The Tokyo ramen chain that brought yuzu-spiked broth to Metro Vancouver is down to its final bowls.
AFURI, the globally known Japanese ramen brand, has announced that its time in the city is ending, with a final service date of June 28.
The team confirmed to us that this is not just one storefront going dark.
Both the Main Street location in Mount Pleasant and the Richmond shop are closing for good.
AFURI broke the news on Instagram with a post titled “One Last Bowl.”
“With a heavy heart, we’re announcing that AFURI Vancouver’s final day will be June 28,” the caption read.
The team thanked everyone who “made AFURI part of your Vancouver food journey,” and asked regulars to come back for one more visit before the doors close.
The replies filled up fast with goodbyes, including one regular who called the yuzu ramen “the best in YVR.”
There is also a send-off deal attached to the farewell.
Until that final day, every bowl of ramen on the menu drops to $10.99, dine-in only.
That is a steep cut from the usual price, and it covers the full ramen lineup rather than a single flavour.
For anyone who never made the trip, AFURI built its name on yuzu.
Its signature Yuzu Shio and Yuzu Shoyu bowls lean on a clarified chicken broth brightened with the Japanese citrus.
It is a lighter, cleaner style than the heavy tonkotsu most shops chase, the kind of broth that drinks almost like a clear soup with a sharp citrus lift on the finish.
The menu had grown over the years too, adding sushi rolls and hand rolls alongside the ramen.
AFURI first landed in BC back in January 2020, opening in Richmond before expanding to its Main Street flagship.
That puts its run across the region at roughly six years.
The Richmond shop had already gone through one big change, relocating to a larger space at 3600 Viking Way near IKEA last year.
Honestly, the exit is not a total shock on our end.
We spotted one of the units quietly listed for sale a couple of months back, so the writing had been on the wall.
It was also one of the spaces Little Pisces toured while hunting for a Vancouver flagship, before that team landed in Olympic Village instead.
So the only real question was when the announcement would come, not whether it would.
Lines will almost certainly build as the final date gets closer, especially on Main Street.
AFURI will be joining other recently closed food spots in Vancouver like Blenz Seymour, Baby Dhal, and Burgoo Downtown.
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Address: 2801 Main Street, Vancouver (Mount Pleasant) and 3600 Viking Way, Richmond