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Kiraku
Japanese
The sweet potato brulée, a potato starch custard torched to a glassy crust, gives you a sense of how this Berkeley izakaya operates: familiar enough to land, unexpected enough to stay with you. The menu shifts constantly around a core of Japanese small plates, with daily specials that swing from nigiri to okonomiyaki depending on the chef's mood. The San Francisco Chronicle named it among the best restaurants in Berkeley.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- San Francisco Chronicle Best Berkeley restaurants
One number, weighted & current 62
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Seaperch nigiri San Francisco Chronicle
- Tempura-battered corn San Francisco Chronicle
- Garlic edamame San Francisco Chronicle
- Sweet potato brulee San Francisco Chronicle
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- Cafe Ohlone Eat · 57
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- Easterly Hunanese Eat · 65
- Kaokao Grill Barbecue Eat · 67
- Ippuku Japanese Eat · 82
- Emilia's Pizzeria NY-Style Pizza Eat · 62
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