Koya (restaurant)

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Koya
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Koya (restaurant)
Restaurant information
EstablishedAugust 2020 (2020-08) [1]
OwnerEric & Adriana Fralick [1]
Food typeJapanese
Rating Etoile Michelin-1.svg (Michelin Guide)
Location807 W Platt St, Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States
Coordinates 27°56′30.6″N82°28′5.3″W / 27.941833°N 82.468139°W / 27.941833; -82.468139
Seating capacity8
ReservationsYes
Website koyatampa.com

Koya is a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa, Florida. [2] [1] [3]

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Description

The eight seat, omakase-style restaurant opened in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The owners, Eric & Adriana Fralick, started planning the establishment after noticing a roughly 70% of the sales at their existing restaurant, Noble Rice, were for tasting menus; the space was the original location of Noble Rice, which moved to a larger location. [1]

The Tampa Bay Times named the Koya of the year's best new restaurants in January 2022. [4] Koya became one of the first three restaurants in Tampa to receive a Michelin star in May 2023, the second year restaurants in the city were eligible for the Florida Guide, with inspectors noting its "singular interpretation of Japanese cuisine." [5] It was a semifinalist in the Best New Restaurant category of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2024. [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Helen Freund, Koya, new tasting menu-only restaurant from Noble Rice team, opens in Tampa, Tampa Bay Times, August 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Koya – Tampa - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant". MICHELIN Guide. Archived from the original on May 30, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tampa's First Omakase-Only Restaurant". MICHELIN Guide. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ Helen Freund, These are Tampa Bay’s top 10 new restaurants, Tampa Bay Times, January 12, 2022.
  5. ↑ Helen Freund, Michelin Guide awards 3 Tampa restaurants first-ever stars, Tampa Bay Times, May 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "These Are the James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists, 2024". Bon Appétit. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.


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