O-shi Sushi Place, San Antonio

Ambient lighting casts a glow over Japanese calligraphy on the walls of O-shi Sushi Place, a restaurant located in the same building as Grand Agave nightclub. The lighting is brighter behind the long, elegant sushi bar, illuminating the chef's knife as he slices through steaks of ocean-fresh salmon, red snapper, and other seafood. That seafood gets served up as sashimi or fashioned into fusion sushi rolls such as the Tropical roll, a medley of tempura-fried shrimp, serrano peppers, avocado, fried banana, and sriracha. Diners can also opt for sizzling steaks seared on a teppanyaki grill, and can pair their dinner entrees with wine and specialty martinis.