DeWitt, N.Y. –It’s been nine years since Tokyo Seoul closed it doors and the boarded-up restaurant building has become an eyesore.
Next month, its new owners say the vacant, boarded-up building at 3180 Erie Blvd. E. will be demolished.
Shortly after that, a new 4,500-square-foot building will be constructed, said Grazi Zazzara Jr. who bought the site in fall 2024 with the Giamartino family, who operate Tully’s Good Times.
A national Halal restaurant chain is leasing 2,000 square feet in the new building, Zazzara said. The remaining 2,500 space has interest from some potential tenants, but nothing has been finalized yet, he said.
The former Tokyo Seoul restaurant operated for two decades, but the building has been vacant since it closed.
The property sold to 3180 Erie Blvd. LLC, of East Syracuse for $750,000 in September 2024.
Zazzara said the design of the new building will be very similar to the Canalway Commons building next to the new Chick-fil-A restaurant. That building houses Supercuts, Tropical Smoothie and Runaway Buy Sell Trade and is on Celi Drive.