Pokitomik Promises “Explosive” Flavors Mixed With Traditional Poké
PokiTomik, a restaurant serving poké- inspired seafood cuisine, has opened its doors at Westwood Village.
Serving burritos, bowls, and tacos, the more traditional items on the menu include craft-your-own seafood salads with salmon, tuna, and shrimp as your main course. The burrito and taco meals provide customers with more unique and “explosive” crunch toppings other than nori wraps, such as Hot Cheeto and Cheese Cheeto coating options for the texture and taste.
According to its website, PokiTomik combines the Hawaiian dish of seasoned, cubed fish with their “own explosive, delicious, modern and creative bomb”. Traditionally, poké began with centuries of fishermen dicing and salting their raw, skinned, and deboned catches at sea. Served with sides and seasoning, the dish became popularized in the mainland from 2012 to 2015, with over 200 poké restaurants functioning in Los Angeles alone by 2017.
PokiTomik was originally founded in November 2017 by Sargis “Sunny” Kopushyan, a high school dropout-turned successful entrepreneur of Armenian heritage. It’s Westwood restaurant marks its fifteenth location since the restaurant began franchising, with shops across the San Fernando Valley, Ventura, and San Diego. The company describes itself as “a people first organization bringing affordable, high quality, and fresh poké to hungry guests”.
The newest restaurant is located at 1135 Westwood Blvd in the heart of the Village, open to customers from Monday to Sunday from 11 in the morning to 10 in the evening. Customers have the option to order food and customize their unique meals from any of its locations online for pickup and delivery.
