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East Village - New York, NY
WHAT
A sake specialty store.
WHY
Knowledgeable owners, Rick Smith and Hiroko Furukawa, stock over 100 bottles of premium sake and provide weekly tastings, featuring guidance from sake brewers or importers.
SAKAYA - A SAKE SPECIALIST
January 26, 2010
RECOMMENDATIONS
Rick and Hiroko’s recommendations on where to drink sake in New York.
SAKAGURA
Best place in the city for sake, nothing comes close.
Japanese / Sake Bar
Midtown East
Excellent sake list, more upscale, great homemade tofu.
Japanese
West Village
Restaurants - New York, NY
Japanese Food / Sake Market
Great ramen, by far one of the best.
Japanese / Ramen
East Village
ROBATAYA
Very good sake list, owned by the people from Sakagura.
Japanese
East Village
152 West 49th Street, Lower Level, New York, NY 10019
T: 212.764.8549
Great Izakaya. Sake selection is well chosen, reasonably priced and the food is perfect to pair with.
Japanese / Sports Bar
Midtown West
309 East 5th Street, New York, NY 10003
T: 212.254.2244
They carry Koshino Kambai sake, which is hard to find.
Japanese / Soba
East Village
86 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10079
T: 646.654.1122
It means “House by the Sea.” It’s owned by two Japanese women and they have about 60 different kinds of shochu by the glass, so you can experiment. Food is excellent, homey and soul satisfying.
Japanese / Home Style
East Village
For a casual, very Japanese experience. It has gotten more discovered now, but still enjoy going. Love the chicken heart and chicken sashimi. Really good shochu and sake list.
Japanese / Yakitori
Midtown West
ZENKICHI
They get very unique and limited sakes.
Japanese
Brooklyn
BOZU
296 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
T: 718.384.7770
Cool, hip vibe with creative food like liver sashimi.
Japanese
Brooklyn
Restaurants - Brooklyn, NY
MITSUWA
Large Japanese superstore with an aisle dedicated to sake, but missing small producers. Also has an Asian food court with everyday food, not kaiseki.
Japanese Food Store
New Jersey
Purveyors - New Jersey