TKO FOR TANEKO
The Dish
“We would like to thank all of our friends and loyal guests for the support you have shown Taneko and our team over the last year and half. It has been our pleasure to share with you our vision of izakaya style dining and our Japanese inspired cuisine. We are grateful that our food, ambience and service resonated with so many and are humbled to have been honored with numerous accolades including Best New Restaurant from Phoenix Magazine. In spite of our successes, it is with a heavy heart that we announce we have closed Taneko as of July 20th.”
So there it is. The restaurant The Borgata killed. Sure we felt dwarfed inside the space. Sure the kitchen didn’t serve anything we couldn’t get somewhere else (and just as good). But damnit, they were open late, had a great sake list, and the management folk were nice enough. In a strange way, we will mourn this loss. And in a severe way, we will hate to watch as Westcor sits on that empty Scottsdale Road-facing building for what will probably be at least two years. Goodbye Taneko. You were in the wrong the place at the wrong time.
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