Seattle’s Shota Nakajima Is Reviving His Restaurant Naka as a Pop-Up | Eater Seattle

"Longtime Seattleites will remember the chef's first restaurant as the city's first kaiseki restaurant, a formal, multi-course style of Japanese cuisine. That Nakajima would open such an ambitious place at the age of 25 was proof of his talent and ambition. He soon started popping up on TV programs like Iron Chef and was named an Eater Young Gun in 2018. That year he also became a James Beard semifinalist for the first time in the Rising Star Chef of the Year category, a distinction he also earned in 2019 and 2020. This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the original opening, and the chef has decided to revive it for a limited time only in a series of pop-up dinners inside the currently-closed karaage space, collaborating with Portland chef Cameron Dunlap." - Harry Cheadle