Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 AM - 3:00 AM · Ototo, Echo Park, Los Angeles
Ototo hosts a Halloween Midnight Diner night with a menu of old and new dishes, plus beer and highball specials. Walk-ins are welcome from 5pm with no reservations.
Minimal wood, paper lanterns, and a long white-oak bar set the calm, sexy tone. The sake list is deep and approachable, with playful tasting notes so you don’t feel like you need a PhD. And the food is built for sharing: soft okonomiyaki pancakes, pork belly yakisoba, kara‑age, katsu‑sando, and other snacks that beg another pour.
Fried jidori chicken on toasted Japanese milk bread with snowy cabbage, pickled jalapeño, tonkatsu
A curated tasting of small-batch jizake from Ototo's James Beard award-winning sake program
Osaka-style cabbage pancake with okonomi sauce, kewpie mayo, aonori, bonito: pick the rock shrimp
Japanese shochu spirit. Barley, rice, or sweet potato base.
Tare-glazed pork ribs, sticky and savory. Off-menu.
Cold Japanese somen noodles with dashi dipping sauce. Summer dish.