Gallery: Diners fill a long table in the center of the Young Joni dining room.
Gallery: A view from the sidewalk into Young Joni dining room. The restaurant is named for the first names of the mothers of co-owners Ann Kim and Conrad Leifur.
Gallery: Two couples take a seat at one of the counters at Young Joni.
Gallery: Counter seating is an integral part of the Young Joni dining experience.
Gallery: Counter seating at Young Joni.
Gallery: Counter seating at Young Joni.
Gallery: Young Joni's dining room
Gallery: Grilled blue prawns, glazed with red chiles and fish sauce.
Gallery: Roasted Japanese sweet potato with charred scallions, créme fraise, pickled fresno chiles, gochugaru and bonito flakes, a house specialty at Young Joni.
Gallery: Korean beef short ribs with chimichurri.
Gallery: Sweet and spicy pork spare ribs with gochujang barbecue sauce and pickled vegetables.
Gallery: Pizza topped with chorizo, piquillo peppers, red onions, Castelvetrano olives and preserved lemon.
Gallery: Korean barbecue pizza with beef short ribs, mozzarella, scallions and arugula.
Gallery: Pizza with Italian red sauce, guanciale, pancetta, Pecorino cheese and red onion.
Gallery: Grain salad (Job’s tears and farro) with Brussels sprouts, zucchini, mushrooms, daikon, nori and a soft-cooked egg.
Gallery: Whole grilled branzino, with Naj Jim, a Thai dipping sauce.
Gallery: A pizza bakes in the wood-fired oven.
Gallery: A pizza is coaxed into the wood-burning oven.
Gallery: The wood-fired grill is the kitchen's centerpiece.
Gallery: Dessert: "Church basement" cookie and bar plate.
Gallery: Dessert: Soft serve ice cream, finished with sea salt and olive oil (left) and caramel and cacao nibs (right).
Gallery: The rustic and cozy speakeasy.
Gallery: The rustic and cozy speakeasy.
Gallery: An all-analog sound system is part of the speakeasy's personality.
Gallery: A Young Joni cocktail.
Gallery: A Young Joni cocktail.
Gallery: Young Joni's version of the Old Fashioned.
Gallery: The "Paloma" cocktail at Young Joni.
Gallery: Chef/co-owner Ann Kim.
Gallery: Co-owners (and spouses) Ann Kim and Conrad Leifur.
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