NYC Restaurant Review – Robataya

Posted on 01-17-2010 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

On a recent business trip to New York my colleague Dave Hauser and I dropped by Robataya in the East Village for a late dinner.  Dave is originally a west coast guy where they know a bit about Japanese food so I was looking to show him some of New York’s best.  Robatya was definitely [...]

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Best Sake in La Jolla

Posted on 01-09-2010 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

It’s had to believe that it’s 2010 and that I haven’t made a post in Sake World since before Thanksgiving!  The combination of the holidays, some crazy travel, and an insane year-end at work has unfortunately kept me away from the blog, but the good news is I’ve had several great sake experiences and thus [...]

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The Best Sake in Manhattan

Posted on 11-21-2009 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

Sakagura restaurant is the reason I love saké.  This past week while attending the Ad Tech conference in New York I had a chance to take a couple of clients there.  Sakagura is located in midtown East in Manhattan and has over 500 sakés on the menu.  I’ve been going there for over five years [...]

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More Sake in Toronto

Posted on 10-24-2009 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

Best Sushi in Canada – believe it or not….

When I scheduled a dinner meeting with friend and client Bill Sweetman in Toronto two weeks ago, I knew the restaurant would be a good one.  To call Bill a “foodie would be a complete understatement.  Bill prides himself in being up on the best restaurants in [...]

Farewell to Ump

Posted on 10-04-2009 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

Mark Umphrey was my fraternity brother at Phi Gamma Psi at the University of Lowell. While I hadn’t seem Mark in quite some time, I was terribly saddened to attend his wake this past Friday. Later that evening we toasted Mark with good friends and sake and shared memories of the Ump.

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Sake in Toronto

Posted on 08-06-2009 | Posted by bmountain | Posted in Restaurants, Sake

The last place I expected to get good sake was on the Danforth in Toronto.  More commonly known as “Greektown”, this stretch of midtown Toronto has the highest density of Greek restaurants in North America.  After an amazing dinner on a warm summer evening with my colleague Pete and two clients, we stopped at [...]