Decked out in pop-arty Japanese baseball memorabilia, this restaurant-cum-lounge located in the Kabuki Hotel—managed by the Joie de Vivre hotel group—is serving up some of the most successfully inventive Japanese-influenced food in the city. Come for the happy hour to watch sports on the flat-screen; stay for dinner. Dates might want to proceed to see an art flick at the Kabuki Sundance Theater down the road.
Eats:What's on your menu.: If the only thing on offer here were the ultracrisp chicken wings in a sweet-and-savory ginger sauce paired with a glass of cold sake, it would be worth a visit. But read on: The menu is constructed to give diners the option of nibbling or full-on dining. Divided into lounge food, yakimono (grilled items), shared plates, rice, soup and pickles, it allows you to drop in for a burger with maitake mushrooms, broiled sardines with lemon and salt or a dessert of pillowy, just-sweet-enough coconut mochi topped with sections of blood orange.
