The lamps
are on.
Skewers over charcoal, cold highballs, and a counter that seats the people who booked.
An izakaya in the yokocho tradition. Small plates, a yakitori counter over charcoal, sake and highballs, and one seated omakase counter at the end of it.
The alley
Walk it end
to end.
Something is cooking at every door. Nothing here needs a booking, a jacket, or a plan. You put your head in, you find a stool, you start with two things and see how the night goes.
TODO F15 Whether the venue is physically an alley or arcade is not confirmed yet, so this band describes light and fire rather than the shape of the room. Answer F15 and this copy gets specific.
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01 One lamp is the whole sign. If it is lit, they are open. -
02 The cloth across the door means the fire is going. -
03 Light dies about a metre from the lamp. Then the next one starts. -
04 Everybody is at somebody's elbow. That is the format, not a fault. -
05 Order two, drink one, order two more. Nobody is counting. -
06 You sit down. That was the whole plan.
Charcoal, salt, smoke, skewers, sake, cold highballs, ice, lamplight, the counter, the alley.
Everything here
meets the fire first.
Charcoal, salt, and about ninety seconds of somebody's full attention. You will smell it from the door, which is the only advertising this place has ever needed.
Ordered a few
at a time.
The way it goes at a counter. Two or three things, then two or three more, and a drink that arrives before the food does.
TODO F16 F17 F19 The item names, the prices, and the sake and highball list are unanswered. Two rows a category show where a name and a price will sit; they stay empty until the kitchen supplies them. Nothing on this page is a guessed dish or a guessed price.
TODO F20 F30 Whether there is a cover or seating charge per person, and how allergies are handled, both have to be printed here before launch.
The counter
The seat that
faces the fire.
At the counter you do not order. You sit down and it starts.
That is the one thing here worth planning your night around, and the one thing you cannot walk in for. It runs at a fixed number of seats, a fixed number of sittings, and it finishes when it finishes.
- Seats at the counter
- TODO F12
- Sittings a night
- TODO F13
- How long it runs
- TODO F13
- Per person
- TODO F14
- Who cooks it
- TODO F21 F22
Five facts, five blanks. None of them are guessed here, and the counter section stays this honest until the answers arrive.
What people say
Tell us the night and the number. We answer personally.
Reserve
Reserve a seat.
Requests reach a person, not a queue. Nothing is charged now, and nothing is confirmed until somebody here replies to you.
We have your request.
Someone will confirm it personally. Nothing is booked until they do.
Find the lamp,
then find the door.
Where
TODO F02 F03 Town and full street address, printed exactly as it should read.
TODO F05 The number that answers during service.
TODO F31 Step-free access, stairs to the counter, and the accessible toilet, answered truthfully rather than hopefully.
TODO F04 The directions button stays switched off until a real map link exists. It will never point at a guessed address.
When
| Monday | TODO |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | TODO |
| Wednesday | TODO |
| Thursday | TODO |
| Friday | TODO |
| Saturday | TODO |
| Sunday | TODO |
TODO F07 F08 Every row above waits on real opening hours, plus last order at the grill and whether the bar runs later than the kitchen. Not one hour is guessed.
TODO F32 Which payments are taken, and whether there is a card minimum.