Izakaya Roku

By Jonathan Kauffman/Jan. 22, 2013 9:13 am EST

A proper izakaya should be filled with boozy after-work colleagues, homey and fried dishes, and a good amount of noise. Izakaya Roku, from the chef-owner of the JapaCurry truck, delivers. Don't go for the high-priced items. Instead, get little things like ochazuke (tea-doused rice) and tonpei-yaki, an omelet filled with pork and cabbage, then topped with bonito flakes and mayonnaise. (See our previous coverage.)