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| - The older I get, the more I realize that I might be a Basic Bro. I've been getting more adventurous with my beers as my disposable income level (every so slightly) goes up, but left to my own devices with restaurants, I always want to go to a place where I can get a burger or big-ass grilled cheese sandwich.
So when one of my friends had originally wanted to go to One of Those Burger Places for their birthday, I was psyched. I was not so psyched when I got a text message from his wife saying it was changed to some sushi place I had never heard of. "Aw man," I thought to myself. "I know my dude bro wants a beer and burger." But since I am at least smart enough to not argue with my friends' spouses, I acted like it was all cool, but still wanting inside, well, not sushi, even though I dig it from time to time.
Well, I was a regular nitwit, because she took us to this place, and I am extremely grateful that she did. This is definitely a higher-class sushi bar -- quite literally a bar, that you sit at and watch them make the sushi. The entire place is about as big as a Parma basement, which actually makes for a great ambiance. The beer/wine selection is good, but the real treat is the sushi. Nothing ever compares to fresh-made sushi. Occasionally you can get decent stuff pre-packaged at the supermarket, but this blows that shit out of the water.
My buddy basically got the "everything" platter -- I can't remember the actual name and I don't speak Japanese anyway. I was pretty much everything they offer, sashimi-style (without rice). It looked HEAVENLY. I had a couple plates of the "regular" sushi, and it was fantastic. The service was excellent, and, as I mentioned, the ambiance was great. I hope to come back one day -- perhaps on MY birthday.
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