Sushi

First Look: Sushi Bistro Rolls Sushi and Hibachi Into a Single Concept in Downtown Kirkwood [Photos]

In late February, Kirkwood welcomed a new seafood-centric restaurant to town: Sushi Bistro (343 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood; 314-966-5545). The sushi bar and hibachi grill is run by owners Jimmy Li and Zhenkun Lin with chef Andy Chi, whose experience comes from rolling sushi on the East Coast for ... More >>

Milagro Modern Mexican's Craig Bielke: Featured Bartender of the Week

The agave has been juiced, the limes have been purchased and the tequila has been stocked. Milagro Modern Mexican (20 Allen Avenue, Webster Groves; 314-962-4300) is ready to make hundreds of margaritas in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Milagro isn't hosting a garish Cinco party, but as the winner of ... More >>

Takaya or Leave Ya: Didn't New Asian get old, like, ten years ago?

Slideshow: Inside Takaya New Asian

Hungry Nerd's Restaurant Guide to Wizard World Comic Con St. Louis

Visiting Wizard World's St. Louis Comic Con at America's Center this weekend? Here are some choice places to which to adjourn for victuals and libations -- all within easy walking distance of the con! See also: - Non-Nerd's Guide to Wizard World Comic Con

Olive Boulevard Asian Eateries & Much More: An Updated Guide to Restaurants Along Olive, Westward From University City

St. Louis' neighborhoods are gems in their own right: full of history, great people and, as far as Gut Check is concerned, fantastic food. Each week we'll take you into a specific neighborhood and point you in the direction of the best places to grab some bites. View Olive Boulevard Asian Eateries ... More >>

Thaidentity Crisis: At Ocha Thai & Japanese, it's too easy to lose your culinary bearings

Slideshow: Inside Ocha Thai & Japanese

First Look: Dynasty Hibachi Steak, Seafood and Sushi Buffet

Occupying the former Outback Steakhouse space next door to the AMC Esquire 7 in Richmond Heights, Dynasty Hibachi Steak, Seafood and Sushi Buffet (6710 Clayton Road; 314-781-8888) offers a wide array of choices for diners (even for a Chinese buffet). And that's how general manager William Luan inte ... More >>

Hokkaido Steak & Sushi Buffet Opening Second Location In South County

A second location of Florissant Asian buffet restaurant Hokkaido Steak & Sushi Buffet (660 North US Highway 67, Florissant; 314-921-6666) is currently under construction in Concord Plaza Shopping Center at South Lindbergh Boulevard and Baptist Church Road in south county. Currently butcher paper co ... More >>

Tokyo Seafood Buffet's Conveyor-Belt Sushi Is Mesmerizingly Disappointing

Avocado. Avocado. Avocado. Spicy tuna? Avocado. Avocado. Avocado? I'm standing along the perimeter of the rectangular sushi station -- I'd call it the sushi bar but there's nowhere to sit -- at Tokyo Seafood Buffet (8004 Olive Boulevard, University City; 314-991-1188), watching as plates of sushi, ... More >>

Drive-Thru Sushi Comes to Brentwood

A colleague noticed yesterday that the drive-thru hut at 8950 Manchester Road in Brentwood, which was the original home of Famous Szechuan Pavilion (8615 Olive Boulevard, Olivette; 314-685-0888), has new signage up advertising "To Go Sushi." Turns out that's not just what the new venture offers. Th ... More >>

New Tokyo Buffet to Feature Conveyor-Belt Sushi

Back in January, Gut Check told you about Tokyo Buffet, the new and apparently quite large restaurant that will open at 8008 Olive Boulevard in University City. (This is in the same strip mall that houses Seafood City Grocery Store.) Driving by the other day, I noticed that not only is the Tokyo Bu ... More >>

Raw Yellowfin Tuna Linked to Salmonella, Recalled

A California company has voluntarily recalled 58,828 pounds of frozen raw yellowfin tuna associated with an outbreak of salmonella. According to the FDA, as of Friday, April 13, this oubtreak has sickened more than 100 people across twenty states and Washington, D.C., including Illinois (ten cases) ... More >>

At last, a Korean taco truck. And you're maki me hungry!

Review Preview: Seoul Taco and Chop Shop

This week, I take a look at two of the more interesting food trucks rolling through our streets: the Korean-Mexican mashup Seoul Taco (@SeoulTaco; 314-517-9816) and the sushi truck Chop Shop (@chopshopstl). A sneak preview of my review after the jump.

The Five Best Sushi Restaurants in St. Louis

Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

Chop Shop Food Truck Launches Today

via Facebook​You know, I was just thinking it's been too long -- 24 hours, at least, maybe 48 -- since a new food truck hit the streets of St. Louis. Today, Chop Shop will make its maiden voyage, arriving at Purina headquarters (Chouteau Avenue between South Tucker Boulevard and South Seventh Stre ... More >>

Hiro's Welcome: The Loop's newest sushi joint has something extra to offer

Review Preview: Hiro

Ian Froeb​This week I visit Hiro (609 Eastgate Avenue; 314-721-9168), the sushi and izakaya restaurant that opened this summer in the Delmar Loop, part of the musical-chairs rearrangement of sushi joints that moved Blue Ocean Sushi and closed Seki.What does Hiro bring to the area's crowded sushi t ... More >>

Momoyama Reopens (Without Yoshi)

​Momoyama (1637 Clarkson Road, Chesterfield; 636-536-7778) reopened yesterday, September 28, after a brief, confusing hiatus.The sushi restaurant first announced on Facebook that it was closing for good but might reopen in a new location next year. When Gut Check called to confirm the news, howeve ... More >>

The Sushi Roll Lunch Special at Thai Nivas

Deborah HylandThe Spicy Salmon Roll with Chef's Choice Nigiri at Thai Nivas.​The Place: Thai Nivas (11054 Olive Boulevard, Creve Coeur; 314-567-8989), a Thai/Japanese restaurant in the same Creve Coeur strip mall that also houses Pumpernickles. The Lunch: The Nivas Combo Deluxe (a choice from ... More >>

Food and Bodily Fluids Cross Paths Again (and Again)

Image via​Last week, the case of Dunkin' Donuts coffee (allegedly) intentionally tainted with snot prompted Gut Check to consider other bodily fluids that would be even more disgusting to discover in your beverage.Little did we know that denizens of the real world would do their part to keep pace ... More >>

Hiro Prepares to Open in the Delmar Loop

Ian FroebHiro in the Delmar Loop​Hiro, a sushi and izakaya restaurant from 609 Lounge owner Bernie Lee, looks just about ready to debut at 609 Eastgate Avenue. It might have opened already, but calls this morning just before its posted lunch hours went unanswered.The address was previously the hom ... More >>

New Sushi Restaurant in Old Blue Ocean Sushi Space [Updated]

Ian Froeb​When Gut Check filed what we thought would be our final update on the relocation of the Delmar Loop's Blue Ocean Sushi from its original spot on 609 Eastgate Avenue to 6335 Delmar Boulevard, we neglected to consider what would happen to the original Blue Ocean Sushi location. We have an ... More >>

The Final (We Think) Blue Ocean Sushi Update

Ian FroebThe original, now closed and relocated, Blue Ocean Sushi​Our story so far: Blue Ocean Sushi, the all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant at 609 Eastgate Avenue, just off the Delmar Loop, took over Loop mainstay Seki, located a few blocks west at 6335 Delmar Boulevard.At the end of May, Seki's na ... More >>

What's Old is New Again at Blue Ocean Sushi

Danielle LeszczBlue Ocean's Takoyaki appetizer​Having two restaurants with the same name within a couple blocks of each other sure has the potential to confuse diners. The original Blue Ocean Sushi (609 Eastgate Avenue, University City; 314-721-9168) sits off Delmar just one street west of Ski ... More >>

Seki Now the Second Blue Ocean Sushi

Ian FroebSeki in the Delmar Loop is now the second Blue Ocean Sushi.​The sign went up this afternoon to mark that the Delmar Loop Japanese restaurant Seki (6335 Delmar Boulevard, University City; 314-726-6477) is now officially the second location of another Delmar Loop sushi joint, Blue Ocean Sus ... More >>

Review Preview: Fin Japanese Cuisine

This week, I trek out to west county to visit Fin Japanese Cuisine (1682 Clarkson Road, Chesterfield; 636-536-4228). It's a sushi restaurant, yes, but not only a sushi restaurant.The list of sushi on Fin's order slip is so extensive, the descriptions of its basic and specialty rolls so detailed, tha ... More >>

Would You Pay $40 for a Kurt Cobain Sushi Combo?

​The fine folks at Blue Ocean Sushi just dropped by with a menu folded into the shape of a collared shirt (see above). Down the right side there, you can see celebrity names; they continue on the back and, as it turns out, correspond to various sushi combo platters. Chuck Berry costs you $12 a ... More >>

If You Call Yourself The Drunken Fish, One Happy Hour Ain't Enough!

Kristen KlempertSushi sake -- say that five times fast!​The Joint: The Drunken Fish 1 Maryland Plaza; 314-367-4222 The Hours: Nightly 5-7 p.m.; late-night happy hour 10:30 p.m.-midnight. The Deal: $3 domestic aluminum bottles, $4 select martinis, $5 hot sake carafes, $3-6 select sushi rolls. ... More >>

Yagu Asian Fusion is too flashy for its own good

Gut Check: More sushi! Plus the Art of Food and a new home for Five.

Roll 'Er Derby, Part 2: Ian's sushi quest continues in Clayton and the Central West End

Roll 'Er Derby: Ian's quest for sushi domination continues with Mizu and Ki

Hold the Moustache: Fumanchu, the prodigious Mike Johnson's latest offering, is all over the Asian map

More News Is Good News

Asia, Lumiere Place's Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese/Japanese chow parlor/sushi bar, is all over the map

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Pacific Rimshot

Oishi offers Japanese cooking as performance art

Gorge Busch

Live the luxe life at this revitalized St. Louis boite

Raw Power

For all its trendy trappings, Modai Sushi Lounge is downright cozy

Gateway to the East

Wasabi has everything a sushi-lover could want, from artful presentations to the legendary fugu

Wholly Rollers

The Drunken Fish is having an identity crisis, but many of the dishes are tasty and inventive

A Little Closure

It's see ya, not goodbye, at the Hungry Buddha

Ichibantastic

New sushi joint is quite a catch

Coeur Project

The hunt for authentic ethnic fare leads to a Creve Coeur strip mall

Hama Time

Renowned local sushi chef Naomi Hamamura opens up another location of Sansui

Raw Fish

Trying for exotic food in a luxurious atmosphere, Mandarin Bay flounders

Raw Power

When the service catches up to the food, Fuji Sushi will be on the road to delivering a good meal

Teppan Dancing

Going east -- 15 miles or so -- for great Japanese food

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