"Renowned chef Taichi Kitamura (a 2018 James Beard Award semifinalist) provides a wide variety of fantastic meal options at his Eastlake destination restaurant. It has a full sushi menu, and a nigiri omakase option and brunch on the weekends. Sushi Kappo Tamura sources its seafood from Pacific Northwest producers like Taylor Shellfish and Skagit River Ranch and has a rooftop garden that provides produce for some of its dishes. Of all the sushi chefs in Seattle, Kitamura may know the most about local fish, which could be ascribed to his side hobby as a fly fisherman. All these elements make for a decidedly PNW sushi experience that couldn’t be replicated in any other part of the country." - Harry Cheadle