202 38th St., Lawrenceville
412-224-2354 or www.umamipgh.com
Classified as an izakaya — a casual Japanese gastropub — this unassuming bar and restaurant serves up simple but rich options for sashimi, nigiri, onigiri and temaki (a cone-shaped roll wrapped in nori), paired with great cuts of fish such as tuna, fluke and Spanish mackerel.
Other Finalists
2nd: Umi3rd: Nakama
