She introduced Nashville to the magic of ramen and being “otaku” — obsessed — about it, first at her pop-up ramen shops, then in her bricks-and-mortar in the Gulch, Otaku Ramen. Now chef Sarah Gavigan ...

On the heels of the success of her first book, Otaku Ramen, chef Sarah Gavigan has announced that she will convert one of the elements of her small restaurant empire into another Japanese concept.

As they say (whoever the hell "they" are), “Everything old is new again,” and some of the biggest restaurant news coming down the pike lately are announcements of the rebirth of a couple of old ...

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Nashville restaurateur Sarah Gavigan is closing her Gulch eatery Little Octopus and debuting a new concept in the space later this month. Gavigan plans to open Bar Otaku: A Japanese Izakaya, a sister ...

Sarah Gavigan thinks she knows what the people want. After a few years getting to know the Gulch neighborhood, Sarah Gavigan thinks she knows what the people want: Otaku, and lots of it. That's the ...

Work is underway on the future space of The Gumbo Bros., a Cajun cuisine restaurant to operate from the Gulch building last home to Bar Otaku. A first quarter 2021 opening is eyed 505 12th Ave. S., ...

Otaku Ramen East is getting a new name and louder, later, more music-focused evenings with a new menu of casual Japanese snacks and small plates to match. One of the first tenants to join the roster ...