Austin Sushi News #18 May, 2002 Welcome to Austin Sushi News, a friendly by-product of the sushi website for Austin, Texas, www.austinsushi.com Once every month or so, we bring you the latest scoop on sushi bars and related matters in Austin, Texas. You can UNsubscribe at any time by sending email to austin-maki-unsubscribe@austinsushi.com. Subscribe by going to www.austinsushi.com and clicking on the mailing list icon. If you have any problems, please send email to webmaster@austinsushi.com CONTENTS: 1. Mikado Open NOW 2. Japan, Texas Web Site 3. Musashino Now Open For Lunch 4. More Sushi Media Noise =============================================== 1. Mikado Open NOW Mikado, Austin's 24th sushi bar, opened today (Friday, May 24th). It's located at the old "Mother of Pearl's" location, 9033 Research Blvd (the NE quadrant of Burnet road and 183). Mikado 9033 Research Blvd (NE quadrant of Burnet road and 183) (512) 833-8188 =============================================== 2. Japan, Texas Web Site Curtis Hoffmann, curator of the "Japan, Texas" web site, dropped us a note. His web site lists Japanese shops and businesses in Texas and around the U.S.. If you're looking for specific Japanese foods, newspapers, or other cultural items, it's a good place to start. http://www.japantexas.com =============================================== 3. Musashino Now Open For Lunch Musashino, our number one rated sushi bar, now opens their upstairs mini-sushi bar for lunch from 11am-2pm, Monday-Friday. We hope they maintain the quality of their downstairs venue. =============================================== 4. More Sushi Media Noise Sushi, undeterred by the ebb and flux of Austin's economy, marches onward, and the local paparrazzi can't get enough of it. The Austin Chronicle's exhaustive two-part review of Austin sushi bars appeared in their May 10th and May 17th issues, and it's already out of date (see #1 above). Props out to Chronicle food writer Wes Marshall who cites austinsushi.com as a web site that "we love" in part two of the review. On the Statesman side, their Austin360 web site now features somewhat updated sushi listings that you can sort by neighborhood, cuisine, and price. The first two entries (Azuma and Banzai) are out of business, and they list a number of alternate sushi sources (Buffet Palace, etc.), but, hey, it's a sushi listing. The Austin Citysearch web site has also streamlined their listings with with a reasonably comprehensive listing of sushi bars that can also be sorted by various categories. Austin Chronicle, two-part sushi guide -- http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-05-10/food_string_all.html http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-05-17/food_string_all.html Austin360 sushi listings -- http://www.austin360.com/cim/cgi-bin/dining/guide.cgi?action=search&cuisine_id=26 Austin Citysearch listings -- http://austin.citysearch.com/search?type=grid&cslink=cs_filter1&orig_context=restaurants&context=restaurants&query=sushi&flavor_id=2&histo_name=Sushi&histoindex_left=cw1&cw1=91&start=1&sorted=alpha ===============================================