From: Jane Prusakova (prusakov_at_uiuc.edu)
Date: 04/27/98
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:09:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Jane Prusakova <prusakov_at_uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: This weekend - any recommendations? Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.980427140410.15892F-100000@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu>
Thanks to everybody who said Ariyake was good - I went there again last
weekend, and liked it a lot. It's walking distance from where I live,
it's great to have a good sushi place nearby.
On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, The Butterfly wrote:
> -Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:19:39 -0500 (CDT)
> -From: Jane Prusakova <prusakov_at_uiuc.edu>
> -Reply-To: sushi_at_sculptors.com
> -
> -Tried that place - Arikaye, the fish was far from fresh... maybe was
> -unlucky that night
> When I was at ClariNet, we were about 5-6 blocks from Ariyake (I
> think that's the correct spelling) and ate there quite a few times in the
> couple of months when it opened. I think I've been there close to a dozen
> times so far.
> The fish has always been quite good for me, and I enjoy it quite a
> bit. I think I prefer the bar to the tables, as I like the ability to pick
> up whatever interesting thing floats by, as well as watching the guys make
> it.
>
> -There is another place on Stevens Creek, Minami Sushi - quality is much
> -better, service is sometime slow. It's not very expensive, either.
> Is this the place near the billiards hall? That was about 6 blocks
> in the other direction, and we went there once a little over a month
> ago. (If it's the one I'm thinking of, they serve the sushi on little raised
> wooden trays...)
> I wasn't very impressed, actually. The service was VERY slow, the
> sushi was about 50% more expensive than at Ariyake, from what I saw, and
> the waitress who did our bill took about 10 minutes to do so, as she
> accidentally rung up a party of 8 at a nearby table on one of our party of
> four's credit cards, charging us about twice what we were supposed to
> pay. They cancelled it out, of course, but it took about 10 minutes extra,
> and there really were only about 3 tables occupied at the time we were in
> there, so I'm not sure how confusing it should have been.
>
>
> Y'know, with all these recommendations, we might want to throw
> together a FAQ or guide to the various Bay Area Sushi places... Keep the
> recommendations coming! I'm archiving the list, so we can pull out the data
> in the future if someone wants to tackle the project.
>
> Pat
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