{"id":43107,"date":"2014-05-22T13:41:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=43107"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:41:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:41:13","slug":"sake-bar-hagi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=43107","title":{"rendered":"Sake Bar Hagi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>152 W 49th St  New York,<br \/>\nNY 10019<br \/>\nTel: (212) 764-8549<\/p>\n<p>Website: http:\/\/sakebarhagi.com\/<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rr0609_hagifood.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[43107]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43108\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/rr0609_hagifood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sake Bar Hagi evokes Tokyo far more than Times Square, starting with the primarily Japanese clientele seated at the long wooden bar, lined with bottles of shochu and topped by a refrigerated case brimming with cold sake. Classic jazz plays softly at the bar, which is flanked by flat-screen TVs. Revelers and the happy-hour crowd sit at nearby wooden tables, munching on skewered bites, small plates, and soups\u2014typical izakaya, or Japanese pub, fare. Less cramped than downtown izakayas like Taisho, Hagi\u2019s is a primo spot to down ice-cold mugs of Sapporo and watch a game. Small, savory dishes abound, like skewers of chicken skin with salt and sticks of grilled bacon-wrapped garlic or asparagus. Many munchies are decidedly Japanese, like the smelt: Each tiny fish is packed with blonde roe and broiled to crispy perfection. Heartier appetites can order a hefty plate of braised pork belly and garlic sprouts; tender pork, bathing in a peppery, pungent sauce, may be midtown\u2019s best prep for Times Square in all its neon extravagance. \u2014 Joe DiStefano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>152 W 49th St New York, NY 10019 Tel: (212) 764-8549 Website: http:\/\/sakebarhagi.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-search-our-detailed-new-york-restaurant-database"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43109,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43107\/revisions\/43109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}