Japanese
Cuisine
BY ANGELA MATUA
AMATUA@QNS.COM
Shih Lee, the owner of popular
waterfront eatery Shi in Long Island
City, is adding to his restaurant reper-toire
with a Japanese restaurant that
opened on Nov. 28.
Lee, who also owns Mexican restau-rant
Skinny’s Cantina in Long Island
City, will open Sapps Restaurant at
27-26 Jackson Avenue. Eric Lehrer,
the beverage director for Sapps Res-taurant,
said Lee wanted to recreate
the experience he got at a Japanese
restaurant he used to frequent called
Sapporo East in Manhattan, which is
now closed.
The new space, which used to be
a factory, is 2,000 square feet and
includes a mezzanine for private parties.
It also includes a mural by Colombian-
American artist Andrés García-Peña.
Lehrer said the owners wanted to pay
homage to the neighborhood’s indus-trial
and artistic history – the 5Pointz
grafitti mecca was located near the res-taurant
– while adding a modern twist.
Sapps Restaurant will offer more
traditional Japanese dishes such as
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Photos courtesy of Sapps Restaurant
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