A new restaurant in the downtown east side aims to provide the causal after-work drinking and eating environment you find in izakayas across Japan. KUT's Nathan Bernier asks Austin American-Statesman restaurant critic Matthew Odam about his review of Fukumoto.
Restaurant Review: Fukumoto
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