KINJIRO

https://www.latimes.com/food/newsletter/2023-04-08/must-try-japanese-pub-downtown-los-angeles-little-tokyo-tasting-notes

A must-try izakaya in Little Tokyo Since the pandemic, Kinjiro has become a bit less exuberant in its decor, more of a lovely place to share a romantic dinner or intimate meal with friends.

LA County has announced that restaurants can re-open for indoor dining at 25% capacity starting Monday. While we are extremely excited, please understand that we will not re-open indoor dining until we are absolutely ready to do so. Please expect us to be ready in two to three weeks time.

In the meantime, our staff will be busy servicing our patio and pickup guests, getting our indoor dining area back into shape, and getting vaccinated. :)

Happy Valentine's weekend!
(We saw some Harry's Berries at the market yesterday and picked some up. The most amazing strawberries available!)

A quick update about our patio-dining plans, as we're so humbled to have received many, many inquiries. Thank you so much!

- As we are limited to only two outdoor tables (with the new Health Dept. guidelines requiring 8ft distance between tables), we are still trying to figure things out on how to make this work out.

- We began patio-dining experimentally this week, for walk-in guests only, for limited hours. We will try this again next week, Thursday to Sunday.

- We hope to be able to begin taking reservations soon; we will make an announcement here when we do.

- Our patio will be closed both tonight (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) so we can focus on our Valentine's Pickup orders.

Thank you so much for your support and understanding as we try to figure this out. Please continue to stay safe and healthy!

The Kinjiro Team

Yaki Onigiri, a simple, classic Izakaya dish. Rice balls are seasoned sesame seeds and chopped shiso, coated with a thin layer of soy sauce, and grilled slowly over Binchotan charcoals.
www.exploretock.com/kinjiro

Valentine's Day is right around the corner! We don't know yet if we can re-open for outdoor dining by then, yet, but we have released our Pick-up menu for next weekend at www.exploretock.com/kinjiro.
Please continue to stay safe!

We are excited that we are now allowed to resume outdoor dining, but we are carefully going over the new guidelines to determine if / when to resume. We will keep you posted! Please continue to stay safe and thank you for your continued support!

Less than an hour left for 2020! To all of our fans who have followed us here and/or visited us at the restaurant, we thank you so much for all of the love and support this year.

As I was looking through our 2020 pictures, this image of our Thick-cut Beef Tongue jumped out. This dish has been our most popular dish since the day we opened in 2014 and I would never have imagined we would serve it in a To-Go box, but 2020 challenged us to adapt. Some popular dishes have disappeared from our menu during the pandemic, and some new ones have appeared, but our tried-and-true Beef Tongue remains delicious and is still our most popular dish.

As we move on to a new year, we feel blessed that we can continue to cook and provide delicious dishes and hopefully provide some joy during these difficult times.

We wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you all have a healthy and safe 2021!

Happy Sunday!
It's the last Sunday of 2020, and also our last day of service for 2020!
www.exploretock.com/kinjiro

Happy Holidays!

We will be open for Pickup/ To-Go:
12/17 (Thursday) - 12/20 (Sunday)
12/24 (Thursday)
12/26 (Saturday) - 12/27 (Sunday)
and closed for the rest of the year.

Please continue to stay safe and healthy!

Happy Sunday!

We've got two new extra-fancy Sake from our favorite brewery, Kokuryu aka "Black Dragon."

On the left is the "Hachiju-hachi-go" ( #88), and on the right is the "Shizuku." Both are limited releases, available once a year.
Details here: http://www.kokuryu.co.jp/en/sake/

We hope everyone is staying safe, as Covid cases seem to be skyrocketing here in LA.

If you are in the mood for some good Izakaya food, we are open this week from Thursday to Sunday evening.

Pickup times are from 430pm to 730pm, and can be ordered at www.exploretock.com/kinjiro or by calling us at 213.229.8200 (phone hours for same-day pickup are from 4pm to 630pm).

It's been a slow week so we decided to close today and get some rest.

We will be back for pick-up | take-out on Thursday, December 3.
We hope to see you guys soon, and please continue to stay safe!

Happy Thanksgiving!
We will be closed today, but we wish you all a very safe day with lots of delicious foods & drinks with your loved ones.

As you may have heard by now, LA County restaurants are temporarily banned from all outdoor dining services, and so we will switch back to Pickup / To-go for the time being.

Thank you so much for your continued support!
Please continue to stay safe during this hard time.
If any questions, please email us at [email protected].

Kinjiro - Los Angeles, CA | Tock A contemporary Izakaya located in Little Tokyo (DTLA). We specialize in both traditional & globally-inspired Japanese dishes, all designed to be enjoyed with premium Sake. Pickup available from 5pm to 8pm, Thursday - Monday. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday.

Grilled Spanish Octopus, recently added back to our Pickup and Dine-in menus.
Please stay safe, folks!

We are super grateful to be able to have four patio tables for our dine-in guests. For reservations, please email us at [email protected].
Please stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend! Please continue to be safe!

Spooky Beef Curry Rice (naturally colored with squid ink)!
(20 orders only, served at our patio for dine-in)

For all of you foodies and home cooks!
One of our favorite chefs, Tetsu Yahagi (until recently the Executive Chef at Spago Beverly Hills), just started a YouTube channel!
Not only can he cook practically ANYTHING, he is hilarious, and a great instructor as well. (Don't mind the occasional silliness. He is like that in real life as well.)
We definitely recommend taking a look!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sMSZuNifVfsTSkhpK4xuQ

Chef Tetsu Yahagi Hi, I'm on YouTube now!! I'll be sharing two series of fun cooking recipes on this channel. One is called "Vegetable Sushi" where I create delicious and arti...

We are proud to be one of the few restaurants in Los Angeles to carry the elusive Kokuryu "Black Dragon" Sake. The Sake from this famed cult brewery are all rich in flavor and yet elegant, made with absolute precision to bring out the subtle notes of the rice, local water, and special yeasts.
http://www.kokuryu.co.jp/en/

We've been allowed to set up our own little section in the Honda Plaza "Ikoi" Dining Area! We are excited to finally be able to resume dine-in, after nearly 7 months. For reservations or inquiries, please email us at [email protected]. Hope to see you soon, and please continue to be safe!

Expanding on our Quick Meals selections, in addition to our Izakaya dishes. Starting today, our Deluxe Soboro-don (Ground Jidori Chicken Rice Bowl), with spicy chicken thigh, quail eggs, shish*to peppers and housemade pickles.

Happy Sunday! We hope it's a great one!

Speaking of Sundays... we will be open on Sundays (and Mondays), beginning next week! As of 9/23, our new hours are:

Thursdays to Mondays 5pm to 8pm
(Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays)

We are currently open for pickup (www.exploretock.com/kinjiro) only, but we are working with our landlord to try to get some outdoor patio seating, so we will keep you posted!

Thank you for your continued support, and please stay safe!

Chef is plating the beautiful Flannery 28 day Dry-Aged Ribeye, cooked on our Binchotan charcoal grill. And that Truffle Miso...

Have a great weekend, folks! Stay safe!

Sometimes, the best things come in small packages;
Half-size Fried Free-range Chicken Tatsuta-age, and the 12oz Suntory "The Premium Malts."

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The Uni, Ikura, Scallop & Blue Crab Shooter, which is the powered-up, to-go-friendly version of our popular Uni, Scallop and Blue Crab with Ponzu Jelly dish. (Served with a chilled Tosazu sauce instead of ponzu jelly.) Equally refreshing and delicious!

The Bone Marrow Dengaku is back (albeit with a caveat). It’s one of those dishes that you need to enjoy right away (probably best to enjoy at the Honda Plaza patio when you pick up) but we’re just excited that we can offer this dish again!

Fun fact about this dish: It was one of the late Jonathan Gold’s Top 10 Dishes of 2015!
Time really flies...
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/jonathan-golds-top-10-dishes-for-2015

Please stay safe!