Four and a half years before opening, the liquor licence placards went up on the Midtown Center hoardings and PoPville photographed them. The filings are the first public description of what ĀKĒDO would be.
ĀKĒDO is filed as a tavern serving Japanese street food at 1100 15th Street NW, with a total occupancy of 257, 199 seats inside and a summer garden seating 62. SHŌTŌ, at 15th and L Street NW, is filed as a restaurant serving contemporary Japanese cuisine: 220 occupancy, 179 seats, and a 24-seat summer garden.
Read together, the two filings explain the block: one large-format Japanese restaurant, one street-food room next door, both with courtyard seating, both from the same group.
Read the full article on PoPville ↗“Akedo is next door to the coming Little Chicken/Grazie Nonna.”