Local poke favorite earns top recognition from students
Good Friends Hawaiian Poke was recently voted “Best Restaurant” by UC Davis students. Good Friends, a staple in the Downtown Davis food scene, is known for its extensive selection of poke bowls, wraps and other unique dishes, including poke nachos. Alongside its menu, the restaurant is also well known for its welcoming customer service. Good Friends is owned by Monica Dui, who opened the downtown location in 2019 and recently expanded to a second site at The Davis Collection.
Emmy Patterson, a fourth-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major, attributed the restaurant’s atmosphere and diverse variety of ingredients as the reasons she keeps coming back…