"Maybe We Should Just Go Back"
As Kito tries to keep up with orders and crowds, Suehiro owner Suzuki is contemplating whether to stay in the restaurant business.
While a second smaller Suehiro site in Chinatown has sustained itself with serving predominantly take-out, business at the flagship restaurant is half of what it is normally, even with dine-in available.
Suzuki still feels for Kouraku's owner Yamauchi — his dearest friend in Little Tokyo — who spent the last months before his death pained over plummeting sales and having to let go many of his employees.
"He ended up having to be the server and he was doing things that he normally didn't do before," Suzuki said.