People watch as Chef Joel Hammond begins to carve a bluefin tuna at Uchi in West Hollywood, California. Carlin Stiehl for CA Post I watched as a 216-pound bluefin tuna was carved up live in front of the audience that was about to eat it, on the patio of sushi restaurant Uchi in West Hollywood. … Read more
The Bay Area’s latest grocery obsession is rolling into Silicon Valley — and night owls with a taste for sushi have a particularly delicious reason to celebrate. Hashi Market, a New York City-founded Japanese supermarket chain, is opening its first brand-new West Coast location in Cupertino on Friday, bringing shelves of imported snacks, premium seafood, … Read more
Don’t fork around with these New Yorkers! Pushed-to-the-limit NYC restaurateurs are faced with another battle in the fight for their financial lives — a growing scourge of dine-and-dash incidents. From deluded influencers to old-school scofflaws, this latest affront is just one more headache for inflation-embattled businesses to handle — and seemingly on their own, too, in an … Read more
Think you’ve got an appetite big enough to sink a sushi boat? A Southern California restaurant is serving up a colossal 80-piece sushi challenge that has social media stars lining up for viral glory. One competitive eater made it look ridiculously easy. Most food challenges are designed so the majority of participants fail. Instagram/sake2me_chino Illustration … Read more
Stop the bot-ty shaming. A diner was shocked and appalled after allegedly getting calorie-shamed by a restaurant’s order screen, per a viral Reddit post. A diner claimed that they were called out over their calorie intake by the order screen at an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. Georgii – stock.adobe.com According to the thread, shared to the … Read more
On National Sushi Day, June 18, all eyes are on Ventura Boulevard’s legendary “Sushi Row,” a roughly 18-mile stretch through Studio City that food historians say helped transform sushi from a niche Japanese delicacy into an American culinary phenomenon. The unassuming corridor reportedly boasts one of the highest concentrations of sushi restaurants outside of Japan, … Read more
A flashy new West Hollywood rooftop restaurant may have the views — but one Instagram food critic says the food left him feeling “fleeced.” SUSHISAMBA Los Angeles, the Japanese-Brazilian-Peruvian fusion spot that opened in March atop 649 N. La Peer Drive, has been one of LA’s buzziest new dining rooms, with an 11,000-square-foot rooftop space, sweeping … Read more
Sushi lovers are conveying excitement. A top-selling Japanese restaurant is opening its first American location in New York City. Sushiro — a popular conveyor belt sushi restaurant in Japan — will open in Times Square this fall at 667 8th Avenue at West 42nd Street, next to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Guests sitting at … Read more
You’ve eaten pop-up ice cream and you shop at pop-up schmatta shops. But are you ready for pop-up sushi rolls? I was curious, if not altogether ready, when I read 1,001 viral posts about Suka Sushi, located at 63 Lexington Avenue near East 25th Street. The tiny storefront with no seats is meant to be fun, and … Read more
It was the $800 Uber Eats delivery. Private chef Andrew Molen had just picked up a call from a regular client, who’d emerged in a panic from the wine cellar of his tony NYC home, hoping to pop up a particular bottle of Champagne when friends arrived — only to find none there. “I called … Read more
Meet the year’s best new seafood dish — a Japanese thriller called nabemono. The hot-pot stew, sometimes called “Japan’s bouillabaisse,” is the star of the show at Double Knot, a sceney, jumbo, Japanese restaurant that just opened at 1251 Sixth Avenue (entrance on West 49th Street) on Midtown’s corporate row. As Avra does for Greek … Read more
Talk about a fish tale. In a turbulent shake-up of New York’s ultra-luxe sushi scene, Midtown newcomer Sushi Sho has managed to snag a coveted three Michelin stars — overturning the proverbial boat of longtime Columbus Circle three-starrer Masa, which was downgraded to two after holding the top rating since 2008. The Bryant Park–adjacent counter, … Read more
Call it the omakase apocalypse. Sushi lovers were stunned this week when the Michelin Guide to New York City restaurants knocked Masa off its long-time three-star perch and demoted it to a measly two stars. Meanwhile, Michelin raised Sushi Sho, which just opened in the city early last year, to three twinklers from two. Restaurant industry insiders … Read more
It’s an optical illusion you can eat in. With NYC restaurants increasingly going high-tech, one enterprising omakase restaurant is reverting back to the drawing board — by allowing customers to “dine in 2D.” Up is down and black is white at Shirokuro, the Big Apple’s first full-service “two-dimensional” restaurant in the East Village, which evokes … Read more
As schools of new residents swim into Palm Beach, as development and investment shoal, a new cosmopolitan menu is being served to what had been a thoroughly continental crowd. “The Palm Beach community was used to showing their wealth and status by pulling up in a Rolls, having a host greet them and escort them … Read more
People are getting catfished — literally. Experts warn that when it comes to sushi, what you sea is often not what you get — with the US clocking in as one of the world’s biggest fish forgers. Studies have shown that cheaper fish alternatives are being mislabeled and masqueraded as salmon, tuna, snapper and other top-shelf raw … Read more
If you want a table at Lucali, you’ve got to wait — or hire someone to do it for you. The acclaimed Carroll Gardens pizzeria — which is cash-only, BYOB, doesn’t take reservations and is beloved by celebs such as Jay-Z and Beyonce — tops the list of a recent report from TaskRabbit on the most … Read more
It left diners sleepless in Seattle. Fob Sushi Bar’s Seattle outlets have temporarily shuttered after fans of food influencer Keith Lee claimed they saw something wriggling during Lee’s video review of the restaurant. “In response to recent food safety concerns, we have decided to close our Fob sushi locations in Seattle and Bellevue until further … Read more
Come for the blessings, stay for the pick-up scene Gen Z and Millennial New Yorkers are tapping into their Jewish roots in a more spiritual way — and finding potential suitors — at Rabbi Daniel Bortz’s Soul X events. Bortz, 38, is known as @millennial rabbi on Instagram and hosts non-traditional spiritual gatherings, including sound … Read more
Sorry! Costco is making a splash online after adding sushi to their food court lineup — but only in Canada. The news from up north has American fans feeling more than a little ig-nori-ed. A Canadian TikTokker samples the California Crab roll now available on the menu at the downtown Vancouver, BC location. A British … Read more