How Do You Feel About Grocery Store Sushi?

How do you feel about “grocery store” sushi?

Sushi, in and of itself can be somewhat polarizing.  I went the better part of my life wanting nothing to do with it.  And I have no memory of how or why I tried it in the first place, but apparently at some point I did because I now enjoy it.  I enjoy spicy tuna.  Lisa likes California rolls…not really sushi.  I’ve even gone as far as at a party at a friend’s house, when someone walked in with a hunk of raw ahi tuna and cut a piece off and threw it in their mouth, I thought, I’m up for that.  Lisa was not amused.

So, most of the time, I have my sushi at a restaurant.  But, over the last year or so, I’ve become fond of getting at the grocery store.  Now, let me be specific.  It’s at Fresh Market, and there is always someone there preparing it.  They, on occasion, when what I wanted wasn’t available, would make it for me.  I thought to myself, how is that any different that the chef that prepares it at the restaurant.  It’s all of the same ingredients.  There isn’t the variable of “cooking”, where one chef cooks something differently than another.  It’s SUSHI!  There’s no cooking involved.  For my money, it’s the same thing.  Oh, speaking of money, that’s the other thing.  It’s less expensive in the grocery store than it is in a restaurant.  That’s a plus.

Now, let me move on to another grocery store.  Publix for instance, or Kroger.  There are people at both stores preparing the sushi.  Again, making it easy for me to accept purchasing it under those circumstances.  I see no difference.

Having said that, I’m not going to get my sushi from a convenience store.  I gotta draw the line somewhere.

You know another place I draw the line?  Sushi on sale.  Nope!

So where do you stand on all of this?

How do you feel about grocery store sushi?

Do you like sushi?

Do you eat it on a regular basis?

Would you purchase it from a grocery store?

If not, why not!

This weekend, head to the store, get some chopsticks and have some sushi.

Soon, there will be some smoking on Broad Street! This new restaurant in downtown Augusta is Bradley's Barbecue and is set to open this summer after renovations are complete. The location is well known. It's the old Sunshine Bakery building.

Fat Man's Hospitality Group is behind this new concept restaurant. Think great barbecue in a historic building and, like the other Fat Man's restaurants in town, you can expect something a little different. This one will have a full bar, too.

Brad and Havird Usry, owners of Fat Man's Hospitality Group, show respect for this historic building, even down to the signage Augusta Historic Preservation recently approved.

Fat Man’s Hospitality partner Havird Usry added,  “Buying the Sunshine building for our new concept is a great fit for us. Our history is family business, and preserving some history of other family businesses is right in our wheelhouse. We are doing it with SnoCap and Fat Man’s and look forward to bringing the Sunshine Building back to life. Now we have to get to work.”

As Havird mentioned,  the other Fat Man restaurants in the Augusta-North Augusta area include the historic SnoCap in North Augusta, The Southern Salad downtown, and Fat Man's at Enterprise Mill, along with all their restaurants offering catering. Now, they have added Bradleys Barbecue as their newest restaurant in downtown Augusta.

Bradley's Barbecue joins about 43 other restaurants in downtown Augusta, quickly becoming a foodie's favorite place for lunch and a night out. We'll update you as we hear more about Bradley's opening.

It will be nice to see the Sunshine building full of life again, doing what it has always done. Serving good food with excellent service from local owners who love Augusta. Congrats to the Usrys as they add another wonderful eatery to their already fantastic line-up of Augusta's favorite restaurants.

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