"Best Bar” - PORTLAND PHOENIX "Best New Bar Northeast” - VINE PAIR "Best Cocktail Bar Maine” - DOWNEAST MAGAZINE "This Place is F@&%ing Awesome” - ANONYMOUS GOOGLE REVIEWER J u ly / A u g u s t 2 0 1 8 1 1 3 weed and dusts with crunchy tempura flakes. It’s a $6 masterpiece. “I was a sous-chef at Back Bay Grill,” he says. “But I’m happier doing this than being in any kitchen.” A few days later, we find Mr. Tuna’s cart in the patio seating area outside Sagamore Hill, the new cocktail bar in the Lafay- ette building at the corner of Congress and Park streets. Botto is joined by Mr. Tuna owner, Jordan Rubin, who makes us a roll of spicy salmon with avocado, scallions, and sweet chili sauce that’s got sweet/salty/ spicy in irresistible balance. There are in fact three Mr. Tunas man- ning the carts around town–Rubin, Botto, and Kyle Reynolds. The enterprise will soon have a space in the Public Market House on the first floor. “I went to Johnson & Wales,” Rubin says. “I learned sushi at Uni in Boston [one of chef Ken Oringer’s spots in the Eliot Ho- tel]. That’s where I met Chris Gould [who owns Central Provisions with his wife, Paige]. Kyle and Graham and I met at Cen- tral Provisions–we all cooked there.”