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Ippuku
Japanese
Across from a college library, this wood-paneled izakaya has tatami nooks where you remove your shoes and low tables that make the outside world evaporate. The yakitori bar at the back glows with binchotan smoke, and the chicken runs deep, from thigh oysters to knee cartilage. The shochu list is one of the longer ones you'll find anywhere in the Bay Area. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle #91 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 82
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Korokke
“Other excellent small plates include korokke, or golden-brown Dungeness crab croquettes, crisp on the outside and with a creamy interior, or yaki-imo, caramelized white sweet potato with a sweet-and-salty glaze.”
Michelin Guide -
Yaki-imo
“Other excellent small plates include korokke, or golden-brown Dungeness crab croquettes, crisp on the outside and with a creamy interior, or yaki-imo, caramelized white sweet potato with a sweet-and-salty glaze.”
Michelin Guide -
Chicken karaage
“Cal students and staff who pile into the booths for highballs, gooey skewers of bacon-wrapped mochi and bone-in chicken karaage.”
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Chicken sashimi
“Opened in 2009 by Christian Geideman, the restaurant errs on the side of tradition, serving the kinds of dishes you’d easily find on izakaya menus in Japan — even deep cuts like chicken sashimi.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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