A restaurant specializing in yakitori (skewered grilled chicken and related items); often an informal, izakaya-like place serving dishes and drinks.
近所に新しい焼き鳥屋ができたから、今度みんなで行こう。
A new yakitori restaurant opened near my place, so let's all go there sometime.
仕事帰りに同僚と焼き鳥屋で一杯飲んだ。
After work I had a drink with coworkers at a yakitori place.
焼き鳥屋のメニューにはレバーやねぎまも含まれていることが多い。
Yakitori menus often include items like liver and negima (chicken-and-scallion skewers).