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Key West Sushi / Japanese Guide

FRI public-record essay for sushi / japanese restaurants in Key West.

Key West's Sushi / Japanese scene separates into public-record tiers by licence age and menu format, defined in the classification legend below. FRI classifies format and discipline from public records only. It does not infer cultural ownership from names; owner/operator references are limited to Sunbiz and DBPR entities.

Updated 2026-08-31 14:37 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk Β· Classification guide

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 18 Β· Β·
Confirmed closures 0 Β· Β·
Inspection/safety overlays 0 Β· Β·
Filtered candidates 1 Β· Β·

Classification Legend

owned

Public-record owner match

operated

Public-record operator match

legacy

20+ year license history

FRI does not infer cultural ownership from names. Classifications are based on public-record entity, license age, category, and format signals.

Moderate

2017

Atlas Izakaya

500 Truman Ave Ste 9, Key West

Chef/operator credit from public record: ATLAS IZAKAYA, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Tradition-Focused

year not resolved

Bad Boy Burrito

  • Unverified

103 Mastic St, Islamorada

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2022

Forks & Stix

30945 Ave A Ste A, Big Pine Key

Chef/operator credit from public record: MILETTI LISA L.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Kaiyo

81701 Old Hwy, Islamorada

Chef/operator credit from public record: KAIYO, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Kojin Noodle Bar

422 Eaton St, Key West

Chef/operator credit from public record: JINKO RAMEN . LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Lalo’s Bar & Restaurant

11399 Overseas Hwy Unit 123, Marathon

Chef/operator credit from public record: EYG GROUP CORP.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2018

Misohappy

504 Southard St, Key West

Chef/operator credit from public record: MISOHAPPY, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2016

Nikai

81801 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada

Chef/operator credit from public record: BIG PALM CORPORATION.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Num Thai Restaurant

103200 Overseas Hwy Ste 3, Key Largo

Chef/operator credit from public record: TIKI THAI RESTAURANT, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Origami

  • Unverified

1075 Duval St C3, Key West

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

year not resolved

Shima

88005 Overseas Hwy Suite 16 & 17, Islamorada

Chef/operator credit from public record: SHIMA SUSHI, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Modern Creative

year not resolved

Dragon & Rooster

626 Duval St, Key West

Chef/operator credit from public record: DRAGON & ROOSTER CORP..

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

18 of 19 candidate evaluations published (94.7%); 7 marked unverified (no identity match), 3 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records β€” no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.

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