{"id":208723,"date":"2026-06-02T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208723\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:51:16","slug":"dancerobot-brings-modern-japanese-cuisine-to-rittenhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208723\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancerobot brings modern Japanese cuisine to Rittenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByTimothy Walton  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, June 2, 2026 6:56PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Dancerobot brings modern Japanese cuisine to Rittenhouse\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">RITTENHOUSE (WPVI) &#8212; Jesse Ito has made a name for himself as a James Beard finalist for his work at Royal Sushi &amp; Izakaya. He&#8217;s added a second restaurant, Dancerobot, that highlights his Japanese culture in a modern way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jesse partnered with kitchen collaborator Justin Bacharach on the second location in Rittenhouse. The eatery boasts an 80-seat dining room and a 20-seat bar. The menu delivers comfort food with a Japanese twist, crudos and brunch on the weekends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The space is decorated with a nostalgic vibe featuring posters from 1980s rock bands and neon-lit wall d\u00e9cor. They have special menus for happy hour, and they pop the windows open for brunch to bring in the atmosphere along Sansom Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/dancerobotphl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dancerobot <\/a>| <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dancerobot.phl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook <\/a>| <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dancerobot.phl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>1710 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByTimothy Walton Tuesday, June 2, 2026 6:56PM RITTENHOUSE (WPVI) &#8212; Jesse Ito has made a name for himself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[91679,91677,5453,91678,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-208723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-91679","tag-dancerobot","tag-fyi-philly","tag-jesse-ito","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}