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Poke City

Dining · 1 location · Brooklyn: Downtown Brooklyn

Poke City looks like just another quick poke counter in Downtown Brooklyn. It's actually still owned outright by the same person who has run it since it incorporated in 2017, with no franchise fees or outside investors taking a cut. Every dollar you spend stays with one small business.

Founder-run

The Big Picture

Genuinely Independent

Poke City is a single Downtown Brooklyn poke counter that's stayed under the same ownership since it incorporated in 2017: no franchise fees, no outside investors, nothing skimmed off for a distant parent company. As a small, single-location restaurant, it has little public labor or environmental track record beyond a clean New York City health-inspection history. It answers to one owner-operator on Livingston Street, not a board or a private equity fund.

Let's Get Critical

Local ownership
9/10
Founder involvement
8/10
Worker pay & benefits
6/10
Environmental impact
6/10
Sourcing & labor
6/10

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Company data last updated July 2026

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