Santa Barbara’s Sushi Tyme Owners Fear Business May Not Recover after Fire
Family discovers that damage from early April blaze at State Street restaurant comes at a steeper cost than just the destruction
The kitchen of Sushi Tyme in Santa Barbara’s Paseo Nuevo was badly damaged in an April 8 fire. Now, the owners of the restaurant are worried they will be unable to survive the lengthy closure required for reconstruction. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk file photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
May 2, 2021
| 10:15 p.m.
Santa Barbara’s Sushi Tyme restaurant has been closed since the beginning of April when an early morning kitchen fire erupted and left the building with severe water damage. Now the owners fear they will not be able to recoup the loss of income resulting from the blaze.
Sushi Tyme in the Paseo Nuevo shopping center sustains major water damage in the early morning blaze
Firefighters responded early Thursday to a kitchen fire at the Sushi Tyme restaurant in Paseo Nuevo in downtown Santa Barbara. Fire sprinklers were able to douse most of the flames, but the business sustained major water damage. (Peter Hartmann / Noozhawk photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue | UPDATED 7:03 p.m.
April 8, 2021
| 12:19 p.m.
Firefighters doused an early morning kitchen fire at Sushi Tyme restaurant in downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday, according to the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.
Crews were dispatched at about 2:50 a.m. to the restaurant at 819 State St. for reports of fire alarms ringing, Capt. George Martinez told Noozhawk.