PinKU Japanese Street Food

PinKU is understanding. Socially relevant. Japanese urbanity. It tells a story.

John Sugimura is executive chef, concept-brand director, and partner at PinKU Japanese Street Food in Minneapolis and at MSP Airport. He is a second-generation Japanese-American professionally trained sushi chef, whose life-long love of sushi blossomed during time spent in Kyoto, Japan. Eating John's cuisine is like eating in his grandmother's restaurant in the 1930s. It is the ultimate expression of flavors, colors, and cooking methods, coming together in an authentic experience that is one-of-a-kind.

PinKU has amassed a portfolio of prestigious awards in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. Highlights include:

The Global Food of the Twin Cities – JAPANESE
- Travel & Leisure Magazine, 2017

Best Sushi
- Best of the Twin Cities, City Pages, 2017

Best Restaurant Nominee
- Best of the Twin Cities, City Pages, 2017
(Reader's Choice Poll)

Best New Restaurants
- MPLS-St. Paul Magazine, 2016

Best Global Restaurant
- Minneapolis Monthly, 2016

Best New Restaurants
- Minneapolis Monthly, 2016

Top 10 Twin Cities Restaurant Dishes of 2016
- StarTribune
(Crispy Shrimp)