Emerald City Smoothie closed in the fall of 2013 at Bellevue Way and NE 1st St. The space has stayed vacant ever since. Outside of the boarded up windows are signs advertising a new ramen restaurant, Hokkaido Ramen Santouka. Hokkaido is a chain restaurant that has locations in many Asian countries as well as within the US and Canada. This will be their 10th restaurant in the US, and first in Washington state.
There is no opening time table suggested, but the signage encourages those interested in applying for jobs to send in their resume.
For more information visit the Hokkadio Ramen Santouka website.
