"Sake Bar Asoko is a train car-sized bar that works well for a first or second date in Chinatown. It’s very cute, and made even more charming by spinning vinyl and the map of Pokémon regions hung up in the bathroom. The people who work here will earnestly ask about your day and might even compliment your outfit before taking your drink order. Aside from the sweet service, we like this place because it appeals to all levels of sake literacy. You can get a great suggestion for warming, unfiltered nigori, or talk shop with the servers about a savory kinoene umakara or a rich ginjo. Order a carafe of something you've never tried before—they each cost around $33 and come in the owner’s grandmother’s own glassware. And if you get hungry, we like the crunchy daikon salad in sesame dressing and thick slices of hamachi coated in crunchy, acidic leeks. photo credit: Will Hartman" - Will Hartman
