Downtown Ballard is getting two new restaurants as O'Shan Sushi opened for business March 26 in the old Austin Cantina location on 24th Avenue Northwest and Plaka Estiatorio, a Greek restaurant, will be opening soon on 20th Avenue Northwest, just south of Market Street.

Popular Ballard eatery La Isla at 2320 N.W. Market St. received a permit from the Seattle Department of Planning and Development March 18 to expand into a portion of the now-empty Bella Consignment next door.

O'Shan Sushi, at 5809 24th Ave. N.W., is owned by Chun Kim, who worked at Bento Sushi, which opened at 85th and 15th in 2001. Kim's father, Yong, owns Bento and is the head chef at O'Shan.

Plaka Estiatorio will be opening soon for lunch and dinner at 5407 20th Ave. N.W.

Jason Mikos at La Isla said the restaurant had been wanting to expand for some time, and Bella's recent closure presented the easiest opportunity for that.

La Isla will stay open for much of the construction, which is about eight to 10 weeks away, but it will be closed for one to two weeks while work is done with the adjoining wall, Mikos said.