The canonical version and where to order it.
Cubed raw fish over rice with citrus and soy dressings, the beach-city lunch format Santa Monica's counters build with bamboo rice and kale noodles.
Poke travelled from Hawaiian fish counters into California fast-casual in the mid-2010s, and Sweetfin, which opened its first shop near the Santa Monica beach in 2015, helped define the LA build-a-bowl version: spicy tuna over bamboo rice, gluten-free sauces and vegetable bases in place of the Hawaiian deli case.
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Sweetfin builds chef-driven poke bowls on Broadway in Santa Monica, an entirely gluten-free kitchen of bamboo rice, kale noodles and citrus ponzu fish.
OrderSpicy tuna bowl on bamboo rice
TipEvery bowl base swaps free, so try the kale noodle base; the whole menu is gluten-free by default.
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