Grill Marbled Beef Over Open Flame In Koreatown

The grill sits in the middle of your table, and the meat arrives raw on a wood board. Marbled beef, thin-sliced cuts, and skewers line up beside carved mushrooms and pieces of squash. A copper hood pulls the smoke up while you turn everything over the open flame. Small bowls of banchan crowd the edges, kimchi and pickled vegetables that refill through the meal. The room stays dark and low, and a red neon sign spelling love hangs above the reclaimed wood tables near the front. Weeknights close at 11 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday the grills stay lit until 1 a.m. Come with a group, order a mixed platter, and let the cooking stretch across an hour. It sits on Fifth Avenue at the edge of Koreatown, steps from Korea Way.