"Open since 2017, Tokyo Record Bar helped launch the current trend of Japanese-inspired listening spots. (Riddling Widow, the owner’s previous vinyl-centric bar, was an underrated foreshadowing.) This minuscule Greenwich Village restaurant serves a $65 prix-fixe menu, with two to three seatings per night. The food is similar to what you’d eat at an izakaya, but the main attraction is the vinyl menu. Everyone chooses one song from the record collection, and you get to listen to the communal playlist as you enjoy your roughly hour-long meal under a canopy of fake flowers." - Bryan Kim, Kenny Yang