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Rai Rai Ramen Is Now Open in Chinatown

Rai Rai Ramen is now open on at 915 Race Street in Chinatown. The “House of Noodle” offers seven varieties of Japanese ramen plus another […]

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Well Liked Ramen Spot Coming to Chinatown

Rai Rai Ramen was located in North Brunswick, New Jersey until it was damaged in a December fire. The ramen restaurant is now relocating to […]

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CoZara Rolls Out a Redo

When Hiroyuki Tanaka opened coZara in University City a year ago, more than a few people raised an eyebrow at the omission of sushi bar. After […]

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CoZara Celebrates Sake with Four-Course Dinner

Looks like Japan celebrates made up food and drink holidays too. Tomorrow, October 1st is National Sake Day in Japan, so if you needed any more of […]

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CoZara Serves Sushi Starting Today

CoZara, located at 33rd and Chestnut Streets on Drexel University’s campus has added a sushi, maki and sashimi menu available for lunch and dinner. The […]

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Nom Nom Ramen Opens Location in University City

Nom Nom Ramen, which has won a Best of Philly award for its ramen, has opened a second location, this one in University City. The […]

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Schulson To Open Sushi and Robata Concept

Adam Erace plucks a nugget from an interview with Michael Schulson regarding his Independence Beer Garden. Schulson, who also owns Sampan and Atlantic City’s Izakaya […]

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Summer Happy Hour at coZara

After Trey Popp’s review of CoZara, where the happy hour garnered the most compliments,  we wanted to check it out for ourselves. And oh yes, […]

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Restaurant Review: CoZara

We here at Philadelphia magazine decided last month to start debuting restaurant reviews early on Foobooz. We had reasons. And we discussed them here. Welcome to […]

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Ramen Week at CoZara

Thursday, June 26th is National Ramen Day and CoZara is celebrating all week. Every day this week, the University City izakaya is bringing you a new ramen […]

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Free Sushi At Hai Street Kitchen Today

Remember when we told you about the free sushi deal to celebrate the day-before-opening of Hai Street Kitchen? Yeah, well that’s today. And this is […]

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CoZara Is Now Open for Lunch

Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka’s recently opened coZara at 33rd and Chestnut Streets is now open for lunch. The 140-seat restaurant is offering Japanese izakaya dishes like: […]

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TONIGHT: Japanese Pop-Up at the Four Seasons

Tonight from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., The Cafe at the Four Seasons (next to The Lounge) is hosting a global pop-up. Japan will be […]

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coZara Officially Opens on Friday

This Friday, Hiroyuki “Zama” Tanaka will officially open his University City izakaya, coZara. The Japanese pub is a bi-level space in the same Chestnut Square complex […]

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Ryo Igarashi Is Back

For a brief moment Philadelphia’s food scene was all about Ryo Igarashi, Maru and his takoyaki balls. But a fire, a scary injury and a divorce […]