Coast Poke Counter

Time: 1:13pm/51°F rain Purpose: Stop by with an acquaintance of mines from another media source for soft/grand opening. Set-up: Located on the ground floor level of One Market building with Stuart street being the closest side of street to enter for the common people. CPC is joined with other eateries and cafes in a food court environment. Seating is bountiful throughout the court with additional high-backed booth seating as well. CPC starts with a retractable belt with couple of matching company color latex balloons. Standard 5ft high health department mandated sanitation glass surrounding the counter ends, open-air fridge, and single door beverage fridge is all there is. Airbrushed hand drawn fish murals along with menu rounds out the place. Since this location is open for four hours mon-fri its best if you come fifteen till noon, or after 2ish. Staff: Host in front handing out menu and answering questions to those who never ever had poke before, or want to know the difference. As for us, we've quite a bit of experience under our belts to not know what poke is. The guy that prepare our bowls was nice and humble never once spoke out of turn. Told us a little bit of his life and what he thinks the future for poke and that was it. We got our bowls thank him and left to ferry building since we park there. Cleanliness: Grade A, impeccable with nothing seen to the public that would suggest otherwise. As brand spanking new as it can get, it can't get any better. Even complimentary cookie was placed in see through clear plastic cup with a lid over it. Eats/Drinks: I went ahead with a large bowl with two protein choice consisting of shoyu ahi/yuzu shio salmon. Four sides: crab/seaweed salad, shishito peppers, and sunomono $13.50. Bowl was worthy of its weight with nice bite-size chunks of fish. Both fish is fresh, skinned and deboned, and portion is generous. The fish are marinated instead of mixing in bowl in front of you, a common practice now a days. This allows flavors to be infused and work itself from there. The tastiest protein here goes to shoyu ahi more than yuzu shiso salmon. Don't get me wrong now, I really enjoy them both, but one has to shines over the other. Yellowfin ahi had firm texture with natual deep red colored and no discoloration. Yuzu shiso salmon was my second favorite. Not as firm as ahi, but the gummy consistency is perfect for me with each bite without being stringy. No peculiar fish smell hinted even though it was masked with heavy spicy yuzu sauce. Orange flesh with fatty white tissues still visible, a good sign of not over drenching in sauce. Fixings were standard, but those shishito peppers were tasty. Would've been nice to see grill marks on the skin too. Overall, a worthy bowl that'll satisfy your poke cravings. Main Features: Poke bowl Products/Services: Refer to pictures for full menu disclosure. Takes plastic (no minimum), M-F 11am-3pm, no phone orders available, dine-in/to-go, from cookie w/any bowl purchase, third known location, eastbay (soon). Punch Lines: Short hours, closed on weekends, Fi-Di, accessible by all transportation, minutes from ferry building, diverse millennial crew, modest cost, warm service, always buzzing, young professionals, tucked away in One Market, nothing out of the ordinary, well-coordinated, average portion, non gassed fish, pleasing taste, kept its standards, unpretentious, satisfactory. Tradeoffs: CPC averages about $6.75 a scoop to start far more pricier than their peers, but you won't get "gassed" fish like others with lower price point and more scoops. You get what you pay for in terms of freshness and quality. Final Thoughts: There's really not much of a difference between CPC and others, but the protein itself. They may seem darker in color and dull looking than translucent neon color version, but its as natural as it get without any additives added to it. Come if you care about where your fish is source from and money is no object to one's health. Now lets do

Portions are really small, but it's in the Fidi and you can't expect much bang for your buck. Regular size is priced at $10.95

Very clean and everything is organized. Best dishes for lunch.

Healthy, tasty, customizable. They often run out of items which can be frustrating after waiting in a long line.