Tim Cushman, James Beard Foundation Award Winner
Best Chef Northeast, 2012
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New York Times, March 19, 2008
o ya Named #1 New Restaurant in United States, Frank Bruni
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Tim Cushman, James Beard Foundation Finalist
Best Chef Northeast, 2011
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Zagat Boston Restaurants 2011/2012, Top Food Rating: 29
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Food & Wine
Tim Cushman Named as a Best New Chef 2008
Boston Magazine
o ya Ranked Boston’s #1 Restaurant, November 2014
Eater National, February 16, 2012
"Nine Exceptional Omakase Menus Across the U.S."
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern:
Boston
February 13, 2012
Andrew Zimmern names o ya as one of his top 5 favorite restaurants in the country
Eater National, February 16, 2012
"Nine Exceptional Omakase Menus Across the U.S."
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern:
Boston
February 13, 2012
Andrew Zimmern names o ya as one of his top 5 favorite restaurants in the country
Best Chefs America 2014
Chef Tim Cushman included in a registry of the very best chefs in the country according to chefs themselves
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The Daily Meal 2014
Names o ya #2 Asian restaurant in America
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The Daily Meal 2014
Names o ya #36 restaurant in America
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Opinionated About Dining 2014
o ya listed as 53rd best restaurant in the U.S.
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Foodies Top 100 2014
o ya listed as one of Foodie.com's top 100 restaurants in the U.S.
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San Francisco Chronicle, Inside Scoop, October 11, 2011
"Three restaurants blew me away: O Ya, Oleana, and its new more casual cousin, Sofra" Michael Bauer
New York Times, February 27, 2008
Food & Wine, May 2008
World’s 10 Best New Restaurants of the Year
Zagat's 2010 America's Best Restaurants
October 2009
Bon Appetit, April 2009
Top 10 Sushi Restaurants in America
Boston Magazine
o ya Ranked Boston's #1 Restaurant, January 2009
Boston Magazine
o ya awarded Best Upscale Sushi 2010
Boston Magazine
o ya awarded Best of Boston, General Excellence, August 2009
TV Diner “Platinum Plate”
Spring 2009
CNN Money.com, “Indie Boston – Transcendental Sushi”
October 2009
Gayot.com - Top 40 Restaurants in the US
Details Magazine - Best Sushi in the Nation
Robb Report - 20th Annual Best of the Best
Fine Dining Honoree, June 2008
Boston Magazine
Best of Boston 2008 Restaurant, General Excellence
Boston Magazine - Best of Boston 2008 Japanese
Stuff@Night - Hot 100 Place to Splurge
International Restaurant & Hotel Awards 2008
First Place Award for Specialty Item in a Luxury Restaurant:
Foie Gras Nigiri with Chocolate Balsamic Kabayaki
and Sip of Aged Sake
Conde Nast Traveler, Hot List Tables, May 2008
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Travel & Leisure, City Guide 2008
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Gourmet, February 2008
“Restaurant Round Up- The Places We’re Talking About – and Making Reservations at – This Month”
Travel & Leisure, March 2008
Food & Wine, December 2007
Okinawan Pork Best Restaurant Dish of 2007
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Zagat America’s Top Restaurants 2008
Boston Magazine, Best New Restaurant 2007
Boston Globe, January 4, 2008
“O ya makes sushi a work of culinary art”
Boston Phoenix, January 16, 2008
“o ya’s Kin Medai with White Soy Ginger, Myoga, and
Lemon Oil”
Boston Magazine, Best Sushi 2007
Boston Herald: Review “A” rating, May 4, 2007
Boston Herald: “Meet the Couple Behind What May Be Boston’s Best New Restaurant”, May 16, 2007
Boston Globe: Review 3 stars “Excellent” rating, May 31, 2007
Misstropolis, September 5, 2007
“O Ya? Gee Whiz!”
MSN.com - “The Rise of High End Sushi”
Boston Globe, January 3, 2008 “Sake Sisters”
Leather District Gourmet
various articles on the Leather District Gourmet website
Suite101.com
O-makase Sushi Dinner