UD area to get sushi restaurant

Fusian will feature sushi rolls made to customers’ specs while they watch.
Local News
By Mark Fisher
Sept 30, 2011
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DAYTON — Three Oakwood natives are poised to open their new sushi restaurant called Fusian at 1200 Brown St. near the University of Dayton.

Fusian is scheduled to open to the public on Sunday, according to Stephan Harman, 25, of Oakwood, who owns the restaurant with his business partners and childhood friends, brothers Josh and Zach Weprin, who now live in Cincinnati. The trio opened their first Fusian restaurant in Cincinnati in May 2010.

The new restaurant seats 50 and employs 20. It is located in the University Place building next to a Potbelly Sandwich Shop.

Harman described Fusian as a “fast-casual sushi restaurant” at which customers essentially create their own sushi roll in a service style similar to Chipotle.

“We assemble your order right in front of you,” Harman said, from a choice of ingredients that includes not only uncooked fish such as salmon and tuna, but also cooked steak and chicken and several vegetable options.

The three owners were childhood friends who attended Harman Elementary School in Oakwood and “always talked about going into business together,” Harman said. The Weprin brothers attended Ohio State University, while Harman enrolled at UD.

“I always wanted sushi when I was at UD, and I was looking for a restaurant that could make sushi a convenient, affordable, everyday meal,” Harman said.

Fusian will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information, check out the Fusian website at www.eatfusian.com or call (937) 223-5173.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2258 or mfisher@DaytonDaily News.com.

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About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.