Coming in 2025 to Novus Place: Blue Sushi Sake Grill
PHOENIX Magazine included Blue Sushi Sake Grill in their piece,"Sneak Peek: New Restaurants Coming to Phoenix in 2025".
Read more about this innovative sushi concept coming to Novus Place below!
Flagship Restaurant Group, the company behind Blue Sushi Sake Grill, is no stranger to Greater Phoenix/Arizona. FRG currently owns:
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PYRO at The Grove in Phoenix (Opened Late 2023)
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Palma, Ghost Donkey Phoenix and Cham Pang Lanes (3-in-1 Concept) in Roosevelt Row (Opened in Spring 2022)
The restaurant comes to Phoenix after lots of success in strong markets like Austin, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Nashville & beyond. The first ever Blue Sushi Sake Grill restaurant opened in Omaha in 2002.
Responsible Sourcing:
Flagship Restaurant Group and its owners (Nick Hogan, Tom Allisma, Anthony Hitchcock, Tony Gentile) are fully committed to serving quality fare while making a positive impact on the world’s oceans. Flagship Restaurant Group prides itself on the company's sustainability efforts, as part of their Conscious Earth mission, and the Blue Sushi Sake Grill concept is currently the country’s LARGEST sushi restaurant group running a sustainably sourced seafood program in partnership with the prestigious Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch.
Guests can literally trace what they're eating, in real time, by clicking on the Conscious Earth mission link/going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch website
Guests of the restaurant can expect a variety of creative dishes throughout Blue Sushi Sake Grill’s happy hour, lunch, and dinner menus which also include a multitude of gluten-free and vegan items.
The Food:
On the small, medium and large plates section, diners will find items such as Crispy Brussels Sprouts tossed in creamy lemon miso sauce and toasted cashews, the River Rock Beef featuring all-natural beef tenderloin, served on sizzling rocks with jalapeno ponzu and yuzu kosho, the brand’s signature Tuna Tower and the Ceviche, made with tilapia, white shrimp, lime juice, cucumber, cherry tomato, avocado, cilantro, sweet onion, jalapeno salsa, wonton crisps, togarashi and chili oil.
Specialty nigiri and sashimi dishes include the Cherry Bomb featuring bigeye tuna on top of rice tempura, topped with serrano, sriracha, togarashi and ponzu sauce, and the Yellowtail Serrano, featuring yellowtail, cilantro, serrano and ponzu sauce.
The Maki menu includes everything from raw to cooked rolls, like the Godzilla Bomb, Spanish Fly, the Snow White and the Vegan “Cowgirl” roll made with pickle vegan tempura, sriracha-fried onion rings, BBQ paper, vegan mayo and tonkatsu sauce.
Their Vegan menu includes over 15 creative maki rolls, specialty dishes ranging from Tofu Lettuce Wraps to the Kaluna Crispy Rice Cake topped with avocado, spicy plant-based tuna, scallion and ponzu sauce, and a selection of nigiri, including seaweed caviar and Unami BBQ eggplant eel. Blue Sushi Sake Grill continues to have one of the broadest Vegan menus in the country.
The Beverage:
Beverage enthusiasts will find unique cocktails and zero-proof libations throughout the menu, like the Kokuto Whiskey, made with Legent Bourbon, Japanese Black Sugar, Sansho-Infused Angostura and Orange, the signature White Peach Daiquiri crafted with Bacardi Rum, White Peach, Lime, Sparkling Peach Sake and Peach Boba and the Hapa Highball, consisting of Toki Japanese Whiskey, Pineapple, Yuzu and Bubbles.
The restaurant also offers unique selections of sake and Japanese Whisky, as well as some of the leading names in beer and wine.
