Poké Chop
Get the spicy tuna or yellowtail on sushi rice. Skip the rolls, they're afterthoughts. Sit at the counter, watch them cut fish, order a second bowl when the first one's gone. Garnet Avenue foot traffic never stops, so go when you're hungry, not when you're browsing.
Spicy tuna bowl. Yellowtail bowl. One of each. The poke is sharp and cold, the rice is the right temperature. Don't overthink it.
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