Sushi takeout bags for Bay Area kitchens. Trays flat, rolls perfect.

A region full of sushi counters

The Bay Area eats a lot of sushi. Japantown in San Francisco, the strip mall sushi bars of San Mateo, Cupertino and San Jose, omakase counters in Oakland and Palo Alto, and hundreds of neighborhood spots doing rolls and bento boxes to go.

Sushi is also one of the most fragile takeouts there is. It looks perfect for about one minute after you plate it. Every tilt, slide and bump on the way to the customer takes something away.

Keep the tray level

Most damage happens when a tray goes in at an angle. Thin bags with a pinched bottom force the tray to lean, and the rolls slide into each other. The fix is a bag with a real floor.

Our bag opens to a square bottom 12″ wide and 7″ deep. A long sushi tray sits flat, and a second one can stack on top if the lid is firm. The 110 GSM paper stands up on its own, so you can load it with both hands.

• Biggest tray first, flat: the bottom of the bag is the steadiest spot.
• Soup in a sealed cup, upright, beside it: miso next to the tray, not on it.
• Soy sauce, ginger and wasabi in the side folds: the 3.5″ gussets hold small cups straight.
• Chopsticks and napkins down the side: never on top of the rolls.

Cold food and the walk home

Sushi should stay cool, and cold trays sweat a little on a warm day. Wipe the bottom of each tray before it goes in. If you add an ice pack for a long delivery, put it in its own sealed bag.

Seal the top with a food tamper-evident sticker. Every full box comes with 100. For delivery orders it tells the customer nobody opened the bag on the way.

A logo with the same care as the food

Sushi bars often have quiet, elegant branding: one color, lots of space, a brush stroke or a simple fish. That works on a bag if the lines are thick enough to print and to read. The test at the top of this page shows the difference.

Black or deep red on brown kraft looks clean and natural. The bright white bag suits blue, pale colors and minimal logos. We print up to 12 × 14 in on the front, and setup is $0 instead of the $150+ many printers charge.

What it costs per order

A full box on Subscribe and Save is $85 for 150 bags, or 56.7¢ each. The bundle is $152 for 300 bags, 50.7¢ a bag. Shipping is free.

Ramen shops have their own ramen bag guide, and team lunch orders are covered on the office catering page. Everything else is on the Bay Area logo printed takeout bags home page.