24 May 2022
You will find a new restaurant and beverage bar coming to the Windows vista. The Dragon Room, a brand new pan-Asian tapas and beverages restaurants, comes from well-known Columbia restaurateur and chef Kristian Niemi, who is behind Primary Street’s Bourbon and Western Columbia’s rooftop bar plus restaurant Black Rooster. Niemi revealed the forthcoming eating place on Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann’s “Around Town” podcasting in a May 18 show. The restaurant will be a good Asian izakaya, a Western term that essentially indicates it will have informal Asian food like popular street as well as small plates along with beverages. The word izakaya literally equals “stay drink place. inch The spot, which will be located in the previous Ristorante Divino space from 803 Gervais St ., can serve small plates associated with foods from countries such as Thailand, Laos, the Philippines and Korea, Niemi stated on the podcast. Niemi received inspiration from Columbia‘s Decker Boulevard, which is known as Worldwide Boulevard for its impressive choice of Asian, Latin, African plus Middle-eastern cuisine. The Monster Room joins an impressive duo of restaurants that Niemi already owns. He has and operates West Columbia’s Black Rooster, a “Frenchish” restaurant with a rooftop pub, and Main Street’s Bourbon, a whiskey bar using a menu that emphasizes cajun-creole cuisine. He’s been in Columbia’s restaurant industry for decades — with his first major cafe in the area being Mr. Friendly’s Southern Cafe, which he or she opened in Five Factors in 1995. The spot nevertheless operates in the college community, but under different possession. Niemi declined to share along with Free Times further information about the opening date from the restaurant or who would mind the kitchen and bar.