Satoshi Kiyokawa, the sushi chef recently praised by Jonathan Gold for the artful omakase at his Kiyokawa, was jailed for three days at the end of last month due to a case of mistaken identity. Squid Ink spoke with the chef, who explains he was trying his luck in Vegas when his license plates were stolen by a crew of bandits. Not long after these armed thieves robbed three Jack-in-the-Box restaurants in a car that resembled the chef’s own that bore his plates, Kiyokawa was met by police at his restaurant and thrown in the clink on a fugitive from justice warrant. Fortunately for the sushi-obsessed, the chef is back with knife in hand after security videos showing him in Vegas casinos during the time of the crimes were viewed and his good name was cleared.
Kiyokawa Sushi Chef Arrested: Mistaken Identity, Not Fugu Crimes [Squid Ink]
