"N/Naka co-founders Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama have an izakaya follow-up to their celebrated Palms restaurant with plans to open along Washington Boulevard in Mid-City inside the former Ondal 2 space. The duo has been working out a menu over the restaurant’s development with everything from a tasting menu series in Little Tokyo to takeout bento boxes, but expect the same kind of well-curated Japanese fare and a more approachable price point." - Matthew Kang