Kansas City has something to celebrate.
Hotel Phillips’ omakase sushi restaurant Akoya Omakase has been named one of the nation’s best new restaurants by the national food and dining publication Eater.
Akoya Omakase (106 W. 12th St., KCMO) joins 14 other restaurants around the country — including Somssi in New York, Maydan Market in Los Angeles and Maroon in Las Vegas — on Eater’s 17th annual awards list. From what we can tell, Akoya may be the first Kansas City restaurant to receive an Eater Award.
In January, we ranked Akoya No. 5 on our Best New Restaurants list, citing chef Peter Hoang’s Michelin-starred past and dedication to quality fish (flown in from Tokyo’s famous Toyosu Fish Market) as reasons to prioritize it on your KC-restaurants-to-visit list.
Kansas City restaurants have been on a roll when it comes to national recognition this year. After being named No. 1 on our Best New Restaurants list in January, Anjin became a finalist in this year’s James Beard Awards and was subsequently recognized by The New York Times and Bon Appétit as one of the nation’s best restaurants. KCK’s El Pollo Rey was also named one of the 41 greatest Mexican restaurants in the United States by The New York Times.
