When Shuang “Sherry” Crossland first began planning her upscale Denver restaurant, Sushi by SYC, five years ago, there weren’t that many omakase-style spots in Colorado.

“I feel like omakase is pretty new to the state,” she said about the Japanese concept, which is similar to a chef’s counter, meaning that diners arrive at a specific hour and eat what the chef chooses to serve rather than picking from a menu. “People don’t know you have to be on time.”

These days, diners are much more familiar with the idea as there are close to a dozen such restaurants in town, many of them award-winners, including Kizaki, Ukiyo and Sushi by Scratch, as well as Michelin-starred The Wolf’s Tailor, Beckon and Bruto.

Which is why Crossland wanted Sushi by SYC to have a different feel when it opened in Jul

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