"Kemuri Tatsu-Ya brought with it a whole new food category: Japanese izakaya-meets-Texan smokehouse, involving things like “guaca-poke” and chili cheese takoyaki. There’s also a big focus on barbecue, where you can get things like brisket burnt ends in a bento box, complete with rice, pickles, and sheets of nori to make your own DIY brisket handrolls. All the while, you’ll be sipping from an extensive menu of sake, shochu, Japanese whiskey, and playful riffs on classic cocktails (try the matcha painkiller)." - nicolai mccrary, adele hazan, raphael brion