Japanese Restaurants
our suggestions
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Nobu
105 Hudson St., Tribeca, NYSome say Nobu is old news, but we say it’s still as good as Japanese food gets. Especially if someone else is paying.
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Momofuku Noodle Bar
171 1st Ave., East Village, NYNot the cheapest bowl of noodles in New York, and maybe not even the best, but Momofuku Noodle Bar is an indisputable Infatuation favorite. Come for all the other amazing things this place has to offer, like fried chicken, pork buns, and a soft serve machine.
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Sushi of Gari
402 E. 78th St., Upper East Side, NYSushi of Gari is the best sushi on the Upper East Side. Hands down. It’s not even up for discussion. You know why Sushi Seki is so good? Because the guy who started it learned from Gari himself, Masatoshi “Gari” Sugio. As discussed in the review of Gari’s 46th St. location, it’s all about the [...]
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Brushstroke
30 Hudson St., Tribeca, NYWe’ll admit it. Our preconceived notion of what Brushstroke was all about happened to be dead wrong. We knew it was a David Bouley restaurant, and therefore had visions of older couples half asleep at the table, eating sushi without saying a word to each other. In our heads this was going to be a [...]
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Sushi of Gari 46
347 W. 46th St., Midtown, NYDamn. We’ve been sleepin’ on Gari…hard. This is some of the finest fish in all of Manhattan. Their $50 Omakase is as visually stimulating as sushi can get. This isn’t just fish on top of rice – no, no. Each piece is prepared like its own entree – stacked, coated and finished with different ingredients. [...]
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Takashi
456 Hudson Street, West Village, NYThe West Village can be pretty predictable these days. The majority of the restaurants in this area will either make you a) pissed that you weren’t born to live a life of leisure, or b) jealous that your neighborhood isn’t full of sickeningly cute French cafes. Don’t get us wrong, we love spending our mornings [...]
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Nagao Sushi & Salad
13050 San Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CANo, we were not at Sushi Nozawa on the last day before it closed. Apparently that’s the new badge of honor that people in LA wear now when you bring up sushi restaurants in this town. “Oh you like that place? I guess it’s OK. Did I tell you that we waited six hours to [...]
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15 East
15 E. 15th St., Union Square, NYBert and Ernie? Fergie and the weird looking dude from the Black Eyed Peas? That won’t work, Steinthal can’t run in heels. Sorry, just thinking of a few disguises for all the bank robberies we’re going to have to pull off to keep eating at 15 East. Maybe we’ll do the Hamburglar and Grimace. They’ll [...]
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Uchi
801 South Lamar Blvd., Austin, TXTry not to act too surprised when we tell you that Austin is one of our favorite places on earth. It is, after all, one of the greatest music towns in the world, and it’s also a place where we can get ridiculous on all manner of delicious things to eat, like BBQ, specialty food [...]
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Aburiya Kinnosuke
213 East 45th St., Midtown East, NYFrom what we’re told, this is an authentic Japanese establishment, all the way down to the robata grill. We can’t vouch for its authenticity, nor are we sure that a robata grill isn’t something from the Sky Mall catalog, but we do happen to agree that this place is damn good.
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