【Reading】すしばー

【English Name】Sushi Bar

A sushi bar (sushi ba) is a term for a type of restaurant where chefs serve nigiri sushi across a counter, used mainly overseas. Its origin traces back to 1962 at "Kawafuku" in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, USA, where Noritoshi Kanai installed counter seating with a glass topping case. It was followed by "Eigiku" and "Tokyo Kaikan" (1965), and it spread throughout Europe and America in the 1970s, becoming a boom. In 1983, "Hatsuhana" in New York earned the highest rating in The New York Times, establishing the status of fine dining. In Europe and America, the term is widely used as a general name encompassing everything from traditional specialty shops to creative-cuisine restaurants, and it has also spread to South America.