{"id":309710,"date":"2026-10-19T08:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309710\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:26:07","slug":"japanese-restaurant-set-to-open-university-city-location-next-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309710\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese restaurant set to open University City location next summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sagami, a Japanese restaurant, is expected to open a location in University City next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant \u2014 owned by chef Alan Su \u2014 will open in the Shop Penn complex at 3636 Sansom Street, neighboring the Inn at Penn. Sagami will join the University\u2019s retail district, which hosts a variety of national and independent retail and dining establishments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The University City storefront will be Sagami\u2019s second location \u2014 with its first restaurant located in Collingswood, N.J. The original location has served traditional Japanese cuisine for over 50 years<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSagami is an award-winning concept, and we are thrilled to welcome it to University City,\u201d Rachel Siegert, Penn\u2019s associate vice president of Real Estate Services, <a href=\"https:\/\/shopsatpenn.com\/revered-sagami-japanese-restaurant-plans-new-location-university-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an Oct. 14<a href=\"https:\/\/shopsatpenn.com\/revered-sagami-japanese-restaurant-plans-new-location-university-cityre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a>release. \u201cSagami is a wonderful addition to the continued evolution of the Shop Penn Retail District.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Su \u2014 who also operates the Philadelphia-based Nom Nom Ramen, Shiso Noodle and Sushi Bar, and Umami Steak &amp; Sushi Bar \u2014 plans to bring a \u201ccontemporary approach\u201d to classic Japanese cuisine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-serif\">Get the DP delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/thedp.us2.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=a96885e3aa3f8131c872ee329&amp;id=370b4800ba\" class=\"newsletter-btn font-sans no-underline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> Sign Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honored and incredibly excited to open this new restaurant, creating a unique, casual dining experience for students, campus visitors, and neighborhood residents alike,\u201d he wrote in the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant\u2019s menu will carry over customer favorites from Sagami\u2019s New Jersey location \u2014 including the agedashi tofu and chirashi bowl. A selection of new dishes will also be added to the University City menu.<\/p>\n<p>The 8,350-square-foot space will draw design inspiration from the original restaurant by incorporating wood, bamboo, and shoji screens. The restaurant will also feature a dining room and a full bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sagami joins the over 65 shopping, dining, and entertainment outlets that make up the Shop Penn retail district. The area spans from 30th to 40th streets and covers Spruce, Walnut, and Chestnut streets.<\/p>\n<p>This opening comes after a slate of recent storefront changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the summer, Hummus Grill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2026\/07\/penn-university-city-7th-street-burger-opening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closed<\/a> following several other dining locations in the area \u2014 including Pod and Ochatto Hand Drawn Noodles, Japanese Cuisine, and Bubble Tea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, 7th Street Burger is set to open in the storefront previously vacated by Hummus Grill.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sagami, a Japanese restaurant, is expected to open a location in University City next summer.\u00a0 The restaurant \u2014&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-309710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309710","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=309710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}