A longtime New Yorker reminisces about EN Brasserie, a beloved Japanese restaurant that closed recently. The author highlights the restaurant's unique atmosphere, delicious food, and exceptional hospitality.
A very beautiful, spacious Japanese restaurant specializing in an eclectic assortment of dishes, became a beloved institution in New York . It was unique for its miso broiled fish and exquisite rice dishes. Reika, the owner, set the hospitality apart. Her warmth and friendliness were impeccable and without fault. My grandchildren have been going there their entire lives. James Truman had told me about it.
I started going there with my mom who loved Japan and loved the flowers at EN and the food, and when we moved to the neighborhood 12 years ago, with my husband and daughters, it became our family restaurant. The space, great food and staff, it felt like you were in Japan… I think creative people always appreciate all the attention to details and when something is so well done. Reika also makes everyone feel at home. It felt authentic, chic and warm. It’s difficult to describe, only in that it’s one of those rare New York restaurants that gets more cozy and familiar over time. I have trouble reflecting on any particular meal there, even though I have eaten there hundreds of times. It’s a place that exists in my memory in its totality. Its hospitality, which flows directly from Reika, is the first thing that strikes you. But eventually, over the years it becomes a second living room of sorts. As far as its closing, all the regulars are feeling like we just lost a room in our own home. It really was a salon of sorts. One of those perfect New York melting pots for high and low. Graffiti artists and intellectuals. Rappers and philosophers. Comedians and photographers, and on and on. But it never felt like a reach or a pose
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