Japanese concept O-Ku opens on Atlanta’s Westside
Modern Japanese concept O-Ku Atlanta is opening doors for dinner today, Dec. 17.
The upscale restaurant, located in Midtown's Westside Ironworks building at 1085 Howell Mill Road, is the latest addition from restaurateur Steve Palmer's Indigo Road Restaurant Group, which recently expanded to Georgia with the opening of Colletta and a second location for Oak Steakhouse. Both are located in mixed-use development Avalon in Alpharetta . ( Three more restaurants will open in Avalon by spring 2016 .)
Like its sister restaurant O-Ku in Charleston, S.C., the O-Ku Atlanta outpost will offer a contemporary take on traditional Japanese cuisine with a focus on sushi rolls and signature dishes. Helming the kitchen is executive chef Jackie Chang, formerly of Umi Buckhead.
Menu highlights include sousaku nigiri with toppings like seared otoro and uni, cured yellowtail and binchotan seared kobe beef; aji skeleton made with Japanese horse mackerel sashimi and ginger; tobiko hamachi hako with spicy tuna, cucumber, basil, wasabi tobiko and crispy onion; sea bass yu-an yaki with Asian chives, wild mushrooms and oyster sauce; and otoro spoons with otoro tartare, uni, soy, scallions and caviar.
While O-Ku will serve dinner daily, beginning at 5 p.m., customers looking for a deal can partake in half-off select sushi during happy hour weekdays from 5 to 7 p.m. and late-night from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Thursdays through Saturdays.
For more information or to make reservations, visit www.okusushiatl.com .
Read the AJC Fall Dining Guide, Atlanta Around the Clock, here .
About the Author
Ligaya Figueras is the AJC's senior editor for Food & Dining. Prior to joining the AJC in 2015, she was the executive editor for St. Louis-based culinary magazine Sauce. She has worked in the publishing industry since 1999 and holds degrees from St. Louis University and the University of Michigan.
