included. Pickup only. 1050 Flower St., Los Angeles, (213) 749-1460,brokenspanish.com Nigiri and a cut roll from the Brothers Sushi in Woodland Hills. (Bill Addison / Los Angeles Times) The Brothers Sushi Mark Okuda, a longtime chef at Studio City’s Asanebo
Valley sushi superstar Mark Okuda has some things to prove on the Westside. “People see Valley sushi as more like rolls,” says Okuda, who’s working to open a Santa Monica outpost of the Brothers Sushi in October. “I want to show them that we use
fresh, seasonal, and dry-aged ingredients.” In 2018, Okuda took over the Brothers Sushi in Woodland Hills and transformed a neighborhood restaurant into one of the city’s top spots for serious omakase. He believes Santa Monica and the surrounding areas
." 13826 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, (818) 698-1009, pizzana.com THE BROTHERS SUSHI "They are not far from our house. I love sushi and I’ve known Mark [Okuda] for a long time, even before when he was at Asanebo. He opened this beautiful restaurant. If you
of months. It’s prohibitively expensive to close an ongoing business.” “Now I can rehire or bring a lot of my existing staff members back into the rotation,” said Mark Okuda, chef-owner of The Brothers Sushi in Woodland Hills. Okuda said he spent