Yakitori Edomasa

"Open since October 2023, Edomasa brings a piece of Tokyo restaurant history to San Francisco. The restaurant traces its roots back to a tiny wooden yakitori cart that started in Japan in 1924. Now, it’s a full service restaurant in the mall with a menu that stars, of course, charcoal-grilled chicken skewers. Put together a meal by choosing from skewers stacked with chicken thigh, heart, and tail or order a set, which includes soup, various skewers, and a rice dish." - Paolo Bicchieri

"Dish: Tataki - Meatball The world revolves around chicken at Yakitori Edomasa. It’s the only meat on the menu at this Japantown restaurant, which first opened in 1924 in Tokyo and has now moved to SF. The $30 set menu includes a meatball that’ll lodge itself in your fowl-loving brain. The flat-ish, circular stunner is soft enough to cut through with a single chopstick and gets a wonderfully zippy bite from a smear of fresh wasabi. And it arrives soaking in a light tare that you’ll want to drink like soup (go ahead, we won’t judge)." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez

"Japantown is gaining a new yakitori spot, and this one’s all about the chicken. The small restaurant, based on a nearly 100-year-old Tokyo spot, offers a $30 set menu with chicken soup, a chicken meatball, four yakitori skewers, and rice—but you can order yakitori a la carte, too, if they wish. " - Ricky Rodriguez

"Edomasa is famous as a Tokyo yakitori stand but that restaurant closed last year. Now, a team of Bay Area restaurateurs has brought it over to San Francisco’s Japantown Center mall, where diners can order charcoal-grilled chicken skewers made with the same tare that was used at the Japan original. There’s also the option to go for a $30 set menu that comes with several skewers, chicken soup, and a seasoned rice dish, per the Chronicle." - Lauren Saria

"The world revolves around chicken at Yakitori Edomasa. It’s the only meat on the menu at this Japantown restaurant, which first opened in 1924 in Tokyo and has now moved to SF. Chicken breast, thigh, wings, heart, and skin are skewered and grilled, and while the breast pieces lean a little tough, the rest are juicy, charred excellence. Their $30 yakitori set menu kicks off with an opaque paitan broth and includes a stacked roster of chicken, chicken, and more chicken. The best thing is the meatball, which is soft enough to cut through with a chopstick and gets an extra zippy bite from a smear of fresh wasabi. This walk in-only spot usually has a line, but you can always wander around the Japan Center Mall or flip through coffee table books at Kinokuniya while you wait. " - Julia Chen