{"id":325007,"date":"2020-06-18T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=325007"},"modified":"2020-06-18T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T20:00:05","slug":"garapan-restaurant-cafe-and-grill-serves-dishes-for-the-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/garapan-restaurant-cafe-and-grill-serves-dishes-for-the-soul\/","title":{"rendered":"Garapan Restaurant Caf\u00e9 and Grill serves dishes for the soul"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_325001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325001\" style=\"width: 1113px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Garapan-pix-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1113\" height=\"834\" class=\"size-full wp-image-325001\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-325001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garapan Restaurant Cafe and Grill was established in 2012 and started by Gracia Yoo\u2019s mother, Marichella Yoo.  (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Garapan Restaurant Caf\u00e9 and Grill was established eight years ago and through the years, they have grown to understand what their customers need especially during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this time of hardship, we wanted to be able to provide a nice, warm, homecooked meal that individuals can take home and enjoy. We believe that a warm meal helps heal one\u2019s soul,\u201d said general manager and director Gracia Yoo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_325000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325000\" style=\"width: 142px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Garapan-pix-1-142x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"142\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-325000\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-325000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garapan Restaurant Cafe and Grill serves authentic Korean dishes served hot and fresh every day. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe try to do our best but most importantly we think of our customers as family. Interactions between our staff and our customers have always have been very family-like. Loyal customers love our wide-ranging menu from Japanese, Korean (including Korean BBQ), to American cuisine,\u201d Yoo added.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant temporarily closed after the first case of COVID-19 on Saipan was declared in April. \u201cWe wanted to be as cautious as possible for our staff and customers\u2019 safety but we were back in business again after a month\u2026 We are currently serving take-out only from 11am to 2pm and we are serving our full menu available including our specials and sushi platters. Last Monday, we also started serving dinner from 5pm to 7pm but for take-out only,\u201d Yoo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe currently have our \u2018daily bento\u2019 and specials throughout the month of June. Our \u2018daily bento\u2019 is different every day but the classic bentos are a staple and available every day as well. Because of two important events this month, we have specials for the graduates of 2020 and Father\u2019s Day,\u201d Yoo added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_325002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-325002\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Garapan-pix-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-325002\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-325002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garapan Restuarant Cafe and Grill has a wide array of sushi platters that will satisfy one\u2019s cravings. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From June 13 to 21, Garapan Restaurant Cafe and Grill graduation platter includes one baked salmon roll, one California roll, three ikura gunkan, three nigiri, two potato croquette, tsukemono, miso soup (family zize) for only $30; and starting June 15, Father\u2019s Day special consists of Korean BBQ set and sushi platters.<\/p>\n<p>Garapan Restaurant Caf\u00e9 and Grill is located along Coral Street in Garapan. They are open from Monday to Sunday for lunch, 11am-2pm, and dinner, 5pm to 7pm, for take-out only.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call (670) 233-7000 or look them up on Instagram: garapanrestaurant670 and Facebook: Garapan Restaurant Cafe &amp; Grill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garapan Restaurant Caf\u00e9 and Grill was established eight years ago and through the years, they&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":325055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-325007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}