This Japanese eatery in downtown Phoenix is a window into the past: 'Always feels the same'

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This Japanese eatery in downtown Phoenix is a window into the past: 'Always feels the same'
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Phoenix Blue Fin, a small Japanese restaurant has survived for four decades with the simple ethos of friendly service and keeping things the same.

Did Phoenix segregate where minorities lived?Dea Hong Toy standing next to his wagon. Upon moving to the Valley, Toy worked as a vegetable peddler delivering produce to various businesses.

In the Valley he worked as a vegetable peddler hauling produce to various businesses, like the Biltmore and other resorts, and even delivered to tuberculosis sanitariums north of Phoenix. He later opened a grocery store at 16th Street and Camelback Road. In 1930 he co-founded the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and was instrumental in creating protections for Chinese American businesses.City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office, Planning & Development Department.

"He was so incredible,” Betsy said. “If you gave him a cube of ice he could carve it into a swan, he could carve it into a bear. He had an innate ability. He made the best sushi in the country. But sushi was not popular when he first started. It was a novel thing.” A teriyaki chicken bowl and a panko chicken bowl , grilled salmon and chicken fried rice are shown at Phoenix Blue Fin on Central Avenue on Oct. 4, 2022.

TOP: Angelica Cruz works at Phoenix Blue Fin on Central Avenue on Oct. 4, 2022./ BOTTOM: Jose Botello and Ray Zeng prepare orders at Phoenix Blue Fin on Central Avenue on Oct. 4, 2022. “Others would not see her,” Lyn said laughing. “They would see her name and they would be like ‘oh we ain't touching that.'"The pandemic forced Betsy to pass the torch

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