ocks in your sake could hurt your teeth, but rock with your sake is a different matter entirely. Though the fusion trend will never die, it doesn't get the press that it once did. Still, it's alive and well and joints like Rock-N-Sake typify the inherently non-genre genre by spicing up sushi with North American hints.

Ostensibly a sushi restaurant, Rock-N-Sake originated in Louisiana and, purportedly, brings that influence with it to New York. Naturally, the "rock" connotes an unconventional approach and an inspired menu and frenetic atmosphere cull a different roll, wrap, and seaweed experience.

While the menu boasts a number of non-maki/sushi selections, from Chicken Teriyaki to Calamari Steak, every sushi restaurant lives and dies on the rolling proclivities and prowess of its chefs. A number of your favorite rolls are on hand and spiraled tightly, including all manner of fish and vegetables.

Rock-N-Sake gets creative with entries like the Fulton Street Roll (tuna, snowcrab, avocado, and eel), the Philadelphia Roll (smoked salmon, avocado, and cream cheese), the Lsu Roll (tempura shrimp, cream cheese, snow crab, tuna, and avocado), and the Hawaii 5.0 Roll (coconut tempura shrimp, cream cheese, mango, and avocado). Naturally, enhance your meal with a selection of the eponymous sake. -S.T.