We love restaurants that are amenable to feedback, but this sushi restaurant took that idea to an extreme when it opened without a name, instead hosting a contest in which any random person could submit ideas. Yet even the decisions that Enso has made for itself feel like a haphazard attempt to serve something for everyone: The menu ranges from a dish called “Karma Sutra” that uses ramen noodles as the base for a bacon-heavy carbonara to super-sweet pork-belly bao sandwiches to entrées like seared trout…and that’s before we even get to the wide selection of mediocre maki. Sometimes, the crowd hath little wisdom.

ENSO Sushi & Bar
Time Out says
Details
- Address
- 1613 N Damen Ave
- Chicago
- 60647
- Cross street:
- between North and Wabansia Aves
- Transport:
- El stop: Blue to Damen. Bus: 50, 56, 72.
- Price:
- Average sushi roll: $11
- Opening hours:
- Lunch, dinner
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