Menu
Please note, all checks will include a 20% service charge in lieu of a tip. Tipping is not required nor expected.
FOOD
$19
Akahoshi Miso
The namesake of the shop. Blend of misos, homemade crinkly Sapporo-style noodles, plenty of lard. Topped with beansprouts, green onions, menma bamboo shoots, pork chashu
$19
$18.5
Midwest Shoyu
Modernity meets origins. Clear chicken soup, onion oil, soy sauce with katsuobushi, straight thin noodles with Midwest wheat. Topped with green onions, nori, menma bamboo shoots, pork chashu, shio koji chicken breast, narutomaki, fried onion
$18.5
$18
Soupless Tantanmen
Soupless variant of ramen, based loosely on Dandan noodles. Extra thick noodles, ma-la spice, sesame. Topped with pork soboro, green onions, bok choi
$18
$18
Hiyashi (Cold) Tantanmen
A riff on our soupless tantanmen, but tart, cold, bracing. Sesame, black vinegar, chili oil, chilled thick noodles. Topped with cucumber, cilantro, spice, bok choi, crumbled cashews
$18
$18
Aburasoba
Soupless variant of ramen, popularized by college students at Waseda University. Extra thick noodles, garlic, soy sauce. Topped with menma, beansprouts, chopped chashu, crispy textures
$18
$23
July Monthly Special: Triple Garlic Tonkotsu
Creamy pork bone soup, grated garlic, garlic powder, garlic oil, garlic confit. Maybe it's a quadruple garlic, idk. There's also garlic stewed in the soup. Quintuple garlic? It's a lot of garlic. Sapporo noodles, topped with pork chashu, green onion, menma, narutomaki, garlic confit bomb
$23
Extra Toppings
$7
Extra Chashu
Housemade pork chashu, simmered in soy sauce and seasonings
$7
$4
Extra Chicken
Shio koji marinated chicken, gently poached
$4
$2
Ajitama Egg*
Slagel Farms egg, soft boiled, marinated for days
$2
$4
Kaedama
Extra homemade noodles of your choice (Crinkly Sapporo, Wide and Thick, or Midwest Flat)
$4
$2
Gekikara Spice Powder
For spice heads. Blend of togarashi, Carolina Reaper, white pepper
$2
$1
All other toppings
House Ma-La seasoning / Bamboo Shoots / Green Onions / Beansprouts / Nori / etc.
$1
Sides
$3
Rice
Japanese Koshihikari short-grain rice
$3
$9
Chashu Rice Bowl
Chopped pork chashu on top of rice
$9
$16
Ikura Rice bowl*
Salmon roe on rice, a classic of Hokkaido.
$16
House Cocktails
$14
Toki Highball
An izakaya classic, on tap. Suntory Toki Whiskey, supercharged highball soda
$14
$11
Yuzu Highball
Yuzu liqueur, shochu, supercharged highball soda
$11
$13
Hideki Matsuyama
A boozy Arnold Palmer with Japanese ingredients. Japanese Oolong, shochu, housemade lemonade
$13
$13
Easy Lover
Tequila blanco, sakura tea syrup, sudachi juice, junmai sake
$13
$17
Akahoshi Old Fashioned 2.0
Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey, Okinawa black sugar, cocoa bitters, angostura
$17
$13
Seasonal Highball: Saskatoon Berry
Imo Shochu, Seedling Farms Saskatoon Berry, Umeshu, Rhubarb Shrub
$13
Japanese Whiskey
Pick your style
Shot $12
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Rocks $16
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Highball $14
Toki
Shot $12
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Rocks $16
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Highball $14
Shot $31
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Rocks $41
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Highball $33
Hibiki Harmony
Shot $31
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Rocks $41
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Highball $33
Shot $60
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Rocks $80
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Highball $62
Yamazaki 12 Year
Shot $60
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Rocks $80
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Highball $62
Shot $14
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Rocks $19
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Highball $16
Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey
Shot $14
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Rocks $19
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Highball $16
Japanese Beer
$7 12oz can (4.9% ABV)
Sapporo, Premium Lager
$7 12oz can (4.9% ABV)
$12 12oz can (5% ABV)
Hitachino Nest White Ale, Witbier
$12 12oz can (5% ABV)
$12 12oz can (7% ABV)
Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale, Rice Beer
$12 12oz can (7% ABV)
$12 12oz bottle
Hitachino Nest Non-Ale Ginger Yuzu, Non-Alcoholic Beer (<0.2% ABV)
$12 12oz bottle
$14
Hokkaido Handshake
Shot of umeshu and a Sapporo. A nod to a classic Logan Square pair
$14
Collabs
$19 500 ml bottle (5.4% ABV)
Akahoshi Biiru, Is/Was x Akahoshi Ramen Saison
A special beer made just for the shop, brewed with koji rice and wheat. Notes of bubblegum, banana. Very dry and highly effervescent.
$19 500 ml bottle (5.4% ABV)
$19 500 ml bottle (5.4% ABV)
Akahoshi Biiru, Is/Was x Akahoshi Ramen Saison, Cedar Aged
A variant of the flagship, aged on cedar staves for three months. Big flavors of grapefruit, the wood adding additional complexity.
$19 500 ml bottle (5.4% ABV)
Cider
$30 500ml bottle (6.7% abv)
Virtue Cider Salut
$30 500ml bottle (6.7% abv)
Sake
$9 6oz cup
Ozeki One Cup
The original single-cup sake. Found at every 7-11 in Japan. 1.5 servings
$9 6oz cup
$9 4 oz glass
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$18$ 10 oz carafe
Sho Chiku Bai Kinpaku Tokubetsu Junmai 1.8L
Party sake. Super easy drinking. It may or may not have gold leaf in it.
$9 4 oz glass
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$18$ 10 oz carafe
$15 4oz glass
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$30 10oz carafe
Hawk in the Heavens Tokubetsu Junmai
Dry and full bodied, with notes of hazelnut, pecan
$15 4oz glass
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$30 10oz carafe
$15 4oz glass
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$30 10oz carafe
Masumi Shiro Junmai Ginjo
An elegant sake, soft, delicate, but fruity. Pear and melon, clean and great for any occasion
$15 4oz glass
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$30 10oz carafe
$16 4 oz glass
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$32 10 oz carafe
Kubota Junmai Daiginjo
Classic to Junmai Daiginjo style; complex, balanced, fruity, floral, mild acidity
$16 4 oz glass
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$32 10 oz carafe
$18 4oz glass
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$36 10oz carafe
Cowboy Yamahai Junmai Ginjo Genshu
Strong umami and structure, notes of vanilla, excellent for pairing with ramen
$18 4oz glass
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$36 10oz carafe
$14.5 4oz glass
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$29 10oz carafe
Shirakawago Sasanigori Junmai Ginjo Nigori
Unfiltered sake, smooth, creamy, full bodied
$14.5 4oz glass
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$29 10oz carafe
The Akahoshi Cellar
Rare and unique sakes that we like. These don't make financial sense for us but they're super fun.
$25 4oz glass
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$50 10oz carafe
Tedorigawa Kinka "Gold Blossom" Daiginjo Namazake
Unpasteurized, this sake boasts dense structure and strong fruit, with a slight tingle on the palate from acidity and active yeast still in the bottle.
$25 4oz glass
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$50 10oz carafe
$25 4oz glass
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$50 10oz carafe
Terada Honke "Shizen no Manma" Kimoto Junmai Muroka Nama Genshu
This brewery grows its own rice, its own koji spores, and sources its water from a nearby shrine, controlling the entire production process start to finish. This is the wildest, most "natural" sake expression we've seen. Yogurty acidity, vanilla, and big structure
$25 4oz glass
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$50 10oz carafe
$30 4oz glass
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$60 10oz carafe
Naginata Junmai Daiginjo
This is, in our opinion, the best sake made in the USA. A sake meant to demonstrate what is possible in the USA, it is remarkable, competitive with top-tier sakes from Japan. Immense fruit and tropical notes, bright acidity, while still fully dry.
$30 4oz glass
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$60 10oz carafe
Sodas
$3 12oz can
Coke / Diet Coke / Sprite
$3 12oz can
$6 200ml bottle
Ramune
The original Japanese soda
$6 200ml bottle
$9 8.5 oz bottle
Yuzu Kimino
Sparkling yuzu juice with cane sugar.
$9 8.5 oz bottle
$2
Supercharged Highball Water
$2
Beer
$12 12oz bottle
Hitachino Nest Non-Ale Ginger Yuzu, Non-Alcoholic Beer (<0.2% ABV)
$12 12oz bottle
Cold-Brewed Teas from Rare Tea Cellar
$6
Freak of Nature Oolong
$6
$6
Sencha Green Tea
$6
$6
Emperor’s Mugicha Barley Tea
$6
*THESE ITEMS CAN BE ORDERED RAW OR UNDERCOOKED, OR MAY CONTAIN RAW OR UNDERCOOKED INGREDIENTS. CONSUMING RAW OR UNDERCOOKED MEATS, POULTRY, SEAFOOD, SHELLFISH, OR EGGS MAY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF FOODBORNE ILLNESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS.