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Looking for Jun-ichi san formerly of Sushi Ryo and IZAYOI downtown

So Izayoi closed - is now (or will be ) little tokyo branch of ShinSenGumi.
Great.

ANyone have any clue as to where the IZAYOI folks (like junichi-san) went or what he (or they) are doing?

TiA.

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Izayoi
132 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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By Jerome on Sep 19, 2011 11:38 PM

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  1. bumping this up. come on folks - any ideas?
    anyone know anything?

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    By Jerome on Oct 17, 2011 01:37 PM
    1. re: Jerome

      nope. but i still know that shibucho on beverly is still pretty damned good, if you haven't visited recently.

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      By kevin on Oct 17, 2011 05:53 PM
      1. re: kevin

        yes i still like it. But they don't have the izakaya dishes i love at Izayoi.

        Looked up their facebook page, and they say they will post there when they find a place. Which is GREAT.

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        Izayoi
        132 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

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        By Jerome on Oct 19, 2011 04:29 PM
        1. re: Jerome

          cool, i'll have to check it out too.

          though shibucho (and i know you may be against this), also makes a mean eggplant parmeggiano.

          thanks for the heads up.

          i like to use Yakitoriya on Sawtelle as an almost makeshift izakaya, the right hand side of the menu has a collection of dishes that are not the eponymous skewers that go great with beers or sake.

          and i really bincho in redondo, but sadly it's pretty far away. as another hound mentioned it always seems like it's three steps from closing, sadly, and the fact that when it's closed in the daytime, since there is no sign there, it looks like it is permanently closed.

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          Yakitoriya
          11301 W Olympic Blvd Ste 101, Los Angeles, CA 90064

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          By kevin on Oct 19, 2011 04:48 PM
          1. re: kevin

            bincho is great but one of the most depressing restaurants I've been in. feels nothing like an izakaya.

            they need a new location ASAP

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            By ns1 on Oct 19, 2011 04:50 PM
            1. re: ns1

              if you mean rowdy, rambunctious, and raw, you are correct. It is definitely a little too staid at times. Though the dishes are great. Yeah, but you are definitely correct on the atmosphere. Though the food is very very very salty in my humble opinion at times, but I believe that's the way it should be.

              some of my favorite dishes: those spicey fried chicken wings, japanese fried chicken, the shrimp dumplings, the rice salmon plum ball, and their miso eggplant.

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              By kevin on Oct 19, 2011 04:56 PM
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