More tenants confirmed for Don Don Donki

The latest group of businesses due to open at the Don Don Donki store are Three Squares Restaurant, Sakurai Guam Inc., which does business as Sakura Kitchen and Sakura Dining Japanese Restaurants, and Myungrang Hotdogs, according to the Guam Department of Public Works building permit office.

Originating in Korea, a number of Myungrang restaurants have opened in the U.S. mainland and the Philippines. The hotdogs come in a variety of ways - a rice cake hotdog, various cheese varieties, with squid ink, and fried potato cubes. The parent company is looking for franchisees, according to its website.

According to Journal files, already confirmed are One Coin LLC — which does business as Daiso, often referred to as the “Japanese dollar store, Auntie Anne’s, Maui Tacos, Infusion Coffee Shop, Olive Garden, Boong’s Café, Wanpo Yasuda Restaurant and Wanpo Tea Shop - all of whom have received building permits for their properties inside the $114 million Donki store, due to open on April 25.

Lam Lam Tours & Transportation will have a counter like the former Tumon Central Air Terminal at the T Galleria by DFS, which operated several years ago.

Guam’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will meet on April 17. On its agenda are the applications by Pan Pacific Retail Management (Guam) Co. Ltd. for various classes of alcohol licenses for Don Don Donki.

The licenses include those for off-property consumption, since a large part of beer and wine alcoholic sales are expected to be purchased as retail.

Also filed are applications for Island Lounge and Waka Sakura - a sushi restaurant - at the property. mbj

Regional Working Group convenes to advance Philippine inclusion In Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program

Regional leaders, government officials, and industry executives gathered at the Guam International Airport Authority on Wednesday, July 22 for the inaugural session of the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Working Group, driving a unified regional effort to expand the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program to include the Philippines.