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TOMI is a new downtown Japanese spot in the Loop inside Revival Food Hall with sushi made by a robot from Suzumo | Eater Chicago

"A new vendor run by two women with experience at Japanese restaurants including Yuzu and Slurping Turtle will bring automated sushi to a downtown food hall. The operation uses a Suzumo robot (a Tokyo company with U.S. offices in California and New Jersey) capable of rolling about 350 pieces of uramaki an hour, enabling high-volume service for the hall’s lunchtime crowds. Sushi will be rolled with rice paper that features work from local artists, and the founders — Trisha Bun and sushi chef Pamela Decker (formerly sous chef at Arami) — are aiming for affordable, office-worker-friendly pricing, targeting rolls under $7. A spokesperson has not given a firm opening date beyond a planned September debut." - Ashok Selvam