Menu
Please note, all checks will include a 20% service charge in lieu of a tip. Tipping is not required nor expected.
Ramen
$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
Aburasoba
Soupless variant of ramen, popularized by college students at Waseda University. Extra thick noodles, garlic, soy sauce. Topped with textures, chopped chashu
$18
$24
March Monthly Special: Tonkotsu Gyokai
As tonkotsu spread through Japan, versions using heavier doses of quintessential Japanese ingredients like dried fish grew in popularity, particularly in Tokyo. Tonkotsu soup, soy sauce, loads of katsuobushi and niboshi sardine. Thin, snappy noodles. Topped with pork chashu, green onion, menma bamboo shoots, narutomaki, nori, fish powder
$24
Extra Toppings
$7
Extra Chashu
Housemade pork chashu, simmered in soy sauce and seasonings
$7
$6
Extra Chicken
Shio koji marinated chicken, gently poached
$6
$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 ea.
All other toppings
House Ma-La seasoning / Bamboo Shoots / Green Onions / Beansprouts / Nori / etc.
$1 ea.
Sides
$3
Rice
Japanese Koshihikari short-grain rice
$3
$8
Chashu Rice Bowl
Chopped pork chashu on top of rice
$8
$15
Ikura Rice bowl*
Salmon roe on rice, a classic of Hokkaido
$15
House Cocktails
$11
Yuzu Highball
Yuzu liqueur, Sudachi Shochu, Vodka, soda water
$11
$15
Toki Highball
An izakaya classic. Suntory Toki Whiskey, soda water
$15
$15
Nippon 75
A Japanese take on a French 75. Gin, Lemon, Simple, Sparkling Sake
$15
$12
Easy Lover
Tequila blanco, sakura tea syrup, sudachi juice, junmai sake
$12
$13
Hideki Matsuyama
A boozy Arnold Palmer with Japanese ingredients. Japanese Oolong, Shochu, Housemade lemonade
$13
$17
Akahoshi Old Fashioned 2.0
Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey, Okinawa Black Sugar, Cocoa Bitters, Angostura
$17
Japanese Whiskey
Pick your style
Shot $12
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Rocks $16
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Highball $15
Toki
Shot $12
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Rocks $16
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Highball $15
Shot $31
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Rocks $41
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Highball $34
Hibiki Harmony
Shot $31
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Rocks $41
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Highball $34
Shot $60
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Rocks $80
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Highball $63
Yamazaki 12 Year
Shot $60
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Rocks $80
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Highball $63
Shot $14
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Rocks $19
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Highball $17
Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey
Shot $14
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Rocks $19
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Highball $17
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)
CHUHAI
$9 12oz can (6% abv)
Suntory -196
Suntory's American version of Strong Zero Chuhai, made with vodka; essentially a Japanese vodka seltzer. Uses a proprietary infusion method, crushing fruit in liquid nitrogen to extract flavor. Pick from Strawberry, Lemon, Grapefruit, or Peach
$9 12oz can (6% 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
$14 4oz glass
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$28 10oz carafe
Otokoyama Futsuu Junmai
Hokkaido-brewed sake. Crisp, refreshing, approachable.
$14 4oz glass
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$28 10oz 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
$17 4oz glass
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$34 10oz carafe
Cowboy Yamahai Junmai Ginjo Genshu
Strong Umami and structure, notes of vanilla, excellent for pairing with ramen
$17 4oz glass
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$34 10oz carafe
$21 4oz glass
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$42 10oz carafe
Mana True Vision 1751 Yamahai Tokubetsu Junmai Muroka Genshu
Bottled from a single tank, true craft sake with high complexity, notes of molasses, toasted nuts, heavy umami
$21 4oz glass
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$42 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
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
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.