Japonica: Kips Bay Sake HH

Sake from $7 and Japanese bar bites at a Kips Bay institution. Mon–Fri 5–7pm.

Japonica is a Kips Bay fixture, a Japanese restaurant with a serious sake program that runs a focused happy hour from 5 to 7pm weekdays. Sake pours drop to $7, select beers are reduced, and the kitchen offers bar bites including gyoza and edamame. Quiet, reliable, and consistently good.