豚骨ラーメン
14-HR STOCKTONKOTSU RAMEN
Fourteen-hour pork-bone stock, alkaline noodles, chashu, ajitama, scallion oil.
$19◼ NO RESERVATIONS◼ 12 SEATS◼ OPEN 5PM◼ NO PHONES AT THE COUNTER◼ 14-HOUR STOCK◼ BINCHOTAN GRILL◼ CASH & CARD◼ NO RESERVATIONS◼ 12 SEATS◼ OPEN 5PM◼ NO PHONES AT THE COUNTER◼ 14-HOUR STOCK◼ BINCHOTAN GRILL◼ CASH & CARD◼ NO RESERVATIONS◼ 12 SEATS◼ OPEN 5PM◼ NO PHONES AT THE COUNTER◼ 14-HOUR STOCK◼ BINCHOTAN GRILL◼ CASH & CARD
OPEN 5PM · NO RESERVATIONS
STOCK,
FAT,
SMOKE.
12 counter seats. A 14-hour tonkotsu. Charcoal skewers. A highball menu the bar staff actually wants to make. That is the entire concept.
STOCK
11H IN
WAIT
~25M
SEATS
03 / 12
№1 BOWL
豚骨 / TONKOTSU$19
14-hour pork-bone stock. Alkaline noodles. Chashu. Ajitama. Scallion oil.
12
counter seats
14
hours of stock
11
highballs
00
reservations
§01 · THE COUNTER
TWELVE
SEATS.
NO PHONES.
You sit at the counter. You watch the cook. The stock has been moving for fourteen hours when we open. The skewers are over binchotan. The highballs are exact. That is the whole concept.
- 14-HRtonkotsu pork-bone stock, every day
- 0reservations · the line forms at 4:45
- 11highballs · ask the bar, they made the list
- BINCHOTANJapanese white-charcoal skewers
- NOphones on the counter — eat it hot
- CASH& card, no apps, no tabs over $200
§02 · ON THE COUNTER
THE BOARD.
豚骨
TONKOTSU
14-HR PORK BONE
№01塩
SHIO RAMEN
NIBOSHI & CHICKEN
№02串
SKEWERS
BINCHOTAN-GRILLED
№03ハイ
HIGHBALL
11 VARIATIONS
№04握
ONIGIRI
COUNTER-PRESSED
№05漬
PICKLE
HOUSE-MADE DAILY
№06§03 · THE MENU
FOUR DISHES. EVERYTHING ELSE IS ROTATION.
塩ラーメン
SHIO RAMEN
Niboshi and chicken stock, clear and bracing. Add ajitama for $2.
$17
串フライト
COUNTER ONLYSKEWER FLIGHT
Five binchotan-grilled skewers — chef chooses based on what came in today.
$24
ハウスハイボール
HOUSE HIGHBALL
Choose your whisky. Built tall, exact, double-strained over a single clear cube.
$14§04 · THE BAR
ELEVEN
HIGHBALLS.
All built tall, exact, double-strained over one clear cube. Pick a whisky — the bar handles the rest.
JAPANESE WHISKY$14
BOURBON$13
IRISH$13
SCOTCH BLEND$14
ISLAY PEAT$16
RYE$14
SHŌCHŪ-HIGH$12
UMESHU-HIGH$13
LEMON SOUR$11
YUZU SODA (NA)$8
HOJICHA HIGHBALL$13
§05 · THE BAR
ON THE COUNTER.
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"THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE THE COOK NODS WHEN YOU ORDER WELL, AND THAT IS THE CLOSEST THING TO PRAISE YOU'LL GET ALL NIGHT."
K. YAMADA/FOOD CRITIC
§06 · VISIT
SHOW UP
AT 5.
The line forms at 4:45. Three turns a night. Walk-in only — the only way in is the only way in.
ADDRESS
1814 14TH STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20009
HOURS
TUE–SAT · 5PM – 10:30PM
SUN · 5PM – 9PM
CLOSED MONDAY
CALL
(202) 555-0140
HELLO@TONKATSUBAR.COM
POLICY
NO RESERVATIONS
CASH & CARD
NO PHONES AT COUNTER
HUNGRY?
JUST SHOW UP.
No app. No reservation. No DM. The line forms at 4:45. You get in or you come back Tuesday.