Chicago Sun-Times Review, "Tokio Pub dishes out appetizer-size Asian delights"
Izakayas, common in Japan, are less familiar in our vocabulary. But the premise behind the term is hardly foreign: a casual drinking establishment that serves a selection of sake, beer, wine and cocktails along with a variety of appetizer-size small plates.
Tokio Pub in Schaumburg, a good example of the genre, opened in May as a new concept by the restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. It has its own entrance in the same building that houses Shaw’s Crab House in the Streets of Woodfield and occupies space that previously functioned as a room for private banquets.
The airy, high-ceilinged rectangular room seats about 60 at tables, banquettes and the bar; outside, an adjoining seasonal patio partly screened by a collection of potted palms, accommodates additional guests. A lively contemporary soundtrack of recorded music and attractive minimalist decor, including lighting fixtures cleverly designed out of old electric fans, add flair.
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Tokio Pub in Schaumburg, a good example of the genre, opened in May as a new concept by the restaurant group Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. It has its own entrance in the same building that houses Shaw’s Crab House in the Streets of Woodfield and occupies space that previously functioned as a room for private banquets.
The airy, high-ceilinged rectangular room seats about 60 at tables, banquettes and the bar; outside, an adjoining seasonal patio partly screened by a collection of potted palms, accommodates additional guests. A lively contemporary soundtrack of recorded music and attractive minimalist decor, including lighting fixtures cleverly designed out of old electric fans, add flair.
For the remainder of the review, click here.
Chicago Sun-Times (September 22, 2011)