In 2003 a chef named Tyson Cole opened a sushi place called Uchi, ushering in a golden age for restaurants in Austin. Diners fell in love with the menu, which offers Japanese cuisine adapted for Texas tastes, with dishes incorporating bacon and jalapeños. Ever since, the Capital City, roughly two hundred miles from any vast body of salt water, has been a seafood town. Nay, a seafood destination (see the recent boom of omakase).