Food Visionary

Augusta Chronicle:

Kevin Goldsmith is a busy man - with three restaurants under his belt and a fourth opening this month, he’s all about business.

The 53-year-old entrepreneur is the visionary behind TakoSushi and is revered among his friends as a creative, no-nonsense guy.

“The clichê ‘think outside the box’ doesn’t begin to describe the way his business head works,” said Paul Brewer, the general sales manager at television station WFXG (Channel 54) and a friend for 17 years.

He remembers when Mr. Goldsmith first told a group of friends about his idea for TakoSushi. The unique restaurant specializes in sushi and rustic, Southwestern food that Mr. Goldsmith considers to be “New Mexico style.”

Mr. Brewer said the group initially questioned Mr. Goldsmith’s theory; however, three years later, he seems to have struck gold.
TakoSushi, with restaurants in Aiken and Greenville, S.C., and at Augusta’s Surrey Center, will have restaurant No. 4 open this month in Evans.

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Photo: Kendrick Brinson / Staff.