citylikeyou — Kinjiro — Los Angeles by Grace Danico

Delicious Japanese izakaya awaits behind the frosted windows. Their uni risotto and seared foie gras are decadent, and the truffles & organic mushrooms cream udon is out of this world. Reservations are a must.

Website
kinjiro-la.com

Address
Kinjiro, 424 East 2nd Street, Los Angeles, United States

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Current city: Los Angeles

Other cities: New York Seoul Tokyo

gracedanico.com

Grace Danico is a Filipino-American illustrator, designer, and archivist from Los Angeles, California. She art directs Acid Free, a quarterly magazine published by the Los Angeles Archivists Collective, and curates a regular Spotify playlist called Take Care. You can typically find her watering her plants, singing karaoke, or DJing every first Monday at Blind Barber in Highland Park and first Friday at Melody Lounge.

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