Katana Kitten is what happens when a master Japanese bartender — Masahiro Urushido — builds a neighborhood bar instead of a temple. Perennially ranked among the world's best bars, it serves Japanese-American highballs and boilermakers in a room that's loud, friendly, and gloriously unpretentious.
The toki highball arrives perfectly cold in a frosted mug, the melon-cucumber cooler drinks dangerously easy, and the katsu sando is the ideal bar food. Prices stay reasonable for the quality, which keeps the room genuinely mixed — cocktail tourists, off-duty bartenders, and West Village locals shoulder to shoulder.
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