All Aboard the Sushi Train!

We’re on a roll with this conveyor-belt sushi delivery system!

While visiting Seattle, we stopped in to Blue C Sushi for lunch, where chefs handcrafted an array of sushi and nigiri, placing them onto color-coded plates that drifted through the restaurant’s dining area on a moving platform, available for patrons to pick from as the dishes rolled by, providing an affordable, fun, entertaining, satisfying, low-risk and efficient dining experience.

A roughly rectangular--shaped conveyor belt dominates the center of the restaurant. Around and around goes the sushi, while in the center of the room, a team of sushi chefs work continually: carving fish, rolling maki rolls, assembling nigiri sushi, and constantly replenishing the non-stop sushi distribution belt.

Patrons who are not sitting within grabbing distant of the automatic delivery system were not left out by any means. They were free to walk up to the belt and choose whatever they liked.

Your bill was computed by counting the empty plates on your table. Each plate was color-coded to indicate price.

Conveyor belt sushi has been dubbed, "sushi for the people." You don't earn points for being a big-time spender or buying the sushi chef a beer. You don't have to be an avid sushi hobbyist or speak Japanese. The conveyor belt is the great equalizer: Sushi comes down the line, plated, priced and labeled. Pick one or let it roll by. This is WYSIWYG dining at its best. (What You See Is What You Get)
Sadly, Blue C closed in 2019 after being in business for over 15 years in seven locations — five in Seattle and suburbs, and two in the Los Angeles area. It’s a good thing this and other videos have captured the memory for posterity.