Junki's Place Is No More

5Out at the end of Stark Street, just before you cross the bridge, there is a thing on the right and a thing on the left. On the right is a wedding venue, very romantic, with trees and waterfalls and a sumptuous building and the gate reads Yoshidas Haven Estate even though it's not called that any more on the web. It's a wedding and event venue.

On the left is a place that, until February, was a fine-dining restaurant called Junki's Riverview Restaurant. The Junki is Junki Yoshida, the man who brought easy Asian sauces to the PNW and beyond, and was reputedly quite the character.

When the Stark Street Bridge re-opened after its closing for reconstruction of the east end, I noted, going through there, that there was a sign on the gate saying it was closed for renovations through March. Now, it just said 'closed'.

The signs proclaiming Riverview Restaurant have been changed to read Sandy River Gardens.

And so it goes.