Tonari delivers pasta and pizza as only the Japanese can
An inherited pizza oven + ramen expertise = new food to try
The reason you’re eating Japanese-inflected Italian food from the trio behind some of Washington’s most popular ramen stops boils down to a design feature they inherited from the Chinatown restaurant that preceded their new Tonari. The oven made them do it — specifically the beautiful domed pizza cooker left behind by Graffiato. “We couldn’t think of taking it down,” says chef Katsuya Fukushima.
- Publisher:
- Washington Post
- Author:
- Tom Sietsema
- Story Date:
- 3/6/2020
- Story Region:
- DC-Washington, D.C.
- Place Grouping:
- Food & Drink
- Story Category:
- New Places