With so many sushi restaurants in Great Neck, it was only a matter of time before we came to the granddaddy of them all: Daruma of Tokyo. Daruma has a storied history in Great Neck. The story I hear most often about it is that it’s a restuarant frequented by Great Neck’s own Olympians Sarah and Emily Hughes, and that the Hughes family was eating there when Emily got news that she got news she made the 2006 Olympic team. Daruma is also notable for one of the popular vendors at Citi Field (there’s a giant banner signed by the 2000 NL Champion Mets by the front door), as well as having been a caterer to the UN. Daruma has been in Great Neck for 27 years. Back in the mid-80′s when it started, raw fish was still an oddity. Today, it’s not uncommon to see Daruma filled with families, high school kids, and middle school kids munching away. I was always a little perplexed looking at reviews on Yelp and Yahoo, where the reviews seems to be either five-stars or one-star. So I decided to try it for myself. The restaurant definitely has a bright decor. The walls are…
