Kono (restaurant)
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| Established | April 25, 2022[1] |
| Food type | Japanese |
| Location | 46 Bowery, New York City, New York, 10013, United States |
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| Website | www |
Kono (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese restaurant in New York City that primarily serves yakitori.[2][3][1] Opened in 2022 by New York City-based yakitori chef and breakdancer Atsushi Kono, it is located in the Canal Arcade, a pedestrian passageway that runs between Bowery and Elizabeth Street in Chinatown.[1][2]
The restaurant has received coverage and acclaim from publications like The New York Times, Thrillist, Bon Appétit, and Grub Street, as well as nominations for the James Beard Awards.
History
[edit | edit source]After serving as the executive chef of Yakitori Torishin for a decade, Kono left to open his own yakitori restaurant, Kono, in April 2022 after finding a suitable location for it in the Canal Arcade of Manhattan's Chinatown.[4] Kono told Represent that he had always wanted to open a restaurant in a hideaway, much like the yakitori restaurants in Japan.[5]
With fourteen seats, Kono currently serves an omakase tasting menu with sixteen courses—most courses are a yakitori skewer utilizing a different part of chicken.[6][7]
Kono, also a breakdancer, has frequently stated his love for hip-hop and regularly plays it during restaurant hours.[8] In 2023, Kono was the venue for the rapper Nas' 50th birthday party.[5]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]Many publications have lauded Kono's yakitori.[9][4] Pete Wells, writing for The New York Times, gave Kono three out of four stars, named it an NYT Critic's Pick, and called chef Kono a "Yakitori Master" as well as "the city’s most accomplished yakitori chef and, by extension, one of its greatest chicken cooks."[10] E. Alex Jung, writing for Grub Street, called Kono's yakitori "chicken in its most elevated form."[11]
Kono has been twice-nominated in the Best Chef: New York State category of the James Beard Awards, in 2024 and 2025, for his cooking at his namesake restaurant.[12][13]
See also
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