KINJIRO

04/08/2023

https://www.latimes.com/food/newsletter/2023-04-08/must-try-japanese-pub-downtown-los-angeles-little-tokyo-tasting-notes

Since the pandemic, Kinjiro has become a bit less exuberant in its decor, more of a lovely place to share a romantic dinner or intimate meal with friends.

03/13/2021

LA County has announced that restaurants can re-open for indoor dining at 25% capacity starting Monday. While we are extremely excited, please understand that we will not re-open indoor dining until we are absolutely ready to do so. Please expect us to be ready in two to three weeks time.

In the meantime, our staff will be busy servicing our patio and pickup guests, getting our indoor dining area back into shape, and getting vaccinated. :)

02/13/2021

Happy Valentine's weekend!
(We saw some Harry's Berries at the market yesterday and picked some up. The most amazing strawberries available!)

A quick update about our patio-dining plans, as we're so humbled to have received many, many inquiries. Thank you so much!

- As we are limited to only two outdoor tables (with the new Health Dept. guidelines requiring 8ft distance between tables), we are still trying to figure things out on how to make this work out.

- We began patio-dining experimentally this week, for walk-in guests only, for limited hours. We will try this again next week, Thursday to Sunday.

- We hope to be able to begin taking reservations soon; we will make an announcement here when we do.

- Our patio will be closed both tonight (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) so we can focus on our Valentine's Pickup orders.

Thank you so much for your support and understanding as we try to figure this out. Please continue to stay safe and healthy!

The Kinjiro Team

02/05/2021

Yaki Onigiri, a simple, classic Izakaya dish. Rice balls are seasoned sesame seeds and chopped shiso, coated with a thin layer of soy sauce, and grilled slowly over Binchotan charcoals.
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02/05/2021

Valentine's Day is right around the corner! We don't know yet if we can re-open for outdoor dining by then, yet, but we have released our Pick-up menu for next weekend at www.exploretock.com/kinjiro.
Please continue to stay safe!

01/29/2021

We are excited that we are now allowed to resume outdoor dining, but we are carefully going over the new guidelines to determine if / when to resume. We will keep you posted! Please continue to stay safe and thank you for your continued support!

01/01/2021

Less than an hour left for 2020! To all of our fans who have followed us here and/or visited us at the restaurant, we thank you so much for all of the love and support this year.

As I was looking through our 2020 pictures, this image of our Thick-cut Beef Tongue jumped out. This dish has been our most popular dish since the day we opened in 2014 and I would never have imagined we would serve it in a To-Go box, but 2020 challenged us to adapt. Some popular dishes have disappeared from our menu during the pandemic, and some new ones have appeared, but our tried-and-true Beef Tongue remains delicious and is still our most popular dish.

As we move on to a new year, we feel blessed that we can continue to cook and provide delicious dishes and hopefully provide some joy during these difficult times.

We wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you all have a healthy and safe 2021!

12/27/2020

Happy Sunday!
It's the last Sunday of 2020, and also our last day of service for 2020!
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12/17/2020

Happy Holidays!

We will be open for Pickup/ To-Go:
12/17 (Thursday) - 12/20 (Sunday)
12/24 (Thursday)
12/26 (Saturday) - 12/27 (Sunday)
and closed for the rest of the year.

Please continue to stay safe and healthy!

12/13/2020

Happy Sunday!

We've got two new extra-fancy Sake from our favorite brewery, Kokuryu aka "Black Dragon."

On the left is the "Hachiju-hachi-go" ( #88), and on the right is the "Shizuku." Both are limited releases, available once a year.
Details here: http://www.kokuryu.co.jp/en/sake/

12/03/2020

We hope everyone is staying safe, as Covid cases seem to be skyrocketing here in LA.

If you are in the mood for some good Izakaya food, we are open this week from Thursday to Sunday evening.

Pickup times are from 430pm to 730pm, and can be ordered at www.exploretock.com/kinjiro or by calling us at 213.229.8200 (phone hours for same-day pickup are from 4pm to 630pm).

11/29/2020

It's been a slow week so we decided to close today and get some rest.

We will be back for pick-up | take-out on Thursday, December 3.
We hope to see you guys soon, and please continue to stay safe!