I first went to TakoSushi over ten years ago when it was on Assembly Street across from the Capitol. I loved the food, the feel of the restaurant, and the staff.
Their newest location is at Forest Park Shopping Center, anchored by Lowes Foods on Forest Drive. It's in the location of the old Baskin Robbins, nearest Forest Drive.
I had mentioned the restaurant and the name to many friends and most thought it was fusion food of far east and southwestern cuisines, as the name may imply.
It is not. It is a variety of both cuisines, standalone and done quite well. And, the menu is not short on creativity and taste. If you cannot find one thing on the menu you like, then you are the type who may best stay home and eat pimento cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
They found out what works...and it does.
I discovered it had recently opened and went there today. The bar is a block-U shape (the best for meeting people and conversing) with about 20 upholstered bar stools. Each side has a jumbo flat screen and there are two others on opposing walls.
They have built an outdoor patio with about six four-seat tables and my server, Nico, said they will be covering this soon.
It's not clinical, in feel, like Poogan's, which I believe they totally f'ed up in light of the restaurant's history.
We, in Forest Acres, now have a cool place with an inviting bar and a killer menu, that is open from lunch to the evening.
Please check out TakoSushi with some friends or family and tell others so they may enjoy what this place is all about.
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