“Now let’s go for sushi!” These are the words I heard leaving a friend’s party at an inexpensive diner, where the buffet table groaned over with calorie-centric, deli-style delights that few of the svelte Manhattan-ites at the party would dare eat.
Sushi is big right now in virtually every city in America. Why sushi? It’s light, fun to eat, usually low in calories, and good for you. One of the newest Sushi restaurants in the Napa Valley is Go Fish, a creation of Cindy Pawlcyn of Napa's Mustard's Grill that opened in 1983. If you've been to Mustard's Grill, you know Pawlcyn is all about ultra-fresh ingredients and exploring global cuisine.
At Go Fish, Pawlcyn has turned over her toque to Executive Chef, Victor Scargle, and Sushi Chef, Ken Tominaga. Scargle had cooked for Michael Mina at Agua, and was named one of the San Francisco Chronicle's rising young chefs. Tominga is a sushi master, recognized as one of the best sushi chefs in Northern California.
Go Fish has a gorgeous interior with big picture windows that look out over Highway 29 and the vineyards beyond. The bright white walls and very modern looking sushi bar give the place an airy, relaxed feel. You feel good stepping inside.
Though sushi is a high priority here, the menu also offers a raw bar, sandwiches, entrees (in addition to fish, you can find pasta, chicken, and New York steak), and plenty of unique fish dishes.
For starters, a friend and I shared The Louie - a shrimp and crab salad with iceberg lettuce, cucumber, olives, caper berries, avocado, and hard-boiled eggs. This is a traditional salad, served here with ultra-fresh seafood ($29).
I enjoyed my order of Whole Black Bass, served with wild rice and caramelized onion sherry jus ($29), but I couldn’t take my eyes — or my fork — off my friend’s plate of Black Cod with Alaska miso marinade in a shitake broth ($26). It was impossibly delicious and highly addictive.
Article comments
1 - Joanne Huspek
Oh, looks and sounds delicious!
2 - Unsatisfied in Santa ROSA
I went to GO FISH on a recomendation and I have to say, the quality of fish is very fresh, however the service needs attention. For a reservation at 8:15pm we did not get served our meals until 9:15 and the last item by 9:30 and only by a prompt to speak to the manager. I am unimpressed and is not good for repeat customers at that rate. The waiter did not come out to check on us much and actually told us our appetizers would be out soon, which 30 minutes later no seaweed salad.... No miso soup.... How long does it take for that??? we only had sushi.... I think they are trying to serve too many people on such a small staff and lacking customer service. If there were not enough staff then they should not have opened so many tables on a reservation. I think that they are short staffed on food preparers as well. NOT A GOOD PLACE TO GO IF YOU ARE HUNGRY OR ON A TIME CRUNCH!!!