Former Tsukiji Japanese Spot Taking Tentative First Step into Irish Cuisine as Mahoney’s Texish Bar & Restaurant

A Swamplot reader sends these photos showing signage up a block north of the Waterway Ave. bridge in The Woodlands, where a new venue called Mahoney’s Texish Bar & Restaurant is picking up in place of Tsukiji Japanese Cuisine. The restaurant’s decision to mince words in its title, coupled with the presence of a shamrock on its logo suggests some sort of Texan-Irish fusion will be its focus. And according to trademark applications the restaurant’s filed this month, the phrase “We Are Texish,” and similar taglines will feature prominently on its employees uniforms.

Here’s what the space used to look like:

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Photos: Swamplox inbox (Mahoney’s); Carol C. (Tsukiji)

By the Waterway