"Seattle housing prices are getting out of control, and so are sushi prices. If the $175 omakase feels inescapable, recalibrate via the other end of the spectrum at Maruta Shoten. This Japanese grocery store in Georgetown serves inexpensive salmon sashimi that could rough up Sushi Kashiba’s in a bar fight, not to mention mayo-moistened $5.45 california rolls that are somehow fluffier than a high-pile shag rug. If you really want the hots for this city again, skip the fancy counters—here you can sit on the curb, tear a soy sauce packet open with your teeth, and go nuts." - aimee rizzo