Rock N’ Roll Sushi Comes To SOMA

Jason Alley has been in the Little Rock foodservice industry since he was 13 years old. In the ’90s, he started working at his father’s store, Joe’s Grocery, on Colonel Glenn Road, “filling Coke boxes and making sandwiches in the deli,” he said.

Alley’s father retired from Joe’s Grocery in December, and now Alley, 39, owns two Tropical Smoothie locations, including the downtown spot on Broadway, and, along with business partner Chris Kramolis, has brought the Rock N Roll Sushi franchise to Little Rock, opening two stores during the pandemic. The franchise has locations throughout the South, including spots in Nashville, Tupelo, Miss., and the greater Memphis area.

Alley and Kramolis opened the Rock N Roll Sushi location at 12800 Chenal Parkway on May 29 during the phase one response to the pandemic.

Read the full article over at Arkansas Times.