Restaurants
Kumiko
630 W. Lake St., Chicago, 60661, USA
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Japanese, Asian
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Kumiko
630 W. Lake St., Chicago, 60661, USA
$$$$
·
Japanese, Asian
It is impressive enough that Julia Momosé has built a worldclass cocktail bar featuring a dazzling collection of Japanese spirits. Servers and bartenders, both dressed in sharp black uniforms, are also so effortlessly warm and cheerful that you want to linger here for hours on end. Now, similar levels of intentionality and sophistication extend to the kitchen. A nicely pitched tasting menu highlights Japanese flavors and ingredients. Butter cabbage seared to a nice golden-brown, dressed with a ramp miso sauce and topped with katsuobushi makes an impression before entrees like yaki zakana, or brined and grilled Arctic char with a shio koji buerre blanc. Drink pairings with and without spirits elevate an experience that is confidently fine-tuned.
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Location
Monday
closed
Tuesday
closed
Wednesday
5:30 PM-11:30 PM
Thursday
5:30 PM-11:30 PM
Friday
5:30 PM-11:30 PM
Saturday
5:30 PM-11:30 PM
Sunday
5:30 PM-11:30 PM

People
3 minutes
7 Female Chefs on Their Culinary Adventures
Theses powerhouses prove women rule the MICHELIN world.

People
4 minutes
Julia Momosé on Becoming a Chef
The Chicago chef behind Kumiko shares how she never planned to be in the kitchen but is honored to be there.

MICHELIN Guide Ceremony
3 minutes
Josh Mummert of Kumiko is The MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2024 Young Chef Award Winner
500 stomps on the dough lead to his ideal udon.

Features
3 minutes
Women Chefs Leading Michelin-Starred Restaurants Shine on International Women's Day
Girl power.

Dining Out
1 minute
7 MICHELIN Guide Inspector Approved Favorite Cocktails (and Mocktails) of 2023
The tipples that made our Inspectors stir.

Features
3 minutes
The MICHELIN Guide Way to Dine Like The Bear's Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
Yes, chef!

MICHELIN Guide Ceremony
1 minute
Inspector Favorite Cocktails from New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
From modern tipples to riffs on classics, these are the drinks that whet our Inspectors' palettes.