by Cynthia Atoji & Dana Braga

TAKESHIMA RESTAURANT
308 Harvard St. Brookline, MA 02446

In the mood for good, old-fashioned sushi? Then head to Coolidge Corner and stop in at Takeshima, where these sushi wizards here have been making sushi for 12 years. There is nothing fancy about the food here but it is serious sushi and sashimi (raw fish by itself). It is stylishly decorated with an eye towards classic Japanese tastes. All the raw offerings have a clean and pure taste. Stick with the basics here like the California roll or the nigiri with tuna and you can’t go wrong.