The interior of Kyoten Next Door on Aug. 24, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Aji, or horse mackerel, at Kyoten Next Door. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Trout, seen here at Kyoten Next Door. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Red snapper, seen here at Kyoten Next Door. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Chef Otto Phan at Kyoten, 2507 W. Armitage Ave., in the Logan Square neighborhood on Aug. 24, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Toki Shirazu, which translates to a salmon that doesn’t know time, at Kyoten. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
A5 wagyu beef at Kyoten. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
The lobster dish at Kyoten. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Sardine at Kyoten. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
A 2014 photograph on the wall of Kyoten showing Chef Otto Phan’s restaurant’s first iteration as a food truck in Austin, Texas. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)