Mio Sushi

Mio Sushi
Restaurant information
Food typeJapanese
State
  • Oregon
  • Washington
CountryUnited States
Websitemiosushi.com

Mio Sushi is a chain of Japanese restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, in the United States.[1] Elsewhere in Oregon, the business has operated in Bend and Eugene, and in Washington, Mio Sushi has operated in Salmon Creek, Seattle, and Tacoma. The business has garnered a positive reception.

Description

The Portland, Oregon-based restaurant chain Mio Sushi serves Japanese cuisine. The restaurants are casual and family-friendly, according to 1859 Oregon's Magazine.[2] In addition to sushi, the menu includes beef yakiniku, chicken wings, a cucumber and asparagus salad with crab and octopus, curry vegetable rice, and miso ramen.[3] The Oregon sushi roll has crab and asparagus, as well as avocado and salmon.[4]

History and locations

There were between eight and twelve locations, as of 2011.[5][6]

In Portland, Mio has operated in northeast Portland's Hollywood neighborhood.[7] It has also operated a shop on Hawthorne Boulevard in southeast Portland.[8] Elsewhere in Oregon, Mio has operated in Bend and Eugene.[9][10] The Bend restaurant was at the Cascade Village Mall (or Cascade Village Shopping Center).[11][12][13] Like many restaurants, the Bend restaurant operated via delivery and take-out during the COVID-19 pandemic.[14] Mio Sushi was a vendor at the Beaverton Arts Commission's annual Beaverton Last Tuesday series in 2011.[15]

Mio has operated two restaurants in Seattle. The South Lake Union location opened in October 2011, and a Green Lake location opened in 2012.[1] Elsewhere in Washington, the business has operated in Salmon Creek and Tacoma.[16][17][18]

Reception

Mio won in the Best Sushi category of Willamette Week's annual readers' poll in 2005 and 2006.[19][20] The business won in the Best Sushi (Cheap) category in 2007.[21] It was a runner-up in the Best Sushi category again in 2015,[22] 2016,[23] and 2017,[24] and ranked second in the same category in 2022.[25] In 2010, the newspaper's Casey Jarman wrote, "A good ramen bowl is hard to find in Northwest Portland, for whatever reason, and Mio does them up right."[26]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Mio Sushi". 1859 Oregon's Magazine. 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "Mio Sushi". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  4. ^ "CHEAP EATS: Restaurants from A-M". Willamette Week. 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  5. ^ "Mio Seafood Market". Willamette Week. 2011-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ^ Gujavarty, Shalini (2011-10-25). "Sustainable Chain Mio Sushi Will Open October 31". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  7. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke. "Salem's Happy Bibimbap House is opening a second location, in Portland". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  8. ^ "On Hawthorne". Willamette Week. 2001-12-19. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  9. ^ "Mio Sushi". The Source Weekly - Bend. Archived from the original on 2024-07-09. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
  10. ^ "Coburg Road Sushi". Eugene Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  11. ^ Flowers, Eric. "Industry Round Up". The Source Weekly - Bend. Archived from the original on 2023-03-28. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  12. ^ Bookey, Mike. "Sushi for the Masses: Mio brings the dollar down on Japanese cuisine". The Source Weekly - Bend. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  13. ^ "Restaurant review: Mio and Shinsei". The Bulletin. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  14. ^ "COVID-19: Old Mill Restaurants offering take-out/delivery". Central Oregon Daily. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  15. ^ Beaverton, City of (2011-07-13). "Celebrate music, food and art at Beaverton Last Tuesdays in July and August". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  16. ^ "Dining Out: Mio Sushi shows what freshness can be worth". The Columbian. 2020-01-24. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  17. ^ KIDD, SUE (March 24, 2016). "Mio Sushi opening this week at Point Ruston in Tacoma". The News Tribune. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "Point Ruston gets Mio Sushi". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. December 18, 2014. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "READER'S POLL - YOU VOTED. WE TALLIED". Willamette Week. 2005-08-10. Archived from the original on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  20. ^ "Best of Portland: READER'S POLL". Willamette Week. 2006-08-09. Archived from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  21. ^ "Readers Poll". Willamette Week. 2007-07-25. Archived from the original on 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  22. ^ "Best of Portland Readers' Poll". Willamette Week. 2015-07-15. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  23. ^ "Best of Portland Reader's Poll 2016: The Complete List of Winners". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  24. ^ "Here are the Winners of the Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2017". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  25. ^ "Food Winners". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  26. ^ "Cheap Eats 2010". Willamette Week. 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2024-07-16.