Go's Mart

Tsuyoshi and Chiemi Kawano started Go's Mart as a Japanese convenience market in 1997; a small (eight-seat) sushi bar was added around the beginning of the 2000s.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “Husband and wife Tsuyoshi and Chiemi Kawano started their business as a Japanese market in 1997.”
• Go's Mart (Time Out Los Angeles) — Time Out (2025-03-03) · link
  “chef Go, who opened this place in 1997”

The founders are husband and wife Tsuyoshi Kawano (nicknamed 'Go') and Chiemi Kawano.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “Husband and wife Tsuyoshi and Chiemi Kawano started their business as a Japanese market in 1997.”

Go's Mart is owned and run by chef-owner Tsuyoshi Kawano ('chef Go'), who works the counter as a one-man operation.

• Go's Mart (Time Out Los Angeles) — Time Out (2025-03-03) · link
  “it's up to you to tell chef-owner Tsuyoshi Kawano when to stop”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass”

The sushi is made by chef Tsuyoshi Kawano, known to regulars as 'Go' (or 'Go-san'); it is a one-man counter.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “Tsuyoshi ... known by regulars as Go-san”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “one-man nigiri masterclass”

Go's Mart has no Michelin recognition (no star and no Bib Gourmand) and does not appear in the Michelin Guide.

• List of Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurants in the United States — Wikipedia · link
  “Go's Mart does not appear among the California / Los Angeles Bib Gourmand entries listed.”

A claim that Go's Mart was ranked #365 in North America by Opinionated About Dining (OAD) in 2024 (and 'Highly Recommended' in 2023) could NOT be verified and appears unsupported by the primary OAD list.

• ✗ 2024 OAD Top Restaurants in North America by Opinionated About Dining — Pearl (joinpearl.co, OAD list mirror) · link
  “Go's Mart does not appear anywhere in this restaurant ranking list (143+ entries searched, including all Los Angeles / Canoga Park entries)”
• ✗ Top Restaurants in North America 2024 - OAD — OAD Guides (oadguides.com) · link
  “Official OAD 2024 North America list; no Go's Mart entry and no rank #365 surfaced on retrieval”

Signature/notable items include nigiri finished with 24k gold leaf and truffle oil, plus omakase highlights such as uni, sweet shrimp, crab, scallop, abalone, monkfish liver (akimo), kelp halibut, live scallop, and a seared Wagyu/Kobe 'Holy Cow' sushi.

• Go's Mart (Time Out Los Angeles) — Time Out (2025-03-03) · link
  “sushi topped with 24k gold leaf flakes and a sprinkling of truffle oil”

Signature/representative items include abalone sashimi (with gold leaf), shirako nigiri, ankimo (monkfish liver) with sweet plum sauce, a daily white-fish plate, and a crab hand roll, served across a roughly 15-course omakase.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “white fish plate ... Shirako nigiri ... Abalone sashimi ... Crab hand roll ... Ankimo (monkfish liver)”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “a few cold appetizers, a plate of various whitefish ... a tuna plate, a shellfish plate, and a grilled dish”

There is no printed menu with prices; the offering is omakase, with that day's catch listed on a small dry-erase board / whiteboard on the back wall.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “There is no printed menu; the sushi bar is omakase”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “a tiny dry-erase board hanging on the back wall that lists that day's catch”
• GO'S MART, Los Angeles - Canoga Park - Restaurant Reviews — Tripadvisor · link
  “There is a written board with the Japanese name of the daily fish”

There is no printed menu and no listed prices; daily specials are written on a dry-erase / whiteboard, and the recommended order is the omakase.

• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “Go's Mart doesn't have a physical menu, per se. All that's provided is a tiny dry-erase board hanging on the back wall”

Go's Mart is at 22330 Sherman Way (Suite C12), Canoga Park, CA 91303, in a nondescript strip mall in the West San Fernando Valley; the sushi counter sits inside a small market with no exterior sign.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “22330 Sherman Way, Canoga Park”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “22330 Sherman Way #C12, Canoga Park, CA 91303”
• GO'S MART, Los Angeles - Canoga Park - Restaurant Reviews — Tripadvisor · link
  “22330 Sherman Way, Los Angeles, CA 91303-1056”
• Go's Mart (Time Out Los Angeles) — Time Out (2025-03-03) · link
  “You won't see a sign outside of Go's Mart indicating its presence”

Go's Mart was still operating as of mid-2026 (active listings, recent reviews; no permanent-closure notice found).

• GO'S MART, Los Angeles - Canoga Park - Restaurant Reviews — Tripadvisor · link
  “The listing displays operating hours for each day of the week, indicating the restaurant is currently operational, not permanently closed”
• GO'S MART - Updated June 2026 - 1398 Photos & 515 Reviews — Yelp · link
  “Updated June 2026”

Go's Mart is open as of early 2025 (Time Out lists hours Tue-Sun and a 4-out-of-5 review dated March 2025).

• Go's Mart (Time Out Los Angeles) — Time Out (2025-03-03) · link
  “Tue–Sun noon–9pm”

No U.S. federal trademark registration for 'Go's Mart' was found. (Unrelated similarly-named marks exist: 'GO MART' owned by Go-mart, Inc., a West Virginia convenience-store/gasoline chain; and 'SUSHI TO GO' by Galaxy Enterprises, Inc.)

• ✗ GO-MART, INC. Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks — Justia Trademarks · link
  “GO-MART, INC. ... retail convenience stores, retail gasoline supply services ... (unrelated convenience-store chain; no 'Go's Mart' sushi-restaurant mark found)”
• · SUSHI TO GO - Galaxy Enterprises, Inc Trademark Registration — USPTO Report (uspto.report) · link
  “SUSHI TO GO - Galaxy Enterprises, Inc (unrelated mark surfaced during search)”

The sushi counter has about eight seats (the LA Times says eight; a 2007 first-hand account said it 'seats about ten'), plus a couple of tiny standalone tables.

• Review: At Go's Mart, Hi-Chew and VHS rentals vanished. The sushi is still amazing (Los Angeles Times, syndicated via Yahoo) — Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), syndicated by Yahoo (2020-02-27) · link
  “an eight-seat bar”
• Valley sushi gem Go's Mart is a one-man nigiri masterclass (The Infatuation) — The Infatuation (Brant Cox) (2023-09-14) · link
  “skip the two tiny standalone tables”