City: Boulder, CO

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (303) 440-0733

Address: 1221 Spruce Street

Description: There is nothing quiet or low-key about this brassy sushi bar and Japanese restaurant. The sushi is first-rate; the owner, chef Nao-San, is a shameless extrovert; and the restaurant is rarely without a line out the door. This popular Japanese restaurant was voted by Daily Camera readers as the best place for karaoke singing in the metro area. One part of the bustling restaurant features the sushi bar and wood-top tables. At the bar, you can watch the flamboyant Japanese chefs prepare miniature boatloads of artistic sushi. Another part of the restaurant features tatami rooms and grill tables where the chef performs cooking magic.Sing-along karaoke starting at 10 p.m. on Saturdays make this noisy place even noisier—and that much more enjoyable. Lunch and happy-hour specials bring down the cost of good Japanese food and great Japanese-accented fun. This restaurant is open for lunch weekdays and dinner nightly.