Uchi, a high-style, fine-dining Japanese restaurant from James Beard Award-winning chef Tyson Cole and his Austin, Texas-based group Hai Hospitality, will join a recent parade of out-of-town restaurant groups setting up in the Philadelphia area.
Hai has signed a lease for a ground-floor space at the Josephine, the new high-rise at 1620 Sansom St. The projected opening is late 2025, setting the scene for a collection of new, big-budget Japanese restaurants within several blocks in the Rittenhouse Square area.