Izakaya Asian Table Is Coming to Coney Island Avenue and the Bordeaux Empire Keeps Growing
A new kosher restaurant is on its way to one of Brooklyn’s most concentrated kosher dining corridors, and if the ownership pedigree is any indication, it’s going to be a serious addition.
Izakaya Asian Table is set to open at the corner of Avenue K and Coney Island Avenue in Flatbush, a location that already sits within striking distance of some of the neighborhood’s most talked-about spots. As first reported by Elan Kornblum, the restaurant will offer Japanese-style tapas offerings and is backed by the same ownership group behind Bordeaux, the popular steakhouse whose flagship anchors Coney Island Avenue between Avenues O and P.
The new Izakaya will land on a stretch that’s become something of a kosher restaurant row. It is adjacent to Smash House Burger, and Yakar Steakhouse is just a few doors away. Pescada, which, as it happens, is also under the Bordeaux umbrella, is down the block. Essen is right around the corner. It’s a dense cluster, and Izakaya Asian Table will be dropping into the middle of it.
A Storied Corner With Some Hard Luck History
The Avenue K and Coney Island corner that Izakaya Asian Table is set to occupy has seen its share of chapters. The space was previously home to Cafe Venezia, an offshoot of the well-regarded Cafe Renaissance, which brought the same warm Italian-leaning sensibility to Flatbush before a fire cut its run short. In its wake came Trastevere, which earned a loyal following for its Roman-style kosher cooking, rustic, refined, and a genuine departure from the neighborhood norm. Trastevere recently closed as well, though its story has a happier coda: it relaunched on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as Casa Tevere, where it continues to carry the torch for serious Italian kosher cuisine.
The Bordeaux Group Is Everywhere Right Now
The owners of Bordeaux have been on a notable expansion run. Earlier this year, they moved into Lakewood, New Jersey, taking over the space vacated by the shuttered Seared Steakhouse and bringing their brand to one of the country’s largest and most dining-hungry Orthodox communities. More recently, they added an outpost of the popular Mr. Broadway to Ocean Avenue in Flatbush, bringing a piece of Manhattan’s kosher institution to the Brooklyn market.
Between Bordeaux proper, Pescada, the Lakewood expansion, Mr. Broadway Brooklyn, and now Izakaya Asian Table, this ownership group is quietly assembling one of the most ambitious portfolios of kosher restaurants in the New York area. They’re not just running a steakhouse anymore; they’re building something that looks increasingly like a hospitality group with serious range, capable of deploying across cuisine types, price points, and markets. They are also involved in the Passover and Sukkot hotel program business.
A Tale of Two Flatbushes
The timing of this announcement carries some irony. While the Bordeaux team bets aggressively on Flatbush’s future, the neighborhood’s dining scene has been grinding through a difficult consolidation. As we’ve written about at length, a winner-takes-all dynamic has been reshaping the Flatbush kosher landscape, with a shrinking base of Jewish kosher-keeping residents forcing restaurants to compete harder for a smaller pool of diners. The latest casualty is Chap a Nosh, the beloved neighborhood fixture that had been feeding Flatbush for four decades before recently closing its doors.
The contrast is striking: one operator aggressively opening while others are folding. What the Bordeaux group seems to understand is that in a consolidating market, scale and brand recognition can be an advantage rather than a liability. If you can capture a loyal customer base across multiple formats, fine dining, seafood, deli, and now Asian, you’re better insulated than the single-concept operator trying to hold on.
Whether an Izakaya concept resonates with the Flatbush crowd the way a steakhouse or a fast food spot does remains to be seen. But this ownership group has earned the benefit of the doubt. We’ll be watching the opening closely and will have more details as they emerge.
Stay tuned to KosherSquared for updates on Izakaya Asian Table’s opening date, kosher certification, and menu.
