Konbini & Kanpai Wrigleyville
Restaurant · Lakeview ·
Japanese-American bottle shop & eatery, sake, craft beer, bites
Japanese-American bottle shop & eatery, sake, craft beer, bites
"Konbini and Kanpai is a popular liquor store with a focus on sake that opened a second location in 2024, taking over a beloved Wrigleyville bar. They still sling alcohol, leaning into Wrigleyville’s Japanese roots, and serve a fine selection of sakes and other beverages. There’s also a small selection of bites — pork katsu and egg salad sandos, cold and hot noodles, and more. This is an underrated spot in the area with a unique menu and seating." - Ashok Selvam
"This is the second location of Konbini & Kanpai, a Japanese slashie in Wrigleyville. To go with the beer, sake, and shochu sold in the bottle shop, the full kitchen serves snacks like karaage, pork bao, and crab rangoon dip plus katsu sandos and bibimbap." - john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen
"This is the second location of Konbini & Kanpai, a Japanese slashie in Wrigleyville. To go with the beer, sake, and shochu sold in the bottle shop, the full kitchen serves snacks like karaage, pork bao, and crab rangoon dip plus katsu sandos and bibimbap. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation
"An expanded Japanese-American bottle shop and eatery with a full kitchen, the new neighborhood outpost will offer nisei-influenced casual dishes (egg-salad sandwiches on milk bread, udon bowls) alongside a refreshed lineup of Asian spirits, beers, and cocktails—expect creative pours such as a sake-based Old Fashioned with ginger syrup and barley shochu—aiming for an April or May opening." - Ashok Selvam
"A new outpost of a Japanese American bottle shop founded in Lakeview occupies the former Dark Horse Tap and expands the original concept with a full kitchen and a slightly larger footprint. The menu—developed by a chef who ran a pan-Asian food truck—features nostalgic, konbini-inspired dishes such as udon, egg salad sandos on milk bread, bento boxes, and other grab-and-go items, while the beverage program will spotlight a distinct lineup of sakes, shochu, and Japanese canned beers alongside cocktails that riff on Belmont favorites (for example, a sake-based Old Fashioned with ginger simple syrup and barley shochu paired with Filipino cappuccino rum). Housed in a minimalist space designed to host Asian American pop-ups and community events, it can seat more than 70 between indoor seating and an outdoor beer garden, and the project carries personal significance for its founders—a return to a location tied to their family’s hospitality history." - Naomi Waxman
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