![\"Mensho](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mensho-jersey-city-1024x765.jpg\")
The critically acclaimed Mensho is opening their first East Coast location in Jersey City later this year. Image courtesy Cahn PR.<\/p>\n The critically acclaimed Mensho is opening their first East Coast location in Jersey City later this year. Image courtesy Cahn PR.<\/p>\n
The dining scene in the Journal Square neighborhood is about to get a major new player as Mensho is bringing its acclaimed farm-to-bowl ramen concept to Jersey City.<\/p>\n
Panepinto Properties recently wrapped construction\u00a0on its 54-story\u00a0505 Summit<\/a> development and\u00a0announced that the world-renowned ramen eatery is expected to open later this year. Recognized by the Michelin Guide for nearly a decade, Mensho was founded in Japan in 2005 and has since expanded to countries including Australia, Thailand, and many more.<\/p>\n Their Journal Square location will mark the brand\u2019s first East Coast outpost and will be located on the ground floor of 505 Summit. The restaurant will front a new public plaza that was created by the developer as part of the building\u2019s construction.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 505 Summit, our goal was to create a building that feels connected to Journal Square, not just physically but as part of what\u2019s happening in the neighborhood day to day,\u201d said Joseph A. Panepinto Sr., President & CEO of Panepinto Properties. \u201cMensho is a great example of that. They bring something truly distinctive to the retail space, and it\u2019s the kind of operator that serves as an extended amenity for our residents and the wider community.\u201d<\/p>\n Founded by chef Tomoharu Shono, Mensho is guided by its \u201cfarm to bowl\u201d philosophy that emphasizes sourcing high-quality ingredients and developing location-specific concepts. While details are scarce on what the Jersey City location will incorporate from local lore, the restaurant will again be designed to reflect the surrounding community and culture.<\/p>\n \u201cOpening in New Jersey as our first East Coast location is a meaningful step for us,\u201d said Tomoharu Shono in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019ve expanded in places like San Francisco, Hawaii, and Singapore, but each new city brings its own culture and expectations around food. That\u2019s what excites us about Journal Square. It\u2019s a neighborhood where many cultures meet, and we felt we could really grow here\u2014not just bring Mensho as it exists today but evolve it with the community.\u201d<\/p>\n Mensho is the second higher-end restaurant to open on the ground floor of the new property in Journal Square in recent months. Ownership behind the Bib Gourmand-awarded DomoDomo<\/a> launched BRBQ<\/a> late last year inside the Journal Square Urby<\/a> development.<\/p>\n Journal Square has seen an unprecedented building boom<\/a> in recent years that has brought a slew of new residential developments to the neighborhood alongside investments like the Loew\u2019s Theater renovation<\/a>. The growth doesn\u2019t appear to be slowing down, as a 55-story development<\/a> that includes a proposed Whole Foods was approved last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The critically acclaimed Mensho is opening their first East Coast location in Jersey City later this year. Image…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[92650,11250,9,11,10,35181],"class_list":["post-236749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-505-summit","tag-journal-square","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-panepinto-properties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Mensho](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mensho-jersey-city-chef-1024x683.jpg\")
Founder and chef Tomoharu Shono. Image courtesy Cahn PR.<\/p>\n![\"Mensho](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mensho-jersey-city-food-scaled-e1779163736990-1024x683.jpg\")
Image courtesy Cahn PR.<\/p>\n