May 11, 2008
Jazz and sushi seem at first an unusual combination, but in the San Francisco Bay area they are inextricably linked, thanks to Yoshi’s.
Yoshi’s, a Berkeley sushi joint opened in 1973 by Kaz Kajimura, Hiro Hori and Yoshi Akiba, featured jazz from the start. In the 1990s, when Oakland was redeveloping its waterfront, Mr. Kajimura moved Yoshi’s into a new space that was built for it, which included a much bigger restaurant and an intimate custom theater. It was a big hit, quickly becoming a regular stop on West Coast tours.
