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“Japanese street food is taken to another level and this second-floor Midtown restaurant.” nymag

Cuisine:  Sushi, Japanese, Yakitori
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Jen and Soes were really excited for us to try out Yakitori Totto, so we all went several weeks ago (March 14). Totto is pretty nice--not a hole-in-the-wall kind of place--and the prices are good. We got kobe beef tongue (Soes' favorite), soft chicken bone (not that great or edible), chicken oyst... Read More
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3 simple rules to dining at Yakitori Totto and its eastside brethren: 1. Go in a small group, and go early - Clearly, the most fuss-free way of ensuring yourself a seat at a tiny and insanely successful restaurant is to make reservations beforehand. The catch here is that Yakitori Totto only accept... Read More
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Yakitori Totto is a snazzy Japanese restaurant on W. 55th between Broadway and 8th. On the 2nd floor of the building, Yakitori is of modest size, but has a cool private room with wooden door that does not reach the ceiling, an open kitchen that acts as a bar, and nice if not 100%-fluent service. We... Read More
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Very Authentic Yakitori with an upscale vibe! Read More
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I always leave utterly content after a meal here Read More
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Ask a daring diner for his/her top ten list of riskiest dishes, and you’re likely to hear about the joys and dangers of raw nettle leaves, blowfish meat (fugu), freshly foraged wild mushrooms, and the benign-sounding but potentially deadly chicken. Raw chicken, to be specific–because in the wrong ha... Read More
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Imagine another Yakitori Totto (pictured), but bigger.Photo: Shanna RavindraNew York soba fans (more than you might think) will be pleased to hear that the city is getting a much-needed addition to its roster of buckwheat-noodle restaurants. The source is impeccable: Ryuichi “Bobby” Munekata, the ow... Read More
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A month or two ago I went to lunch at Ise, a popular Japanese restaurant on East 49th Street. There are a number of Japanese restaurants called Ise around town, but, just as with Grand Sichuan or Ray's Pizza, it's not clear whether or how they're all related. Anyway, this midtown east branch fills... Read More
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Missing: my big black Canon S70 with pictures from my birthday dinner at Hearth (a surprise from Craig), pictures of chicken knees at Yakitori Totto where I went with Diana, and the dessert she and I had at P*ng where the bartender practically hissed at us for not ordering drinks. Likely camera loca... Read More
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By Troy Segal, ZAGAT.com staff editor Seeking something stronger than sake, but subtler than scotch? Try a sip of shochu. Shochu Lynne Wallack and John Handler, owners of Chicago’s popular Deleece, were ready to launch a second restaurant. Rather than just ... Read More
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