Koya is a Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Tampa, Florida.
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The eight seat, omakase-style restaurant opened in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.
The Tampa Bay Times named the Koya of the year's best new restaurants in January 2022.Helen Freund, These are Tampa Bay’s top 10 new restaurants, Tampa Bay Times, January 12, 2022. 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."Helen Freund, Michelin Guide awards 3 Tampa restaurants first-ever stars, Tampa Bay Times, May 12, 2023. It was a semifinalist in the Best New Restaurant category of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2024.
See also List of Japanese restaurants List of Michelin starred restaurants in Florida List of restaurants in Tampa, Florida
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