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Acclaimed Chef Brian Lewis Opens Unique Japanese Eatery OKO

With a highly successful Connecticut restaurant and 2018 semi-final honors for the James Beard Awards’ Best Chef: Northeast, many wanted to know what chef Brian Lewis would do for an encore?

FORBES

American Chef Brings Tantalizing Japanese Food to Westport, CT, at OKO

Yet the arrival in Westport, CT, of a Japanese restaurant so special where the rest of the menu is at least as enticing as the sushi, which is itself outstanding, makes OKO the best new restaurant I have dined in so far in 2018.

CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE

Japanese-Inspired Cuisine from Brian Lewis Impresses at Westport’s OKO

Truly memorable, Japanese-inspired cuisine ranges from sushi and sashimi to vegetable tempura and ramen. Flavors are fresh, delicate and precise.

CT BITES

CT Bites Staff Picks For Top Eats of 2021

Everything on the menu is incredibly delicious and his nigiri menu is as good as anything I’ve experienced in NYC.

USA TODAY

10 of the Best Places to Eat on Long Island Sound

Local farm produce and local fish augment international catches and ingredients, blending together to create traditional Japanese cuisine, particularly sushi.

CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE

Best Restaurants 2021: Readers' Choice and Experts' Picks

For our annual Readers’ Choice survey, conducted this past September, we asked our readers to pick their favorite places in 36 categories ranging from cuisines to overall excellence.

WHERE TRAVELER

National Sundae Day is November 11 – Go Ahead, Indulge!

In celebration of National Sundae Day, ice cream parlors and restaurants have upped the creativity with creations that would make Willy Wonka smile.

WESTCHESTER BITES

Chef Brian Lewis: It's All In The Details at Japanese Inspired OKO Restaurant

WestchesterBites writer, Sibylla Chipaziwa, sits down with Chef Brian Lewis to discuss his inspiration for the new Japanese inspired restaurant, OKO in Rye, NY.

WESTCHESTER MAGAZINE

First Look: OKO Opens in Rye

If you follow the food scene in neighboring Fairfield County, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Brian Lewis.

WESTCHESTER BITES

OKO Japanese Inspired Cuisine Opens in Rye

OKO, featuring Japanese inspired cuisine and Nigiri sushi from celebrated chef and Westchester native Chef Brian Lewis, has opened in Rye, at 29 Purchase Street, the former home of Rosemary & Vine.

DAILY VOICE

Popular Westport Japanese Restaurant Opens New Location

The Japanese-style eatery, which was first opened in Westport, specializes in providing an authentic culinary experience in a modern and lively atmosphere.

LOHUD

James Beard nominated chef returns to Westchester to open a new restaurant in Rye

Buckle your seatbelts, Westchester. OKO Rye, which opens Dec. 18 on Purchase Street in Rye, is not your average Japanese restaurant. Nor is Brian Lewis, the visionary behind it, your average Japanese chef.

HAMLET HUB

Chef Brian Lewis Partners with Stonington Kelp Co. to Bring Connecticut-Farmed Sugar Kelp to OKO

Chef Brian Lewis has partnered with Suzie and Jay Flores, owners of Stonington Kelp Co., to bring their Connecticut-grown sugar kelp to the table at OKO in Westport, CT (and soon, Rye, NY).

STACY KNOWS

Chef Brian Lewis Bringing his Japanese Inspired Cuisine to Rye at OKO – Opening Summer 2019

Westchester native Chef Brian Lewis returns to New York, bringing his Japanese inspired cuisine to Rye with OKO.

CONNECTICUT LIFESTYLES

Chef Brian Lewis Opens OKO in Westport

Chef Brian Lewis, who brought seasonal American cooking to Westport, CT with his acclaimed restaurant, The Cottage, will open his newest venture, OKO (Short for “Okonomiyaki”), on April 19, 2018

CT BITES

First Taste: OKO Opens In Westport w/ Chef Brian Lewis

If you’ve got your finger on the pulse of the Fairfield County food scene, there’s a good chance you’re jonesing to eat at OKO

DEE CUISINE

Chef Brian Lewis’ Japanese Inspired Restaurant – OKO – To Open April 19

The Japanese inspired restaurant showcases Lewis’ innovative take on traditional Japanese cuisine and sushi, in a lively and charming atmosphere.

WESTFAIR ONLINE

OKO, a Japanese-focused restaurant, coming to Westport

The name OKO comes from okonomiyaki, “a savory, Japanese pancake filled with seasonally-inspired ingredients,” Lewis said in a recent statement.

THE HOUR

Westport chef sets April 19 opening for OKO

A Westport chef has set an April 19 opening date for OKO, a Japanese restaurant moving into a historic firehouse on the west bank of the Saugatuck River.

HOME PLACE BLOGGER

OKO Restaurant to Open in Westport

Great news for residents of Fairfield County! A new restaurant is coming to Westport, CT this spring!

WESTPORT NOW

Cottage Restaurant Owner Explains Naming New Japanese Restaurant OKO

“Introducing the Okonomiyaki, a savory, Japanese pancake filled with seasonally-inspired ingredients, was a whimsical addition to our menu — Japanese street food with some rarefied touches. Our guests absolutely loved this dish and it quickly became a Cottage favorite, which will likely stay on the menu as a Cottage Classic.

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Westport’s Neat New Restaurant: OKO

The Japanese restaurant has great promise. It’s the latest project for chef Brian Lewis, who draws raves for his innovative cuisine at The Cottage in Colonial Green.

CT BITES

Chef Brian Lewis To Open Modern Japanese Inspired Restaurant in Westport

…a modern Japanese Izakaya meets Omakase restaurant in a treasured Westport landmark, The Vigilant Hose Company Firehouse, right across the river on Wilton Road.