"Offering both indoor and outdoor dining, and more sake options than the game piece count on the municipal building courtyard, the menu at this Japanese spot gets creative with things like a grilled avocado stuffed with salmon, tuna, and yellowtail, and ZFC (Zama fried chicken). But they also do more straightforward dishes well, too, like the spicy crunchy yellowtail with jalapeno mango roll, and the shrimp tempura rolls. With lunch deals running through 5pm, we drop in here between calls or sneak out of work a little early for a drink and a few snacks." - candis mclean, alison kessler