Goodbye to 3Bis

July 1, 2021

3Bis, one of my favorite places to sip nihonshu has come to an end.  Pronounced in French as trois bis (トワビス), this tiny former one car garage was a side project of the owner’s main business, the excellent French (or wa-fu French) restaurant Irreel (thus the French pronunciation of the word three). Although very small with no room even for stools to sit on, let alone chairs, this stand and drink shop on Ōmon dōri (大門道) in the middle of Ningyōchō always had a good and interesting selection of nihonshu, as well as small dishes of things to eat from the main restaurant across the street. The people also made it special, both the cheerful women who worked there as well as the customers, most of whom were regulars.

Although the 3Bis as we knew it is gone, another iteration of it will open in mid-July as a stand and drink wine bar.