Onigilly is a traditional Japanese fast food known as onigiri, or rice balls, that dates back over 2,300 years. Samurai carried these rice balls with them during war for a quick meal. Made with pressed rice and a savory filling wrapped up in seaweed, onigiri is a staple of the modern Japanese diet, more popular in fact than sushi. Handy and fast, "Onigilly" can be eaten anytime and anywhere, as a snack or as a full meal. Onigilly focuses on fusing healthy California style eating with the traditional Japanese onigiri. Promoting healthy and sustainable practices, our rice balls are made with California-grown, haiga rice and loaded with nutritious ingredients. Our mission is to provide delicious, healthy, and convenient food, and to help contribute to better eating habits nationwide. We started this business in 2007 with the goal to bring onigiri, Japan's favorite comfort food, to America. We created ONIGILLY based on the motto "handy, delicious, and healthy." After entering the incubation program at La Cocina in 2009, we started running a street food cart in 2010. Finally, in September 2012, we opened our first restaurant. Come in and enjoy some delicious food with us!
Bon, Nene
Yearning for some phenomenal blend of Japanese and European flavors? Then Bon, Nene is the place to head to. It features an interesting breakfast, lunch and dinner menu as well as a drinks menu which includes in-house ginger ale, Soju, red wine, Mimosa and latte. On a sunny morning, their morning set of Japanese toast with sunny-side up eggs and a hot green tea will surely give you a refreshing start. You can also opt for the typical American breakfast of waffles if not Japanese. For dinner and lunch, servings of tofu buns, kale salad are offered. Give a perfect to your meal by ordering their sweet desserts of Panna Cotta or Italian Affogato.
This downtown Japanese restaurant serves a delectable range of items that includes such classics as sushi, udon and donburi, tempura and teriyaki dishes. But the real treat is the critically acclaimed sushi. This is a small, but comfortable, Japanese restaurant and sushi bar with traditional Asian trappings, often frequented by downtown professionals. Watch out, when dishes say spicy, they mean spicy. You may want to accompany your meal with a domestic or imported beer.
This tidy little eatery, Kushi Tsuru, is easy to overlook. Inside though, is a crowd of locals and tourists enjoying a delightful selection of sashimi, sushi, tempura and as displayed in the windows, a wonderful variety of bento boxes. Each compartment of this traditional Japanese lunch treat offers few pieces of sushi, some tempura, pickles vegetables and either rice or noodles for a satisfying meal, authentic in its preparation and simply delicious. The boiled fish is a house specialty and the Japanese beers and steak offered make a great accompaniment. The service is gracious and quick.
A new sushi restaurant must try!
Under new Management as of 2/2017
