"At Akino Sushi in Elmhurst, you won’t feel like you have to gamify the restaurant in order to get your money’s worth on their AYCE deal. A small restaurant with brick walls, Akino serves well-made, simple sushi for a reasonable price. On weekdays, lunch costs $26 and dinner costs $41, while weekends are $43 all day, and you get two hours to order as much as you want. This is one of the few AYCE sushi spots that doesn’t cater to a rowdier crowd, because they don’t offer an all-you-can-drink option. But, notably, bottles of beer are priced at $5." - bryan kim, neha talreja, carlo mantuano, sonal shah