Coast

This may be one of the best sushi places in Chicago if not straight up the best, period. I have eaten from Coast before and always been blown away by there food, but this weekend I was able to actually go to the restaurant. We did not have a reservation, luckily though they had an opening early in the night. I was also there with a great crew so I knew the night would all go well.

Like I said I was aware going in that there food was good, I have had some of there take out, but still did not know what to expect. My real fear was the price. Walking into the restaurant did not ease my tension. This place is very stylish. A low lit restaurant with the sushi bar along one wall and booths along the other. It was very "sharp" and "clean", with great artwork along the walls. We were then escorted into a second room with a similar theme except just booths along both walls. I was later told that this second room had just been added.

The great thing about Coast is that it is BYOB, so we brought a couple of bottles of wine with us. We started of the night with Edamame, which is just boiled soybeans. They were delicious once I was told how to actually eat them by Blair. After a laugh at the fact that I had no idea what I was doing we started to order.
First an Unagi, which is fresh water eel laid over rice, for everyone. Also an order of coast crab, a volcano, a couple of white dragons, the Alaskan, and a spicy tuna, the reason for naming them all is because we still got more after all this and the price was still reasonable in the end.

This restaurant from atmosphere to service; to especially the food was amazing. I will definitely be going there again and can't wait.