Uchi, Japanese for “home,” was founded by a James Beard Award-winning chef.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A developer tears down the former Utah Pickle Company factory at 741 S 400 West on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The site will host Utahs’s first Uchi restaurant location next year.
Two new Japanese restaurants that offer omakase experiences are coming to Salt Lake City, one sooner and one later.
The first is Sushi by Bou, which is opening in March in the historic Peery Hotel at 110 W. 300 South, according to a news release.
This will be Sushi by Bou’s first location in Utah; the others are mostly on the East Coast.
Sushi by Bou is all about a dining experience centered around omakase, meaning “I’ll leave it up to you,” where the chef prepares guests a personalized, seasonal menu.
“We aim to provide an exclusive, intimate and vibrant atmosphere that allows you to connect with your chef and experience the artistry of sushi up close,” the Sushi by Bou website states.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The future site of a new Japanese restaurants called Sushi by Bou in the Peery Hotel Broadway, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
The second restaurant coming to Salt Lake City’s growing Granary District, called Uchi, won’t open until 2027, a news release said.
Uchi, Japanese for “home,” was founded by James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole in Austin, Texas. The restaurant has a more than a dozen locations across the United States.
The release said Uchi is all about “elevated” Japanese cuisine served in a homey atmosphere. Along with its omakase experience, it features sushi, sashimi and cooked menu items.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The future site of Uchi on 400 West in the Granary District, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.
Uchi is Hai Hospitality’s award-winning flagship restaurant, according to the release. The location in the Granary District will be housed in the historic Bissinger & Co. Hides building, at 739 S. 400 West, Suite A, and include 165 indoor seats and 28 covered patio seats.
The building is part of the “Pickle & Hide” real estate development project by Blaser Ventures.
The Salt Lake Tribune previously reported that the project calls for a public plaza, some affordable housing and restaurant space, although the other building it was supposed to include, the historic Utah Pickle Company Building, was demolished last May.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Anna Moore, a local landscape painter and “protector of all things historic, beautiful and wild,” holds up a painting she made years ago of the Utah Pickle Company building as a developer tears down the building at 741 S 400 West on Thursday, May 22, 2025.
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