"Once you wrap your head around Pizza Coming Soon’s dense, graphics-heavy menu, you’ll realize the pizza is never coming because you’re actually at a quirky izakaya in a former Chinatown diner. This is Japanese food through a “what if?” lens. Like, what if McDonald’s served bao buns? The answer is Big Mac Bao, which is even better than it sounds. Or what if gnocchi with tomato sauce took a brown butter miso bath? The Banana Phone in your hand is actually a cacao-and-banana flavored rum cocktail. There are candy-colored booths and Kit-Cat Klockseverywhere, which makes it feel like a fever dream you could live in for hours. And many people do, staying late into the night for DJ sets and karaoke sessions.These guys also put out what’s probably the most sought-outrestaurant merchin the city, in case you feel the need to commemorate your experience with a t-shirt." - Thalia Stopa