Yakitori & Sake Bar · Est. 2021

Ember & Ash

A dark room, a long counter, and one fire.

Twelve seats
White binchotan
Forty sake, cold

01 — The Counter

There is no dining room to hide in. You sit at the counter, an arm's length from the coals, and watch each skewer come off the fire to your plate.

We cook the old way — thigh and tail, liver and skin, scallion and mushroom — salted or brushed with a tare we've kept going since the night we opened. White binchotan burns clean and ferociously hot: no flame, no smoke on the plate, just an even, blistering heat that crisps the skin and leaves the inside soft.

When you've eaten your fill of skewers, we pour. The sake is kept cold and poured generously, the way it should be among friends in no hurry to leave.

— The counter at Ember & Ash

02 — From the Fire

What we'd order first

Three things people come back for. The rest of the counter is on the menu — these are the ones we reach for.

Yakitori · Salt Negima Skewer Thigh & scallion The one to start with. Dark thigh and sweet charred scallion, salted, turned over the coals until the skin snaps. Small Plate · Cold Seared Hamachi Yellowtail, shiso, garlic oil Lightly torched, fanned over shiso, dressed with warm garlic oil, crisp garlic and a thread of chili. From the Cellar Junmai, Poured Cold Forty bottles Picked to drink with smoke. Ask the counter what's open — we'll steer you to something dry and cold.

Sit close to the coals

The whole bird, over white charcoal.

Salt or tare, your call — ordered a few at a time, eaten straight off the fire.

03 — The Room

An evening at the counter

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An izakaya storefront at night with two glowing red paper lanterns flanking the doorway and guests at the counter inside

A single chicken skewer grilling over glowing white binchotan charcoal with a thread of smoke rising

A grill cook leans over the counter of a small lantern-lit izakaya at night, tending skewers above the coals

Seared white fish fanned across a black plate with a green shiso leaf, dressed with chili oil and crisp garlic

A dark bottle of premium sake lying on a wooden table in low, dramatic candlelight

04 — Pull Up a Stool

Reserve, or order in

The counter is small, so a table is worth booking. Prefer the couch tonight? We're on a few delivery apps too.

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05 — Word from the Counter

What people say

Illustrative reviews, written for this sample site.

Sat at the counter and didn't look at my phone once. The skin skewer alone is worth the trip — order two.

Mara L. Sample review

The sake list is the quiet star. They poured me something cold and dry I'm still thinking about.

Devin R. Sample review
Small, dark, exactly right for a cold night. We let them feed us whatever was best.

Priya N. Sample review

Stay close to the coals

Follow along, come hungry.

What's on the grill, what just landed in the cellar, and the nights we fire the ramen pot — first on Instagram.

Sample handles: @emberandash — placeholders for this demo.

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06 — Find Us

Visit the counter

Hours
Monday	Closed
Tuesday	5:00 – 11:00 pm
Wednesday	5:00 – 11:00 pm
Thursday	5:00 – 11:00 pm
Friday	5:00 pm – 12:00 am
Saturday	5:00 pm – 12:00 am
Sunday · ramen night	5:00 – 10:00 pm

Directions

The Ember and Ash storefront at night — two glowing red paper lanterns flank the doorway, guests visible at the counter inside — Look for the lanterns. The door's the dark one.