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"Hidden in a converted ’60s motel, Hai Noon—opened by James Beard Award–winning chef Nobuo Fukuda—married midcentury desert vibes with sophisticated Japanese-inspired cocktails and raw seafood bites; I was especially smitten with cleverly balanced drinks featuring star anise, soy sauce, Calpico, barley shochu, and kurosato, alongside Japanese beers, shochu, and sakes (priced from about $12 a glass to $360 a bottle)." - Ann Shields