PodStephen Star’s Futuristic University City Restaurant will close just before its 25th anniversary. Philadelphia Inkweeer First reported This news was confirmed by the landlord of Pennsylvania University, Restaurant, where it sits adjacent to the premises. Silent reservation will not be available after 22 February.
When the pod was opened in 2000, it was a Sushi spot known for its space edge dining room, designed by the respected Rockwell Group, with which the star has worked on several undertakings. The room had a Sushi conveyor belt and booths that were set inside the pods with interactive lights that could change dinner. Eventually, it flipped as a menu which was more widely Pan-Asian. Star re -designed restaurant on his 20th anniversary, flipping for KPod, and serving Korean FoodHowever, it never got its feet. Nevertheless, it was not flipped.
“When we reopened the space as a kpod in 2022, our customers kept asking us, ‘Where is Sushi?” Told Eater in 2024“So we listened to him and changed the place back to our original lovely concept, a Japanese restaurant and Ijakaya, but this time with a big turn.”
When the restaurant flipped again, it paid homage to the original repetition, focused on the large part and returned to the more college-ego-educated colorful pods. But it never returned to its initial design: “We have said that the retro-modernist with natural wood for all-white space, plywood panel roof, and with hot lights with colorful lights in favor of a more contemporary look Pronounced, “Told the starrer Eater.
When Pod was opened for the first time, it was the third Phili Restaurant of the Star, which was after Continental (closed in 2020) in Old City, and after Buddhakan. Inquareer Those reports states that Pod has acted as a type of incubator. It is a site where some top chefs in the city have worked on their careers, including Michael Shulson, who went to help Budkan’s New York location open before returning to Phili.
