Shokakko and Bazaar Sonoma Are Closing, For Now

A Japanese-style mobile food operation and a west county Chinese restaurant recently announced their closures over social media.


By Heather Irwin

Shokakko, a roving food operation known for its eclectic menu — including Spam fries, chicken sandwiches, Japanese-style bowls and milk-bread fruit sandwiches — is shutting down after two years.

“It’s the things we liked eating on our days off — the stuff we couldn’t find in Sonoma County,” said chef Elijah Trujillo, who co-founded the business with his partner, Kayla Hendrix, and friend Kazuya “Kaz” Makishima in 2024. The group expanded to a brick-and-mortar café and commissary kitchen in 2025.

The team announced the decision in an Instagram post last week.

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The team from the Shokakko food truck serves up their take on Asian street food on their regular Thursday night visit Jan. 23, 2025, at Old Caz Beer in Rohnert Park. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
Crab and Cheese Croquettes from Shokakko, an Asian street food truck on their regular Thursday night visit Jan. 23, 2025 at Old Caz Beer in Rohnert Park. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
Crab and Cheese Croquettes from Shokakko, an Asian street food truck on their regular Thursday night visit Jan. 23, 2025, at Old Caz Beer in Rohnert Park. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)

“It’s taken a lot of courage to get to this point,” they wrote. “We are closing Shokakko.” They added that future projects remain a possibility: “You haven’t seen the last of us yet.”

Also closing, at least temporarily, is Bazaar Sonoma. In a social media post, the owners, Sean Quan and Jenny Phan, said they would vacate their temporary annex space in Forestville, which had served as a stopgap after a fire damaged their restaurant in September 2025.

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The Bazaar Sonoma team, from left, Em Grayho, co-owners chef Sean Quan and Jenny Phan with chef Clayton Carter. Photographed on Oct. 17, 2024, in Forestville. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
Forestville’s new restaurant Bazaar Sonoma, BaSo | Restaurant & Konbini, Oct. 17, 2024. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)
Dishes at Forestville restaurant Bazaar Sonoma on Oct. 17, 2024. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)

“Thank you so much for welcoming this little restaurant called BaSo into your town and for being with us every step of the way,” the post read.

Several local restaurants have offered temporary kitchen space, suggesting that Bazaar Sonoma may return in some form.