Best of Metromix Greenville 2012Sushi
First introduced to mainstream America in the 1960s, the popularity of sushi has exploded in the past decade. Once thought to be exotic, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who hasn't at least tried kappa maki—y'know, the one with cucumbers (snooze). Whether you're a fan of raw octopus or raw carrots, there are plenty of Greenville options for a sushi fix. If you think we left out a deserving nominee, let us hear about it!
And the winner is…
Purple International Bistro & Sushi
933 S. Main St.
Greenville, SC 29601Neighborhood: West End
Purple features cuisine from Japan and Korea, but its specialty is sushi. There are daily lunch and dinner sushi specials. And if you give enough notice, you can order a chef's choice five- or seven-course dinner for your party.
Nominees
Sushi Murasaki
2 S. Main St.
Greenville, SC 29601Neighborhood: Downtown
Have a martini or sake cocktail at this shiny, cosmopolitan bar which spans the length of the restaurant. They have lunch specials on sushi and other Japanese cuisine and featured rolls in the evenings. It thrives on its late-night crowd.
Tsunami Japanese Sushi Bar and Grill
106 E. North St.
Greenville, SC 29601Neighborhood: Downtown
This place has been a downtown Greenville draw since its initiation. Tuesday nights offer $2 rolls, and every night there are specials on the board. Specialty rolls include the Greenville roll, city roll, emerald roll and G.M.C. Metromix readers voted Tsunami for Best Sushi 2010.
Sushi Koji
Greenville, SC 29601
A sushi restaurant that includes starter sushi (California roll, kappa maki) and more advanced modern takes (charming roll, green emerald), along with sasihimi, nigiri and a full Japanese menu.
Takosushi
34 S. Main St
Greenville, SC 29601Neighborhood: Downtown
The proprietor of this restaurant likes sushi and he likes Mexican, so he decided to combine his two loves into one restaurant. No matter who you are with, the table is usually split on which they're going to order. But being the Best Sushi category, we'll forget the burritos for now. There is a giant page full of sushi rolls, sashimi and bento boxes.
Last year's winner
Purple International Bistro & Sushi
933 S. Main St.
Greenville, SC 29601Neighborhood: West End
Purple features cuisine from Japan and Korea, but its specialty is sushi. There are daily lunch and dinner sushi specials. And if you give enough notice, you can order a chef's choice five- or seven-course dinner for your party. Sushi connoisseurs will get the joke embedded in the restaurant's name. The Japanese word for "purple," murasaki, is slang for the soy sauce used for dipping your sushi.
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