Atlanta Restaurants & Food

Sushi in Atlanta: Roadmap to the city's best

On the top of their game: (left to right) Tomohiro Naito of Tomo Japanese Restaurant, Art Hayakawa of Sushi House Hayakawa and Fuyuhiko Ito of UMI (all photos by Becky Stein)
On the top of their game: (left to right) Tomohiro Naito of Tomo Japanese Restaurant, Art Hayakawa of Sushi House Hayakawa and Fuyuhiko Ito of UMI (all photos by Becky Stein)
By John Kessler
June 5, 2014

In tomorrow's print paper, I take a deep dive into the world of Atlanta sushi, with a look at what I consider the six top venues for this popular -- but often not very good -- meal. I pay particular attention to my three favorites and the fine chefs who call Atlanta home.

As a sidebar, I look into the wide world of gimbap -- those Korean sushi rolls you may have noticed at Super H Mart or other local Asian markets. As it turns out, the best gimbap are in supermarkets at all, but in the snack restaurants called boon shik in Korean. I visit three different book shik and sample gimbap filled with everything from tuna salad to spicy anchovies to processed cheese.

And, if you just want to look at pretty pictures and ignore my blather altogether, feel free.

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