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What's the draw? Certainly not the plain brick exterior, the bright blue awnings, cafeteria-like ambiance or the aloof servers. Maybe it's the happy looks on the faces of all the people on the other side of the smudgy windows. On any given night, a complete cross section of Andersonville[em]gay, straight, black, white, Asian, part-Swedish[em]flocks here for no-nonsense maki, teriyaki, and more. The sushi is simple, generously-sized and suspiciously cheap.
Intimate without being claustrophobic, this corner shop has a long wood sushi bar with pressed bamboo floors and hanging box lanterns, making it the closest thing to an authentic Japanese izakaya (... read more
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