{"id":43242,"date":"2025-11-24T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43242\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:40:08","slug":"japanese-restaurant-morimoto-opens-a-new-lounge-on-the-second-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/43242\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese restaurant Morimoto opens a new lounge on the second floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByJalyn Green  <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\/10\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, November 24, 2025 3:26PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Japanese restaurant Morimoto opens a new lounge on the second floor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A new cocktail-forward lounge upstairs at Morimoto is a casual counterpart to the longtime dining destination from Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Morimoto has been a staple in Philadelphia for nearly 25 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This fall, the restaurant added a casual lounge on the second floor with its own izakaya-style menu. Food items vary from wagyu skewers to a delicious shrimp and tuna roll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The cocktails, like the Melon Mizu, are perfect for sharing a night out with friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The lounge offers a casual vibe with low seating, graffiti on the walls, and a beautiful view of the main restaurant below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Masaharu Morimoto collaborated with Steven Starr in 2001 to open Morimoto. The new lounge extends the restaurant&#8217;s mission to help guests experience Japanese culture in Philadelphia.<\/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:\/\/morimotorestaurant.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morimoto<\/a>| <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MorimotoPHL\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>| <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morimotopa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><br class=\" \"\/><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Morimoto\/@39.9496761,-75.1554675,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c6c882925d7de9:0xab1ae59a2845ff3e!8m2!3d39.949672!4d-75.1532788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">723 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByJalyn Green Monday, November 24, 2025 3:26PM A new cocktail-forward lounge upstairs at Morimoto is a casual counterpart&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25768,12501,5453,7568,25767,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-43242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-25768","tag-cocktails","tag-fyi-philly","tag-iron-chef","tag-morimoto","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43242","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=43242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}