Restaurant Shichijo (Mitaka)
Enjoy the heartfelt Western cuisine created by Oyakotaka
The famous Western restaurant, Restaurant Shichijo, is coming to Mitaka in December 2023. Founded in 1976, he inherited the restaurant that his father opened in the Shogakukan Building, then moved to Kanda Ogawamachi, and then to Mitaka.
This was truly the home of the current owner, Kiyotaka Shichijo. He reduced the capacity of the restaurant so that it could be run comfortably by just his son Kei and his wife Izumi. "Lunch is mainly handled by my son," says the owner. The third generation is steadily growing, and it's reassuring.
Special mixed fries
Look at this handsome dish. From the left, shrimp, horse mackerel, snow crab cream croquette, minced meat cutlet, black pork fillet cutlet, scallop, and potato salad with tomato and tartar sauce. The cabbage is topped with radish sprouts, red onion, and carrot. The horse mackerel has a subtle curry flavor. It comes with rice and soup and costs 2,300 yen.
"Appetizer platter"
Clockwise from the top: onion and bacon quiche, three kinds of marinated vegetables (each with its own seasoning), Bayonne ham and persimmon, flounder and green laver carpaccio with salted kelp, and duck terrine. From the evening course (6,000 yen and 9,000 yen).
"Wagyu beef cheek stewed in honey and red wine"
This is Kiyotaka's specialty, which he has been making for decades. The sauce is delicious and will leave you speechless. The cheek meat is slowly simmered for three hours until it is tender and tender. Served with carrot puree, broccoli, spinach, green beans, and turnip. This is one of the main dishes in the evening course.
Lunch is mainly an à la carte menu. The lineup is so tempting, with popular mixed fries, assorted minced meat cutlets and fried shrimp, fried chicken, hamburger steak with demi-glace sauce, and more, that it's enough to send your mind into a panic, wanting to try this and that.
In the evening, they serve only courses, with a prix fixe style where you can choose your main dish and dessert. "In the evening, we serve a bistro with Western-style main dishes," says the owner. You can relax and enjoy a meal while sipping wine, beer, or highballs.
There's something nice about seeing parents and children together in the kitchen. 
The painting on the wall is lovely. If you look closely, you'll see a cat by the window. It's a homage to the rescued cat she once had.
