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Published August 20, 2026 at 11:45AM

Sakaki Izakaya at 3227 Washington Blvd near Clarendon (staff photo by Ryan Cole)

While one all-you-can-eat sushi spot just opened on Columbia Pike, a similar restaurant further north in Arlington appears to have closed.

Sakaki Izakaya, a Clarendon restaurant selling Japanese street food, rice and noodles and desserts in addition to sushi, is listed as “permanently closed” on Google. No official announcements appear to be posted online, but the restaurant at 3227 Washington Blvd was not open during its listed hours yesterday (Wednesday) and it is no longer accepting online orders.

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Takumi Japanese restaurant moves toward opening in Pentagon City

By Dan Egitto

Published June 23, 2026 at 1:45PM

Signage for Takumi at 1100 S. Hayes Street (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new Japanese restaurant with a wide menu of sushi options, hot dishes and small plates is planning to open soon in Pentagon City.

Signage for Takumi, a bistro and bar that has been in the works since early 2025, has appeared at 1100 S. Hayes Street, next door to Tous les Jours bakery and cafe.

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New all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant coming to Columbia Pike

By Katie Taranto

Published May 13, 2026 at 1:45PM

Signs for MoMoGoGo at 2501 Columbia Pike (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

An all-you-can-eat sushi spot is replacing the shuttered Takohachi Japanese Restaurant on Columbia Pike.

Signs for the new restaurant, MoMoGoGo, have appeared at a storefront at 2501 Columbia Pike in Penrose Square, where Takohachi closed earlier this year. MoMoGoGo — which plans to serve “fresh sushi & Japanese cuisine,” according to its website — has received work permits and is currently hiring.

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Yume Sushi founders opening new Japanese spot at Rosslyn food hall

By Jared Serre

Published November 6, 2025 at 1:45PM

The UPSIDE signature roll from Neko Panchi (photo courtesy of restaurant)

The crew behind an acclaimed Falls Church sushi restaurant is bringing its newest endeavor to Rosslyn.

Neko Panchi, from the husband-wife duo that operates Yume Sushi in Falls Church, will be the newest eatery at the food hall Upside on Moore at 1700 N. Moore Street. It’s scheduled to open on Monday, Nov. 17, according to a press release.

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New sushi restaurant and speakeasy ‘Saki’ is coming to Courthouse

By Katie Taranto

Published August 8, 2025 at 11:45AM

Rendering of Saki's exterior by (courtesy of Danielle Koos and Greg Lee)

A new Japanese restaurant and speakeasy with a menu from a Michelin-starred sushi chef is underway in Courthouse.

Construction has begun on Saki, a sushi restaurant at 2055 15th Street N. by partners Nick Cordero and Greg Lee. The restaurant hopes to offer high quality sushi and cocktails in a casual atmosphere.

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Japanese restaurant ‘Honoo Ramen Bar’ opens in Falls Church

By Katie Taranto

Published June 23, 2025 at 11:45AM

Honoo Ramen Bar at the West Falls development in Falls Church (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

Honoo Ramen Bar, a new Japanese restaurant, is now open at the West Falls development in Falls Church.

Offering a wide menu of ramen, sushi, cocktails and Japanese entrees, the new restaurant is currently soft opening at 153 W. Falls Station Blvd.

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New sushi restaurant plans to open in Pentagon City this summer

By Katie Taranto

Published February 24, 2025 at 1:15PM

A crew moving items out of Rosa Mexicano in Pentagon City (staff photo by Madisson Weyrich)

An expanding D.C.-area sushi restaurant is planning to open in Pentagon City later this year.

Takumi hopes to open this summer at 11oo S. Hayes Street, in the retail bay where Rosa Mexicano closed last year. The Columbia, Md.-based restaurant is planning four new locations this year, including another outpost in Tysons Corner.

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Siam Shinzo changes hands again, reopens as Siam Miyaki with familiar flavors

By James Jarvis

Published June 20, 2024 at 11:45AM

Siam Miyaki in Cherrydale (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The sushi and Thai food restaurant in Cherrydale at 3813 Langston Blvd has once again changed hands.

Now renamed Siam Miyaki, this represents the eatery’s fifth change in ownership in four years. Arlington residents Onin Saleerum and Isara “Ming” Tawkrue have taken over the lease from May Ditnoy, the previous owner of Siam Shinzo, which was previously known as Tuna Restaurant.

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Here’s an updated list of new restaurants expected to open in Arlington

By Jared Serre

Published June 6, 2024 at 10:45AM | Updated June 6, 2024 at 12:12PM

Bobby Lee and Cindy Mascia hold a sign announcing return of Mister Days in Clarendon (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Arlington’s food scene never stops evolving.

In recent weeks and months, plans have been made to not only revive a once-popular local watering hole but also to welcome new outposts of some national and local restaurant groups.

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New bubble tea shop and sushi restaurant set to open side by side in Clarendon

By James Jarvis

Published April 24, 2024 at 10:30AM

ObyLee in Clarendon (staff photo)

Clarendon may be getting another boba tea shop and a new sushi joint.

A little over a year after ObyLee Winery and Coffee Shop closed, a new tenant filed a permit to open a bubble tea shop called Bobolicious in the same space, per county records.

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Japanese restaurant serving sushi and ramen expected to open in a few weeks in Ballston

By Dan Egitto

Published April 1, 2024 at 11:30AM

Kanji Izakaya (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A new Japanese restaurant in Ballston may open later this month.

Preparations for Kanji Izakaya have been underway at 4301 Fairfax Drive since at least last June. That’s when a permit application indicated that a new eatery was coming to the sizable former home of Willow restaurant, which closed in 2015.

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New sushi spot Bluefish Bistro has opened up on Columbia Pike

By James Jarvis

Published December 21, 2023 at 9:30AM

Bluefish Bistro on Columbia Pike (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Bluefish Bistro Sushi & Kitchen, a new sushi restaurant, has quietly opened at Centro Arlington on Columbia Pike.

Located at the corner of S. George Mason Drive and the Pike, the 1,450-square-foot sushi restaurant celebrated its grand opening last month, taking up residence on the ground floor of the mixed-use development next to the Harris Teeter and the Vietnamese eatery Pho Saigon Pearl.