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Echigo, Shins Pizza, Kahani, boutique fitness, Beverly Hills architecture, The Elder Statesman, MORE

Jan 11, 2024
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Strip mall stalwart

Echigo, perched atop a Prime Pizza in a plaza on the outskirts of Sawtelle, is the poster child of strip mall sushi.

Run by chef Toshi Kataoka, Echigo epitomizes this uniquely LA form of sushi experience. Behind an unassuming facade, its bare-bones interior houses a 12-seat sushi bar (exclusively for omakase) …

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