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Home » izakaya

Tag: izakaya

Posted inFood & Drink

Rolling Meadows’ Umacamon Japanese Kitchen upholds the suburban izakaya tradition

by Mike Sula November 14, 2019August 18, 2021

And capably covers all the bases, with sushi, ample comfort foods, and uncommon specialties from the island of Kyushu.

Posted inFood & Drink

The best new Chicago restaurants of the year

by Mike Sula December 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Seventeen spots where you could escape the Great Garbage Fire of 2017.

Posted inFood & Drink

At Kitsune, Iliana Regan conjures another world

by Mike Sula March 8, 2017August 18, 2021

The small North Center spot is an izakaya drawing on the midwestern larder.

Posted inBlogs

Yakitori Boogytori cements the northwest suburbs’ reputation as a hub of Japanese drinking food

by Mike Sula May 5, 2016August 18, 2021

A new yakitori-ya in Arlington Heights adds to Chicago’s suburban Japanese drinking joints.

Posted inBlogs

How a cook from Tennessee is making himself into a Japanese chef

by Michael Gebert June 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Talking with Momotaro cook and rising Japanese chef Scott Malloy about how a kid from Tennessee learned to love Japanese food.

Posted inBlogs

Beneath Momotaro, the city’s other new izakaya

by Michael Gebert February 3, 2015August 18, 2021

A visit to the other izakaya to open recently in Chicago, from the Boka Group.

Posted inFood & Drink

Izakaya Mita is the Japanese pub the city’s been waiting for

by Mike Sula January 30, 2015August 18, 2021

Finally someone does it right.

Posted inBlogs

First look at Momotaro—sushi, robata, and izakaya

by Michael Gebert October 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Boka Group’s Momotaro is going to bring a lot of Japanese dining to Chicago.

Chilled tofu, as creamy as a custard, embedded with salmon roe and tiny mushrooms
Posted inFood & Drink

Pure minimalism at Sumi Robata Bar

by Mike Sula February 25, 2013August 19, 2021

Pure, minimalist Japanese barbecue at Sumi Robata Bar

Bites from the binchō grill
Posted inFood & Drink

At Slurping Turtle, never mind the noodles

by Mike Sula January 12, 2012August 19, 2021

Slurping Turtle, Takashi Yagihashi’s downtown spot, comes out swinging in the izakaya wars.

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