By Kyle Coppola
Hokkaido Ramen & Sushi Bar Celebrates Grand Opening in Mount Dora
Hokkaido Ramen & Sushi Bar has officially opened its doors in Mount Dora. Following successful soft opening that surpassed expectations, today marks the grand opening of one of the few places in Lake County to offer traditional ramen and sushi. Many local officials came out to show their support for the new restaurant.
Owned by Joy Yan and her husband, Jay Chen, this marks the couple’s fourth restaurant. They also own Ichiban Buffet in Leesburg, Japan Express in Tavares, Kawachi Sushi & Bar in Leesburg and now Hokkaido.
“We are so happy to have everyone out here,” Yan says. “We are very excited to bring ramen to Lake County.”
The restaurants boasts more than 10 types of ramen, ranging from mild to spicy in flavor, like the spicy beef ramen, chicken rich ramen and the tonkotsu shoyu ramen. They even have a gluten-free and vegan option.
They also have a full menu of appetizers, desserts, poke bowls and sushi rolls.
Be sure to check it out and support this local business! Hokkaido is located at 17280 US Hwy 441 in Mount Dora. They are open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
