Takumen

The casual izakaya Takumen feels like a cozy Japanese cottage, with pitched wooden slats over the tables and cheeky prints on the walls. The kitchen is open, and a compact bar displays shelves of highly sought-after sake. In addition to sashimi, sushi rolls and restorative ramen noodles are big salads like black sesame and kale with fried peanuts. Hawaiian tuna poke is another standout, the rosy fish cubes heaped over rice and circled by avocado salad, seaweed salad, potato salad, tangy cauliflower and broccoli.