Category Archives: Japantown

festa

Festa Wine & Cocktail Lounge – #222

This is a karaoke bar tucked into the corner of the Kinokuniya Mall in Japantown. Yes, even though the entire mall is closed with lights off, the front door is still open so you can walk inside and get to Festa. I had a Bud … Read More

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Playground – #221

Yes, this place is magic to drunk people. I stumbled in near 1am, not knowing what to expect. I can’t even begin to explain how amazing the next 45 minutes were. I ordered a glass of Jack Daniels (that was the size of 2-3 glasses … Read More

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Pagoda – #220

This hallway of a bar in the bottom floor of a Japantown shopping center. I had a glass of Knob Creek while i tried to avoid eating the obnoxiously stale peanuts. This bar is so obscure and forgettable that no picture of it exists on … Read More

dimples

Dimples – #219

I sipped a Maker’s Mark (neat) on a rather comfortable couch/booth that you could park in a Cadillac in. Dimples rents out private rooms for karaoke, rather aggressively at times by Kimono clad geisha-wannabes.  However, word on the street is that you can bargain for … Read More

izakaya

O Izakaya Lounge – #218

This is a glossy bar in the equally glossy Hotel Kabuki. As you can imagine, there is an extensive selection of sake. I enjoyed a random one from the list while surrounded by last cartoon-ish drawings of old, seemingly famous, Japanese baseball players. 1625 Post … Read More