squirt of their own with whipped cream to join in the fun.

Since then, management changed from Denny to David and our family has made Sushi Time our weekly ‘go to’ restaurant. We’ve seen their business expand and grow into opening a new space. We attended their Grand Opening where they provided free food and drinks for all. They’ve served our f amily well over the years catering our daughter’s graduation, celebrating many many special occasions and most recently providing take-out when businesses closed down due to C19.

But, you want to know what really makes this business special? As much as we’ve given to them, they’ve also given to us in return. Any fundraiser we’ve been involved with, they’ve contributed. Sushi Time has been a regular supporter for the Timberlane Regional High School baseball and football programs, they’ve charitably donated to Heart4Honduras and to this day, they continue to be annual sponsors for our largest fundraiser Rock Run Raiser. They truly are a generous bunch! Sushi Time not only serves its customers but many beyond their business walls.

Thank you David, Gino and Cloe for all that you do for our family and in our community. You’re serving much more than delicious food. You’re serving others and “making a world of difference.”