Today, rather than continue the addled and uninformative style we adopted yesterday, the Editorial Team feels it’s only proper to address a more serious subject – gnocchi. And more generally, the paucity of good Italian food in the places we’ve been frequenting for lunch. Admittedly, one shouldn’t expect too much from ‘red tablecloth’ Italian (not […]
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Mio Posto, Ogawamachi
Eeeeeeeeeeeyep, still a reformed man since I ate Italian for lunch and dinner last night. Seemes like there’s a whole company culture of mid-priced restaurants that are suitable destinations, because the staff at this place sure knew who we were. Mio Pasto is, to be terribly brief, a casual and mid-priced ‘old Italian’ place just […]
S. Stefano, Otemachi (Marunouchi)
It’s official, I’m reformed. A new man. I used to eat nothing but French food. Now I eat nothing but washoku and Italian. Haven’t eaten French since last Wednesday. The first step was admitting that there’s a higher power than myself, and one of these days I’ll get around to seeing what the other 11 […]
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Osteria Vincero, Shinjuku (三丁目)
Continuing with our neighborhood exploration theme (after the recent Kagurazaka excursions) the EOITwJ staff returned yet again to the greater Shinjuku area following the weekend’s exploration of Arakicho. At less than 20 minutes from the office, it’s not so onerous to head over here after work. On short notice, the Scheduling Team reviewed available options […]
Amalfi Moderna, Otemachi (Oazo)
Ahhh, the limitless options continue. Here in week 3 of our new Otemachi Adventure, my friends, there’s not even a hint of revisiting the same places. Several readers have now accused us here at EOITwJ of excessive completism, but we continue to view it as our public service, nay, sacred mission, to provide information on […]
Giliola, Roppongi
The streets around Roppongi Crossing are a mess; I was noticing today that there are far more sandwichboard lunch advertisements than I ever thought before. I don’t know what these places are, and at this point I’m never going to find out! Giliola is a little more notable – it faces Roppongi Dori on the […]
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Per Regalo, Shiroganedai
My fake Italian friend lives in Takanawa, so Shiroganedai seemed like a nice place to meet for fake Italian food (until I remembered what a pain it is to get home). He was laid off recently, so now he’s paid contractor wages but goes home at 5 when it’s a slow day like yesterday. Errrr… […]
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Boschetta, Shiroganedai
Boschetta will likely sound very good to you based on the following:– Located in quiet Shirokanedai, in an even-quieter back street, down at the end, just before it dead-ends at someone’s house.– Located, in fact, in what clearly used to be someone’s very expensive house. The entryway feels like an entryway. The stairs feel like […]
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Kavach, Tokyo (カバチェ)
Well, if you’re going to have 4 work dinners in a month, some of them might as well be in decent locations. Kavach is the Yaesu branch of a 3-restaurant Italian chain specializing in reasonable-if-dull repetitions of Italian classics. In fairness, I was in a group of 30, and I think that even the best […]
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Table d’Hote, Kayabacho
Hey, my new favorite Italian restaurant! Dangerously close to the route between home and the new office (moving date still to be determined), so could prompt frequent stops for a pasta and glass of wine on the way home. As long as I’m walking or biking, I think it’s OK! One-man restaurants are dicey. I […]