Take 31
Korean restaurant · Midtown East ·
Modern Korean gastropub with spicy seafood soup & fried chicken
Modern Korean gastropub with spicy seafood soup & fried chicken
"When you’re at Take 31, you drink makgeolli. The cloudy, sparkling rice wine goes perfectly with some tofu stew or fried chicken, and you can get it in slushy form blended with ingredients like kiwi and banana. This place is from the owners of Her Name is Han, and the food here is slightly less traditional, but just as good. You can get things like short rib lasagna with gochujang bechamel, squid fried rice topped with flying fish roe, and various soups and hot pots. Take 31 is popular, so make a reservation if you don't want to wait an hour for your table." - bryan kim, kenny yang, hannah albertine, matt tervooren
"Korean fried chicken, seafood udon, and more available for delivery and takeout - call or order online." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, arden shore, matt tervooren
"Take 31 is a Korean restaurant on 31st Street from the same people behind Her Name is Han and Nonono - and if you know what to order here, you’ll easily impress whoever you’re having dinner with. First off, get a stew for the table. It comes in a big metal pan with a flame underneath, and it’ll be enough for two people. Next, get a jar of makgeolli, a Korean rice wine they blend into slushy form with things like peach and banana. At this point, you should be doing just fine, although getting a seafood pancake too isn’t a bad idea. Just be sure to get here early, because it fills up fast (they don’t take reservations)." - bryan kim, matt tervooren
"When Her Name is Han fills up, guests often venture next door into Take 31, the owners’ more modern restaurant. “Havana-style” corn pancakes are an upgrade over the typical corn-cheese dishes found in Korean restaurants: It’s a crispy corn fritter dusted with parmesan cheese. Dduk bo ssam, a Vietnamese rice paper wrap more commonly seen in Korean barbecue restaurants in Los Angeles, makes an appearance here as a wrap over a slightly sweet, slightly salty pork belly; it’s served with pickled jalapenos. At lunchtime, Take 31 transforms into a daytime cafe called Cup and Cup, with a menu of lattes and katsu curries — and free wifi." - Sam Kim
"Known for a standout dalgona makgeolli, I learned the restaurant pulverizes a sheet of hard dalgona, mixes it with simple sugar syrup, and infuses it in makgeolli for 20 days—the 24-ounce bottle sold in limited batches for $17.95 and has become a signature item—while the spot has also served a dalgona dessert (vanilla ice cream with multigrain misugaru powder and shards of dalgona) for $10 since 2011." - Caroline Shin