Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Poke is exploding in NYC all of sudden. First in Flushing, then I noticed in Hells' Kitchen. Uptown has the Makana Hawaiian BBQ and Poke with four locations. More are popping up in Queens and rest of Manhattan. I am seeing them in Long Island too.
Why suddenly happening now?
If you go to Japanese they charge you so much for sashimi. Poke places just serving sashimi, but with healthy sides like romaine kimchi, masago, etc etc, and much cheaper than Japanese restaurants.
But I wonder how this model going to last. Poke is cheap snack. How many covers can these places get to break even with just the high rent?
Are there lots of Hawaiians moving to NYC all of sudden? Chinese brought chinese here, Mexicans brought Mexicans here, Italians brought italian over here. Japanese brought Japanese here until the Chinese took that market. So who else can be bringing this over? Ok the poke place on Roosevelt in Flushing is Chinese but I think they have relatives in Hawaii or California.
There's been poke all over for like 2 years at least
Quote:
Originally Posted by city living
I was going to say the same---you're at least a year behind, OP.
Its not that late. There are still places without Poke, and it has been steadily growing. So I did not jump on the bandwagon as soon as it began, Boo hoo.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.