Fans of Trapper’s Sushi will soon have a new location to get their fix when the fifth store opens in Kent Station in early September.
Started by its namesake, Trapper O’Keefe, in Bonney Lake (originally known as Sushi Town), the sushi chain has grown by leaps and bounds in the past three years since the second location opened in Covington in April 2009.
When the spot of a former sushi restaurant opened up in Kent Station, explained Covington General Manager Jaysin Reyna, it seemed like an obvious step to expand though they weren’t looking there at the time.
“My brother, Trapper, found it,” Reyna said. “We got this opening and it was a perfect opportunity, great location.”
At the time the spot in Kent opened up they were scouting locations in Seattle but Reyna said his brother knows when to close a deal.
“For Trapper, it’s the opportunity,” Reyna said. “When there’s an opportunity for Trapper in a great location that’s going to do well, he has a great sense for that.”
Reyna, who like his brother learned how to make sushi as a teenager from their brother-in-law Eisuke Sato, said the new location in Kent which is 3,549 square feet, will be larger than the store in Covington, which measures 2,828 square feet.
It will have a full sushi bar, an outside patio seating area, a full bar and will be later than many of the other stores in Kent Station.
Reyna noted that in addition to drawing from their existing clientele, they anticipate drawing from the other businesses in the commercial development as well as the Regional Justice Center, Green River Community College campus at Kent Station, the movie theater and commuters as they step off the Sounder train just about a hundred feet from the restaurant’s door.
“We do have clientele from Kent and all over,” Reyna said. “We have customers who come here twice a week. We put our love into it.”
Elsewhere
Kent business owners Nicole Adams of Intimate Pilates and Sandy Newby of Rain and Co. are inviting the community to visit their new downtown location, 109 2nd Ave. S., during an open house from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17.
Intimate Pilates will offer refreshments, gift bags, a raffle and 15-minute free Pilates demos. Rain and Co. will offer hand and arm massages, complimentary bang trims or hair touch-ups, product samples and a raffle.
In June, Adams relocated her Intimate Pilates studio from her original 1st Avenue location. She needed the larger space to expand the studio’s private sessions and group classes. The space includes a cozy waiting area, Pilates machines for individual workouts and group classes, as well as space for Pilates mat and yoga classes. The group classes can accommodate between four and six people at a time.
“We just love the new space,” Adams explains. “It’s bigger but it still has that intimate, personal feel our clients love.”
Open seven days a week by appointment only, Intimate Pilates also offers SOMA neuromuscular integration, a treatment-oriented massage.
Upstairs from Intimate Pilates is Rain & Co. Salon/Spa, a contemporary boutique salon, featuring a team of independent salon professionals who focus on the satisfaction and well being of their clients. Eighteen months ago, Sandy Newby, the original owner of Excalibur Salon, took back over her location from Humanity Salons, and has named her new venture Rain & Co. Salon/Spa.
The salon staff offers haircuts and styles, hair color and highlights, deep conditioning treatments, special occasion hairstyles and updos, “real feather” extensions, body and skincare treatments, waxing, massage, body wraps and more.
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