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The stair down into the cellar, lit at the far end

RestaurantLODE.

Everything on the menu is cured, fermented, or aged in the cellar under the room before it reaches a plate. Nothing arrives on the day it is served.

Nine courses · 24 seats · Wednesday to Sunday

Time does most of the cooking

Koji takes about 48 hours. A garum runs ten weeks. Miso sits for a year before anyone opens it. The kitchen upstairs finishes what the cellar has already spent months on.

The dining room before service

Nine courses, one seating

Everyone sits down at the same hour and eats the same nine courses. It is the only way to serve something that was started a year ago.

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Signature dishes

Brined in koji salt, served raw.

OysterBeefMackerelLambBarley

Two rooms you can take for the whole night

Enquire about both
The cellar table

The cellar table

Six seats among the crocks, at 12 degrees. Bring a jacket.

The long room

The long room

Fourteen seats along one oak plank, for a single party.

Newsletter

We send one note when the menu changes, which is about every eight weeks.