This cozy East Village izakaya serves up comforting small plates and sake in a minimalist setting, where the chicken nanban and salmon sashimi steal the show.
"Hamburgers reportedly came to New York in the 1820s when they were served to homesick German sailors from Hamburg along the docks that lined the Lower West Side." - Robert Sietsema
"You’ve probably heard people talking about The Izakaya without even realizing it. Such is the power of an incredibly generic name. This place is, in fact, a little izakaya in the East Village, and it’s a bright, minimalist space with plain white walls decorated with a couple of hats (for some reason). But as unremarkable as it might appear, the food is surprisingly delicious. The thick-cut salmon sashimi, for example, comes in chunks the size of 12-sided dice, which is officially how we’d like to eat all of our raw fish from now on. Plus, you can always get a table here pretty easily." - bryan kim
"You’ve probably heard people talking about The Izakaya without even realizing it. Such is the power of an incredibly generic name. This place is, in fact, a little izakaya in the East Village, and it’s a bright, minimalist space with plain white walls decorated with a couple of hats (for some reason). But as unremarkable as this place might seem, the food here is surprisingly delicious. The thick-cut salmon sashimi, for example, comes in chunks the size of 12-sided dice, which is officially how we’d like to eat all of our raw fish from now on. The chicken nanban is also very good (especially with the creamy sauce on the side), and you can get a table here pretty easily." - Bryan Kim
"A Japanese izakaya and events space are headed to the former Output nightclub space in Greenpoint, at 74 Wythe Avenue." - Carla Vianna
"As the straightforward name might suggest, Yudai Kanyama’s pint-sized charmer takes a relatively no-frills approach to Japanese comfort food found in izakayas, or the working-class gastro bars found in Tokyo. Opened in 2015, the restaurant taps into that casual, pub-like atmosphere with dishes like sukiyaki soup noodles and garlic butter fried rice with mushrooms. A crowd favorite is Izakaya’s crispy, succulent rendition of chicken nanban, a fried chicken dish with western roots." - Dan Q. Dao
