Every day on the way to our other job, the hardwalking staff trundles by the corner of Beacon Street and St. Mary’s, formerly occupied by a Japanese restaurant we can’t remember the name of but ate at once.
(Really formerly – like in the 1980s – it was occupied by Taurus Restaurant, where the Missus and the hardmunching staff frequently ordered a small spinach and mushroom pizza only to be told “No small. Medium.”)
Regardless. For the past year or so, the storefront has been in restuaro, soon to house Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Dining, which has over two dozen franchises ranging from Taiwan to Times Square.
Here’s the thing, though: Not only has this rehab taken longer than Richard Nixon’s, but the restaurant itself is totally weird. There are vertical wooden bars everywhere – out front, inside, everywhere – that make the place seem more like a Japanese BBQ Prison than BBQ Dining.
Check it out for yourself. It’s just . . . strange.
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Thank you for writing about this! I have been trying to figure out what the front looks like and the other day it finally came to me. It’s a stereo cabinet from a Peter Sellers sex farce.
Yes!
I haven’t even seen the place and I love that reference. I probably have the stereo.
Maybe the three of us should grab some BBQ when it opens.
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