{"id":110782,"date":"2026-01-08T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/110782\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T19:35:08","slug":"visit-oise-ushi-cape-corals-newest-sushi-speakeasy-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/110782\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Oise Ushi, Cape Coral’s newest sushi speakeasy | Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oise Ushi, a scaled-down version of the sushi restaurant concept launched last year by chef Brad Kilgore and restaurateur Brad Cozza, opened in Cape Coral following a 2025 renovation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant occupies the former Ollie\u2019s Pub Records and Beer space at 1019 Cape Coral Parkway E., in Big John\u2019s Plaza. It sits adjacent to Escondido Lounge and next door to Taco Works, both of which are also owned by Cozza. Downtown Fort Myers is home to another Escondido Lounge, located behind that city\u2019s Taco Works.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oise Ushi occupies the former Ollie\u2019s Pub Records and Beer space at 1019 Cape Coral Parkway E., in Big John\u2019s Plaza, following a $500,000 renovation completed in 2025.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Cozza said he invested about $500,000 to renovate the Cape Coral space for the restaurant and adjoining bar.<\/p>\n

Channel Mark Shell Construction of Cape Coral handled the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is baby Oise,\u201d Cozza said. He opened the original Oise last year in downtown Fort Myers<\/a> in the former Blu Sushi space. That restaurant blends Italian and Japanese cuisines in collaboration with Kilgore.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Brad Cozza, restaurateur and co-owner of Oise Ushi, opened the sushi-only concept in Cape Coral as a scaled-down offshoot of Oise Ristorante in downtown Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

With a smaller footprint in Cape Coral, Cozza and Kilgore decided to drop the Italian side of the menu and focus exclusively on Japanese offerings, branding the concept as Ushi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is going to be a sushi-only concept,\u201d Cozza said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be the Japanese portion of the menu. Oise Ristorante has a 50-50 balance of Italian and Japanese. This is going to be the Japanese side only.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd we have enhanced it with Temaki rolls, and we\u2019ve also added two sushi rolls.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Although Kilgore is not a traditional sushi chef by training, Cozza said he quickly mastered the cuisine. Sushi rolls are priced between $17 and $19. The menu also includes yakitori skewers, appetizers and salads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A Chicken Karrage temaki handroll at Oise Ushi is topped with Furikake candied bacon, butter pickle, Fresno chili and yuzu-truffle ranch. Sushi rolls at the restaurant are priced between $17 and $19.<\/p>\n

David Dorsey<\/p>\n

Cozza said the restaurant is unique in pairing sushi with a 1920s-style speakeasy atmosphere.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a Brad Kilgore production,\u201d Cozza said. \u201cHe was not in sushi, and I have to say, what makes the sushi different is it\u2019s not just your traditional protein, soy, rice. It\u2019s a fully composed entree. With all the sauces, it\u2019s absolutely delicious.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about this. There\u2019s really no sushi establishment that you can enjoy in a speakeasy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oise Ushi, a scaled-down version of the sushi restaurant concept launched last year by chef Brad Kilgore and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[56485,209,211,210,32066,54236,25670],"class_list":{"0":"post-110782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-brad-kilgore","9":"tag-cape-coral","10":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","11":"tag-cape-coral-news","12":"tag-oise-ushi","13":"tag-speakeasy","14":"tag-sushi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}