“Bloody Mary oyster shooter? Chicken cartilage? You might as well throw up right now!” someone says in the booth behind me at Robata Bar, the latest concept from the creators of Sushi Roku and BOA ...
When we sit down at Robata-Ya, a casual new Japanese restaurant in West Los Angeles, our server hands us a long narrow paper listing the various items you can order. It’s something like a sushi menu, ...
The Robata Bar is part of a group of highly successful restaurants that includes the Sushi Roku chain and the Boa steakhouses. In fact there is a Sushi Roku in Santa Monica located just next door that ...
"Comes from Northern Japan, and it was a way for fishermen to have hot cooked food on their boats," said Sumi Owner and Chef Gene Kato. If grills are the machines, then it's the charcoal that fuels ...
Gene Kato Announces Second Concept in Sumi Space: Charcoal Bar Led By MatthewIntimate Charcoal Bar to be part of Sumi space in River North. Video: Gene Kato Talks The (Tasty) Fine Art of Grilled Meats ...