What happened to Miya's?

Submitted by monsterbrightside t3_102i8z5 in newhaven

Apologies for being so out of the loop--I've been recommending Miya's Sushi for years whenever I find out someone's going to be in New Haven, but now I've just learned that they closed? I'm slightly distraught. I adored the food, loved chatting with Bun--it was really a nice place to get to meet new people.

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mononoke_princessa t1_j2tkh3r wrote

Damn. This is so incredibly sad. I didn’t realize it closed either.

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tequilamockingbird37 t1_j2u5nvb wrote

They've been closed for a while now. The chef/owner for some time did things like fishing and private dinners for people but idk if he still does it now. I do still miss it my favorites were the pumpkin miso soup and sake bombs. I was lucky to live in the building behind them and always had great sushi

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giraffeshadowpuppet t1_j2ug263 wrote

Miya's was also involved in a labor dispute recently because they didn't pay some of their employees full wages. There have been at least two protests outside of their location on Howe where former employees calling for Bun to pay his workers... disappointing.

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dickhoff3 t1_j2uso8x wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,274,256)

Thanks for bringing this up. I used to go to Miyas all the time, lots of the rolls were hit and miss. I was obsessed with the vegetarian squid roll in my. Vegetarian days. Some of the potato wrapped creamy dill rolls were a bit heavy for me. Still, Bun seemed like a really talented chef and an interesting, friendly guy. I spent a few nights after hours drinking fireball sake with him. But wage theft is absolutely unforgivable. We should stand in solidarity with workers and recognize that so many of these small local businesses we often fetishize are some of the worst perpetrators of wage theft. employee abuse, harassment, and mismanagement.

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curbthemeplays t1_j2vd3yz wrote

Damn, I had no idea about the wage issue. As always, perhaps there’s a lot more to the story.

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catsmash t1_j2wx3xt wrote

Replying to curbthemeplays (#1,276,323)

might be, but anecdotally - i know for a fact that luis is a very very good guy & a SUPER hard worker, & bun is sometimes kind of a flake. can't say i know for sure what happened here, but i personally would tend to believe luis out of hand.

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eddie964 t1_j337jar wrote

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