Silverlake Juice Bar, Los Angeles

A third-generation Japanese culinary expert, Chef Chris crafts each of Ji Sushi's authentic rolls, from seaweed-wrapped tuna and yellowtail maki to rice-wrapped spicy salmon and spicy scallop uramaki. His specialty sushi includes classics such as philadelphia and shrimp-tempura rolls, and his nigiri incorporates ingredients such as whitefish, squid, and smelt roe, named for the numerous people who have smelled it before you. Cucumber and shiitake sushi are among six rolls catered to vegan diners. To wash down meals, barkeeps break out several sakes, including the mellow Aladdin Yuzu and Kizakura, a unfiltered sake imported from Japan.