New York Sake Photowalk, March 2014

Blessed by a sudden (and unfortunately brief) reprieve from what had been an absolutely brutal winter, we went for a stroll around Manhattan in mid March and took a few photos along the way. We started our travels with a glass of Shinpaku at the recently opened Izakaya Lucky Cat in midtown. Lucky Cat’s sake menu is quite interesting, and their food menu features some interesting western influenced takes on izakaya standbys, as well as a selection of surprisingly good ramen options.  We also made stops the very sake friendly and always excellent Tomi Jazz, legendary Sake Bar Hagi, and the outstanding bar at midtown’s Soba Totto.