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Don’t stress about the name and how to say it. Just order another cocktail. Perhaps a Deadly Viper Assassination Squad (Archie Rose vodka, umeshu, watermelon and lemon juice) or The Man From Okinawa (a Gin Sour with shiso liqueur). All the cocktails at restaurant Hôntô’s bar, ÔÔ, are named for Kill Bill characters, and you can almost imagine the Crazy 88 storming the hidden entrance on Alden Street. Opened in August by Tyron Simon, Frank Li and the team behind Longtime, there’s a lot to like – more than 120 Japanese whiskies, for starters. What to order: We’re hoping the lobster katsu sando makes it from the restaurant to the bar (which is pronounced “double-o”, by the by.)