Michael Mina's newly opened Pabu offers a robata grill with the full complement of skewers, from chicken tails and hearts to beef tongue and California quail.

The subject of a recent Bauer rave, Izakaya Yuzuki boasts a notable selection of koji-accented skewers like tsukune (chicken meatballs) and negima (chicken with scallions).

A new incarnation of a perennial favorite, ICHI now offers an izakaya menu at the back bar, including yakitori chicken thighs with tare and sichi.

Izakaya Roku is another grilled meat haven, with specialties like gyu tan shioyaki (grilled beef tongue), pork belly skewers and another iteration of bacon mochi.

This well-designed stunner features a full robata grill with dishes like scallops with yuzu shiso and wasabi.

Get your fill of yakitori at this neighborhood spot, which features plenty of skewers like bacon-wrapped enoki mushroom, arabiki sausage, chicken skin and more.

Get the pork belly 'butabara' skewers at this intimate lounge, and make sure to wash it down with some Japanese whiskey.

Yakotori at this spot includes classics like mom (chicken thigh), tsukune (chicken meatball) and shishito peppers, plus black pork sausage and bacon-wrapped asparagus.

Though it's moving locations soon, B-Dama will continue to offer selections like ika (squid), butabara (black pork belly with sauce), and negima (Rocky chicken and scallion skewer).

This sleek spot features a robata grill that turns out seafood and meat specialties tht get creative with rice, veggies and more.

Chotto is another izakaya featuring yakitori grilled over Japanese charcoal, with dishes like beef ribeye with green onion. pork jowl and sea salt, pork belly and much more.