Anago Sushi

Across from the old Chelsea Market loading docks, where the sidewalk widens just enough for a few café tables, Anago Sushi keeps a quiet counter on 8th Ave. The address—240 8th Ave New York, NY 10011—places it between the last of the garment-district warehouses and the first of the West Village brownstones, a stretch where lunch crowds thin out by three o’clock and the dinner rush feels like a private affair. Sushi is the only word on the awning, though the menu stretches from salmon roe gunkan to spicy tuna rolls that arrive without ceremony. Call +1 929-354-9171 if you want to skip the wait; the phone rings behind the same counter where chefs slice fish with the kind of rhythm that suggests they’ve done it every night for years. Directions are simple: map the intersection of 8th and 23rd, look for the unlit neon sign, and step inside before the evening fog rolls in from the Hudson.