Tono Ramen Opens Next Week in the BOB Complex, Bringing Sapporo-Style Bowls to Downtown
The ramen-focused concept from Michigan native Jin Park fills the last ground-floor restaurant slot in the BOB's renovated north wing.
Tono Ramen opens June 3 in the BOB complex at 20 Monroe Ave NW, specializing in Sapporo-style miso ramen. Chef-owner Jin Park spent three years training in Hokkaido and sources Michigan-grown corn and wheat for his tare and noodles. The restaurant seats 55 and will be open for lunch and dinner daily.
The BOB complex's renovated north wing has one vacant restaurant slot left — and it's about to be filled by ramen. Tono Ramen opens June 3 at 20 Monroe Ave NW, bringing Sapporo-style miso bowls to a downtown dining scene that has plenty of pho but no dedicated ramen shop.
Chef-owner Jin Park, who grew up in Ada and spent three years training in Hokkaido's ramen capital before returning to Michigan, is building his menu around one style done right. The opening menu has six bowls: classic shio, rich miso, spicy dan dan, and three seasonal options built on a double-stock base of Michigan pork bones and kombu-dashi. Noodles are made in-house daily using Michigan-grown wheat flour.
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The 55-seat space was designed by Grand Rapids firm Studio Park Interiors with warm cedar walls, concrete counters, and an open kitchen where diners can watch the noodle-pulling process. Park's wife Soo runs the front of house. Lunch service starts at 11:30 a.m., dinner until 10 p.m. daily; no reservations, first-come seating only. Opening week specials include a $14 lunch bowl with add-on egg and chashu through June 7.
