The omakase sushi restaurant Sushi By Bou, which has been featured by The New York Times, New York Post, Vogue and Grub Street, has opened a new location in the snug backroom of Ani Ramen in Jersey City.

The speakeasy-eque room, through a secret door in Ani Ramen, was previously occupied by Luigi’s Ice Cream. When Luigi’s left, owner Luck Sarabhayavanija was looking for the right fit to fill the space.

“We needed something that was going to make a big splash in Jersey City,” he said. “There’s no reason to go to a ramen place to get sushi when you have your own sushi restaurant down the block.”

But after a few friends recommended Sushi by Bou in New York, Sarabhayavanija and his wife (a huge sushi fan and one the main reasons Bou was installed in Ani Ramen) decided to check it out as a potential sushi spot to bring to Ani.

“We walk in and there’s a mural of Biggie and hip-hop blasting,” he said. “We said, ‘This sounds like our playlist.’”

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Sarabhayavanija describes Sushi By Bou as a less uptight omakase experience (a type of dining where the chef chooses dishes for you). It offers 60-minute seatings during which a sushi chef will present diners at the eight-seat bar a variety of pre-selected rolls.

Each seating includes 12 pieces of sushi and costs $50 per person. A variety of sakes, cocktails and Japanese beers are also available.

Sushi By Bou is open Sundays through Thursdays from 5 to 11 p.m. with seatings from 5 to 10 p.m., every hour on the hour; Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. with additional seatings at 11 p.m. and midnight; and lunch on Fridays and Saturdays with seatings from noon to 3 p.m.

Ani Ramen is located at 218 Newark Ave., Jersey City; 201-408-9811, aniramen.com.

Rebecca King is a food writer for NorthJersey.com. For more on where to dine and drink, please subscribe today and sign up for our North Jersey Eats newsletter.

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