How L.A. helped bring sushi to the U.S.: A delicious story
These days, sushi isn't hard to find. That's because a pair of L.A. friends had a life-changing meal in 1965.
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These days, sushi isn't hard to find. That's because a pair of L.A. friends had a life-changing meal in 1965.
It was the meal that changed how Angelenos eat. And it happened more than 5,000 miles from Los Angeles. When Noritoshi Kanai and Harry Wolff Jr. sat down for…
An unlikely pair of Southern California businessmen paved the way for the sushi revolution in Los Angeles, upending American dining — and their own lives.
Sushi's norm-busting journey from culinary curiosity to mainstream L.A. offering was set in motion in the 1960s by two friends bound by a love for food.
L.A.'s sushi revolution began in the 1960s at Kawafuku, a grand Little Tokyo restaurant whose story is one of glamour, heartbreak and innovation.