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Italian-Japanese at Kissa Tanto
A dim, jazz-soaked 1960s Tokyo cafe in Chinatown, where tajarin with uni is just how dinner starts.
Foodie Experiences
A dim, jazz-soaked 1960s Tokyo cafe in Chinatown, where tajarin with uni is just how dinner starts.
Kissa Tanto is on the second floor of a Chinatown building, styled like a 1960s Tokyo jazz cafe, serving food that has no business being as coherent as it is. Italian meets Japanese on a menu that includes things like tajarin with uni, and instead of the cuisine mash-up feeling like a gimmick, it somehow feels like the obvious answer to a question no one had thought to ask yet. The room is dim, candlelit and record-playing, which is doing a lot of work so you don't have to. It has appeared on every significant best-of list since 2016 and is romantic without announcing the fact. Reservations are essential. Order across both halves of the menu, get a cocktail, and assume the lighting will handle the rest of the evening's agenda.
