"Sushi Ai is an izakaya on Hillhurst with a textbook-thick menu and shishito peppers that we’d eat by the pound. There’s plenty of room if you’re with a group and want to go all in on beer towers and baked scallop rolls, but it’s also a great place for a solo meal at the bar where you can talk to the man who’s making your sushi. Find out what’s freshest that day and order that along with your Sapporo (which is $3 during the daily Happy Hour)." - brant cox, brett keating