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I basically stopped eating fish anywhere else unless I KNOW it's fresh because when it's not, it's almost always a huge disappointment

The first time I had Sushi was when I visited my sister and brother in law in CA before they retired to AZ.
 John my brother in law worked with some Japanese guys, who found a mom and pop type sushi place right on the ocean. They had their own boat and made whatever they caught that day. It was so fresh, the fish were flopping when they were cleaning it !
I was a little apprehensive, but dove right in, and every trip out, we made 2-3 trips there.
 Sushi was just starting too be popular then and hadn't made it into MI at that time. Now it's all over, even my local Kroger store has a Sushi Kiosk in the Deli isle. The Sushi guys/gals are all Japanese and make it "fresh" daily. Problem is the "fresh" part? Even though it's probably flown in by jet daily, you wonder how long it was on the big boat before it hit the plane ?
 They were giving out free sample one day, so I tried a few that I recognized. Like db said, I was disappointed :(  It was tasty, but not "fresh" and I never bought any. Other shoppers were raving about how "fresh" it tasted :-?  I asked the Chef when no-one was around about how it compared to right off the boat Sushi? He winked at me, laughed and said he was born and raised in MI, and had never had anything other than flown in Sushi ;D