Chandler's Shimogamo sushi restaurant to open Gilbert location in 2022

Shimogamo is a family-owned and -operated business. (Alexa D'Angelo/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Tom Blodgett | 12:44 PM Mar 8, 2021 MST | Updated 12:44 PM Mar 8, 2021 MST

Chandler Japanese restaurant Shimogamo will open a Gilbert location at Williams Field Road and Santan Village Parkway next to the SanTan Village shopping center, in spring 2022. The restaurant serves sushi, sashimi, rolls and Japanese Izakaya-style dishes. http://shimogamoaz.com

By Tom Blodgett

Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent 30 years in journalism in Arizona and is the editor of the Gilbert edition of Community Impact Newspaper. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he now serves as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.

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