- Super Dave, on the move!
Sushi chef Super Dave Nakamura, whose work I raved about recently, has left J Sushi in the I.D. and will be coming to Pinto Thai Bistro & Sushi Bar in the old Ali Baba space on Broadway this summer (projected opening mid-July). (On his Facebook page—where people are saying they’d follow him to hell and back—Super Dave says it’s in the Bailey/Coy space; he’s only a little off.) To this I say, selfishly: YAY. (Not so into the Thai/sushi fusion, but surely that will be easily avoided. And maybe Super Dave is even super enough to make a Thai roll that isn’t horrifying?)
Also coming soon in Capitol Hill sushi:
• Genki Sushi, Seattle’s second branch of the giant Japanese chain that purportedly evolved from the very first conveyor-belt sushi place. This will also be on Broadway, near Pine, and it will convey a wide variety of sushi to your mouth at almost frighteningly cheap prices.
• Octo Sushi, where Crave used to be and a papered-windowed mystery at this juncture.
It’s a sushi explosion that almost rivals Ballard’s! Except Capitol Hill had a lot more sushi to start with.
And in Capitol Hill vaguely sushi-related news:
• Tidbit Bistro, “where Madrid Meets Napoli on Capitol Hill” (meaning an emphasis on Spanish and Italian small plates) is moving where Vi Bacchus (the place with the weird name and the sushi no one really liked) used to be.
You know, I think that a lot of our food-borne problems are the result of thinking that a “conveyor belt” belongs in the production of food.
“Sushi: When Deepwater Horizon Isn’t Destroying Our Oceans and Sealife Fast Enough”
I’m surprised the Stranger hasn’t made much mention of Shiki in lower Queen Anne…it’s a little hole-in-the-wall right next to what used to be Counterbalance Bicycles, and Ken is one of I think 20 or so chefs in the US licensed to serve Fugu by the FDA.
http://www.npr.org/programs/talkingplant…
They also have a whole lot of traditional, and delicious, hot Japanese food…and by far my favorite Bento in the city. When my office was a few blocks away i would go get lunch and watch the Sumo tournaments with Ken.
FYI – Bailey/Coy Books was in that space, about 25 years ago… That was the original location on Broadway before we moved in to the bigger space 2 doors away…
@1 You seem to be confusing novelty sushi with industrial agriculture.
Try I love sushi on lake Bellevue you’ll forget about super Dave. I had his sushi at seastar restaurant before and I thought some beginner amigo made it…he might be better now, but there are plenty of other great sushi chef in Wa.