A Grammy-Award-Winning Musician Brings a Sleek New Cocktail and Sushi Bar to Chinatown

Grammy Award–winning musician Ben Lovett and his hospitality group, Tvg, just opened a sleek new cocktail and sushi destination in Chinatown. Mitsi — set right next door to Lovett’s new venue, Pacific Electric — serves a menu of sashimi, sushi, and temaki alongside twists on classic cocktails such as a 50/50 martini with tomato, as well as beer, wine, and sake.

Lovett, best known as part of Mumford & Sons, founded Tvg in 2016 to open what he calls cultural gathering spaces. Over the last decade, the team has opened venues including Omeara in London’s Bankside; the Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama; and Saturn in Birmingham, Alabama, which also includes a bar and coffee shop. “Physical spaces, I really believe in that as a healer for communities,” Lovett says. “And as I got into cultural spaces, my passion for food and beverage led to a kind of symbiosis: the relationship of venues next to restaurants or bars.”

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