Gaijin, what may be the first dedicated okonomiyaki and kakigori restaurant in Chicago, opened Nov. 11 in the West Loop. (Other restaurants have served one or the other and possibly both at one time, ...

Kissaki — the anticipated new omakase restaurant from the popular chef behind former Astoria sushi bar Gaijin — opens today on the Lower East Side, at 319 Bowery, between First and Second Streets.