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    Hana Restaurant

    [CLOSED] As plain-wrap Japanese restaurants go, this one is the plainest. They barely had the energy to add...
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    Go Sushi (Hell’s Kitchen)

    [CLOSED] Fast food sushi is always risky. It’s not as if we’re ordering poisonous blowfish or anything, but...

    Benihana Japanese Steakhouse

    Throw a shrimp in your hat–it’s Benihana! If you haven’t been to one of these Japanese steakhouses, you...
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    West Side Sushi

    [CLOSED] First, this place needs to clean the bird shit off of its awning. There’s nothing that primes...
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    Yoshinoya

    [CLOSED] Now the Japanese are sending us their fast food crap. Yes, this is the McDonald’s of the...
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    Sushi Hana

    [CLOSED] Designed to look like a quaint Japanese dojo or something, we actually saw a crazed, drunken man...
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    Haru (Times Square)

    [CLOSED at this location] As far as I’m concerned, this is one of the few restaurant chains in...
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    Sushi Generation

    [CLOSED] It takes years of eating sushi before you start to realize the difference between excellent sushi, good...
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    Haru (Midtown East)

    [CLOSED] Now we know where all the female executives go for lunch. We certainly don’t blame them for...
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    Haru (Upper East Side)

    [CLOSED] Imagine how long the lines outside this place would be if they actually had to cook the...
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    Etou

    [CLOSED] Et tu Etou? Yet another new contender in the UES sushi war–vying for the almighty yuppie dollar...
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    Midori Sushi

    [CLOSED] The old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover” certainly holds true at this midtown sushi...
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    Kan Pai

    [CLOSED] Japanese restaurants in the 70’s on the UES are more numerous than mustaches at a Bills game....
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    Oikawa

    [CLOSED] How can a Japanese restaurant in the middle of midtown do no lunch business? Ask the slow-asses...
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    Teriyaki Boy (Carnegie Hill)

    [CLOSED] Trite Japanese chain eatery serving “day old McSushi” at McD’s prices. Fans say the chicken teriyaki is...
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    Edo Japanese Restaurant

    Just in case you haven’t had a menu from this place slipped under your office door, rest assured...
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    Nobu

    [CLOSED at this location] “Sushi so soft you’d want to spread it on a roll — if there...
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    Shiki

    [CLOSED] Japanese cuisine for the discerning Upper East Sider. Using the “open a restaurant in the UES and...