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Cho Cho San Japanese Restaurant

15 W. 8th St., New York, NY 10011 40.73265 -73.997209
nr. Fifth Ave. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-473-3333 Send to Phone

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Cuisine: Japanese/Sushi
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Official Website

chochosanrestaurant.com

Hours

Mon-Sat, 4pm-11pm; Sun, 4pm-10:45pm

Nearby Subway Stops

N, R, W at 8th St.-NYU; A, B, C, D, E, F, V at W. 4th St.-Washington Sq.

Prices

$15-$20

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Delivery
Take-Out

Alcohol

Beer and Wine Only
Sake and Sojou

Reservations

Accepted/Not Necessary

Delivery Area

Houston St. to 18th St., Broadway to Seventh Ave.

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Another addition to 8th Street’s evolving restaurant row, Cho Cho San is a neighborhood homecoming for Jun Nagano, the former manager at West 13th Street’s shuttered Taste of Tokyo. Nagano has taken on the chef’s role here, incorporating a few Western riffs into the traditional foods he grew up with. Bakudan are Pecorino-flecked meatballs served with Nagano’s sister’s “special sauce”; niko niko is pan-fried oysters wrapped in bacon. There’s a daily pasta and a daily curry, and sushi prepared by Taste of Tokyo veteran Yoshi Azegami. Besides being a cook, Nagano is also a singer, and one of his partners is a former opera director at the Met. That might explain why they named their place for the heroine of Madama Butterfly, and one of the sushi rolls, the Puccini, after its composer. — Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite