A Prairieville couple who are set to open a ramen restaurant on Government Street this fall are planning to open another eatery — this one focusing on sushi — in Mid City.

A rezoning request is set to go before the East Baton Rouge Parish Planning Commission in October to turn the Choices Salon Suites building at 4914 Government into a restaurant that serves alcohol.

Choices Salon Suites has operated in the building near the intersection of Government and South Foster for about 15 years. The property was a Hollywood Video store until the chain went out of business.

If their request is successful, Shi Jian Zheng and Stacy Chen plan to open Zuma Revolving Sushi Bar in the building.

The restaurant gets its name from Zuma, a popular mobile phone game where players shoot different color mar

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