Sushi Blues Café and Blue Monk Lounge - CLOSED

UPDATE: This restaurant has closed. Live blues and otsumami – how hip is that? Hip enough to make Sushi Blues a Friday-night staple for hundreds of happy Hollywoodians, who’ve trekked over to hear the Sushi Blues Avant Jazz Band and a lineup of national acts for years and years now. The Blues is expansive and comfy, with overstuffed couches and chairs, a generous stage, and a sushi bar surrounded by bamboo poles, framed prints, and big picture windows. That sushi bar provides the second half of the equation: barbecued eel and papaya roll, tuna sashimi served on plantain chips with pineapple salsa, filet mignon tataki complemented by slivers of scallions, toasted sesame seeds, and a vibrant Chardonnay-wasabi dip. The sushi here is first-rate, and the funkier, trend-conscious cooked dishes offer combinations of textures and flavors you don't get in more-pedestrian Japanese restaurants.

• Cuisine(s): Japanese, Sushi

  Hours: Sun 5:30pm-11:30pm, Mon-Thu 11:30am-11:30pm, Fri 11:30am-1:30am, Sat 5:30pm-1:30am

  Price: $$, $$$

  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

• Attire: casual

  Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible

  Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

  Entertainment: Live Entertainment

• Alcohol: Full bar

  Reservations: Recommended

  Parking: Street