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unfortunately, our favorite server A. left a few weeks ago, but Yokoso is still on top of its game.  service is still good and professional, though we will miss A.  the rolls are still tops... we are always disappointed when we try someplace else.  and, of course, pleasant decor and friendly owners.  it wasn't quite as crowded as normal a few nights ago.  hoping that this was just a fluke, because Yokoso deserves to continue to be a popular neighborhood place.

sushi is decent - nothing to write home about.  priced on the high side.  small, crowded and LOUD!  the tables are so close together, you have to restrain yourself from inadvertently reaching over for something on your neighbor's table.  not a place to relax or have a conversation at all.  don't really understand the ebisu-hotei paradox.  hotei (unfortunately shut for the time being) has most of the ebisu sushi menu, but ebisu doesn't have the hotei noodle menu.  what gives?  hotei definitely gets my vote, but don't think we'll be coming back to ebisu any time soon.

Tucked into the back corner of the strip mall.  Interior is nice looking, but smallish.  Tonight, there was only one other party there.  We didn't stay, just got carry out.  they were really fast to get it ready (we didn't call ahead, just popped in).  Reasonable prices.  extensive menu.  We got spicy calamari and pra ram vegetable.  I thought it was quite tasty and so did SO, which is rather uncommon.  She preferred calamari and i liked the peanut sauce on the pra ram vegetable.  definitely will check it out again!

i'd wanted to try this place for years and i finally got my chance - not once but twice!  definitely some down home cooking.  quirky service.  well, quirky everything, actually.  but pretty neat.  definitely won't leave hungry!  samoa (and eureka too) are quite odd though... and depressing with all the fog.  but you'll forget about the fog here with all the grub!

really did look like grandma's house inside, what with the tschotskes and knick knacs and bric-a-brac.  friendly, fairly quick service.  typical sandwiches and simple comfort food.  clean place.  yreka is really cute too.  i had no idea!  will definitely come back!

wow, there really ain't much in clearlake.  we drove and drove and drove, and I kept telling everyone to wait till clearlake and we'd get some good grub for sure.  whoops!  turns out there ain't much here.  but luckily we found the magic wok.  ain't much to look at, but i was prevailed upon to stop b/c the rest of my party was starving.  normal chinese place.  seems clean.  friendly service.  the owner guy really wanted to help me look at my map and find my way back to the city.  some ladies were making gyoza, and let my wife make some too.  i think that she may have learned some new techniques.  all in all, very friendly.  if you happen to find yourself in clearlake, you could do a lot worse than the magic wok.

Cool, old fashioned restaurant like your grandparents would probably like.  Nothing earth-shatteringly exciting about the menu, but the good is decent, the place is clean, the service is friendly and the prices are cheap. There are a lot fewer restaurant choices in K Falls than I anticipated, so that makes a decent place like this even better.  K Falls really is out in the sticks.  But the waitresses helped give us good directions to get back to Medford (through Lake of the Woods).

OK, finally came back and ate here.  There are definitely some things to like about this place.  For starters, they are very friendly, as previously stated.  They just opened within the past month.  It appears that it is two young brothers that opened the place.  At least one of the brothers, and possibly both, have several years of experience working at sushi restaurants before.  

The rolls are on the smaller side, but that is also reflected in their very inexpensive price.  They aren't the monster western-style rolls that some places have, but they are also from $3-$7, instead of $9-$12.  That allows you to sample more rolls.  The fish seems very fresh.  They have some unique roll ideas that I had not seen before, like the "Grace" roll, with tuna and raw onions.  I thought it was a good idea and very tasty.  They also have plum and mint rolls, which I like, and a lot of places don't have them.  The spicy rolls are very spicy, and the spice is placed sort of on top of the roll and not mixed in with chopped fish, as is typical.  The rice was good, with nice individual kernels, and not all mushy.  But, some of the rolls were not rolled as tightly as might be optimal.  The salad was fresh and the dressing was good and tasted homemade too.  

The physical space could be either a positive or a negative.  It was an old cheesesteak restaurant in a past life.  It's definitely not huge; there are only a few tables inside.  It's not a fancy sit down "date" type of place, to be sure, but there is wait staff.  They have done their best to make it cute inside, though, adorning the space with their own artwork.  They also have a tv on the wall which was playing an anime film, "Castle in the Sky," the night we were there.  

I really would like this place to succeed, but as we all know that this is a tough economic environment to open a new restaurant in.  They definitely aim to please, and hopefully they will develop a following large enough to keep them going.  I could definitely foresee them doing more take out business though than eat it.  And they do have same noodle soups (ramen, I think), though we didn't order any.  I could see it being more of a noodle-type place too, instead of primarily a sushi place.  At any rate, we will see, and I certainly wish them luck!

Review is for friendliness and atmosphere.  Full disclosure - didn't eat here, but want to come back and try it.

We were walking down the street, having already eaten, and we could hear the infectious tunes of a dixie land jazz band emanating from the Village Pizza Cafe.  As we looked in the window to check it out, the owner waved at us to come in.  We did.  It was great.  Great band, great staff.  Everybody was having a good time.  Everybody even got up and danced around the restaurant and out into the street.  If the food is even half as good as the staff is friendly and the atmosphere is fun, then it'll be a great place to check out.  Can't wait to come back!

this was a good Yelp find.  both doctors are friendly and thorough.  and they actually do cleanings themselves, as opposed to having a hygienist.  the doc even got rid of some coffee stains that had been plaguing me for a year!  the staff was friendly and competent as well.  and, as an added bonus, i think that the actually like squirrels as much as i do!  the patient rooms have floor to ceiling windows that look out into a nice little garden area and they put some seeds and corn outside the windows.  a whole mess of little squirrels and a few ducks were out there cavorting around the whole time.  and they have a lot of squirrel-related artwork.  probably not your primary concern when dentist-shopping, but seeing as how they seem really great, it was just icing on the cake!