Now Closed: Nobuo at Teeter House

James Beard Award-winning chef Nobuo Fukuda has closed his Heritage Square restaurant.

April 27, 2021

Nobuo at Teeter House has officially called it. Jacob Tyler Dunn

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Nobuo at Teeter House, the Japanese restaurant in downtown's historic Heritage Square, has been closed since March 30, 2020, because of the pandemic. Now, it is permanently closed.

Nobuo — one of our top 100 restaurants — was run by James Beard Award-winning chef Nobuo Fukuda. Fukuda was born and raised in Tokyo and has worked as a chef in Arizona for more than 30 years. The omakase-style restaurant was housed in the 1899 Bouvier Teeter House, a distinct turn-of-the-century wood-floored bungalow.

According to The Arizona Republic, Nobuo is currently looking for a new location to open a restaurant with a more casual concept — but taking his time doing it.

For more information, see the Nobuo at Teeter House website.

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