Prolific local restaurateur J.W. Lee brought the metro area another hit when he introduced Tofu Story next door to one of his longtime establishments, Seoul Korean BBQ & Hot Pot. After debuting the concept in New York (that outpost is run by Lee’s aunt), he replicated its success in a strip-mall spot that’s been buzzing since it opened in 2013. As the name implies, tofu is the star here: This is the only restaurant in the area that has its own in-house tofu-making program, and you can watch the process in the on-site “tofu lab” while slurping hot bowls of soon tofu soups and other Korean specialties.