An East Austin izakaya that fuses Texas barbecue with Japanese tradition — the Tatsu-ya team smokes brisket and turns it into ramen, tucks smoked meats into onigiri, and runs a sake-and-highball program in a riotously decorated room. Playful, deeply original, a only-in-Austin collision of two great smoke cultures. For a Japanese-Texas mashup that's as fun as it is genuinely good.