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Tallahassee Sushi / Japanese Guide

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

Tallahassee'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 · 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 161 · ·

Confirmed closures 5 · ·

Inspection/safety overlays 0 · ·

Filtered candidates 16 · ·

High-turnover addresses 1 · ·

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

year not resolved

Edo Japanese Steakhouse

6419 W Newberry Rd Ste A0003, Gainesville

Chef/operator credit from public record: EDO GAINESVILLE LLC.

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

year not resolved

Foody Bowl

9570 Sw 62 Avenue Rd Ste 900, Ocala

Chef/operator credit from public record: LONGTAI INC.

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

year not resolved

Hachi

Unverified

1817 Alpine Ave, Navarre

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

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

year not resolved

Hibachi 4u

9548 Sw Sr 200 Ste 3, Ocala

Chef/operator credit from public record: HIBACHI EXPRESS OCALA LLC.

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

2020

Kalbi Ichiban

600 W Garden St, Pensacola

Chef/operator credit from public record: KALBI, INC..

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

year not resolved

Kushi & Co

104 Se 1 Ave, Gainesville

Chef/operator credit from public record: KUSHI & CO, LLC.

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

year not resolved

Kyoto Japanese Cuisine

3111 Mahan Dr Ste 15, Tallahassee

Chef/operator credit from public record: CYL KYOTO INC.

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

year not resolved

O-ku Alys Beach

27 Admiralty Row, Unit R102, Inlet Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: O-KU ALYS BEACH, LLC.

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

year not resolved

Okashi Beach Cafe

Unverified

1688 Scenic Gulf Dr Unit D, Miramar Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

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

year not resolved

Okinawa Japanese Steakhouse

180 Ne Eglin Pkwy, Fort Walton Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: OKINAWA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE INC.

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

Tradition-Focused

2023

Aja

12805 Hwy 98 E Ste T 101, Inlet Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: PERSEVERANCE 30A LLC.

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

year not resolved

Aki Sushi

303 Se 17 St Ste 306, Ocala

Chef/operator credit from public record: SOUTHEAST FENG, LLC.

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

year not resolved

Akita Sushi

8075 Sw Hwy 200 Unit 117, Ocala

Chef/operator credit from public record: FUJING SUSHI AND HIBACHI LLC.

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

2022

Arashi

Unverified

751 N Ferdon Blvd Unit 759, Crestview

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

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

year not resolved

Arashi Yama Sushi and Hibachi Inc

4780 Nw 39 Ave Suite 1, Gainesville

Chef/operator credit from public record: ARASHI YAMA SUSHI AND HIBACHI INC.

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

year not resolved

Asian Pop

2611 Sw 19 Ave Rd Ste 400, Ocala

Chef/operator credit from public record: ASIAN POP 88 INC.

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

year not resolved

Axin Sushi and Hibachi

14218 W Newberry Rd, Newberry

Chef/operator credit from public record: FU 66 LLC.

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

year not resolved

Azu Lucy Ho'S Restaurant & Bar

3220 Apalachee Pkwy #13, Tallahassee

Chef/operator credit from public record: AZU LUCY HO'S RESTAURANT LLC.

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

year not resolved

Bamboo Sushi Bar Hibachi Express Niceville

117 W John Sims Pkwy, Niceville

Chef/operator credit from public record: LEDHARTRICE, INC..

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

year not resolved

Bamboo Sushi Bar and Hibachi

9 Eglin Pkwy Ne, Fort Walton Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: BAMBOO OF FWB, INC..

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.

166 of 182 candidate evaluations published (91.2%); 37 marked unverified (no identity match), 26 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 — 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.