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 that includes Shake Shack, Joe Coffee and Zavino. It’s a big space, with 140 seats including a 10-seat open kitchen bar, nine seat downstairs bar as well as “the geisha room,” an upstairs private room. A 30-seat outdoor terrace will open this summer.

One thing you won’t find in the space though, sushi. The extensive menu  at coZara, which means small plates, will include everything from gyoza to soba to ramen but no raw fish. There will also be Marugoto, a whole chicken yakitori that is served with coZara spicy sauce and Zama spicy mayo. Only a limited number will be available daily and the whole bird is $39, by far the priciest item on the menu.

The drinks menu features a Hitachino-heavy draft list as well as coZara’s own “White and Tan” – Hitachino White combined with Asahi. The cocktail list will feature sake cocktails and later this summer, Tanaka’s own label of sake called Drunken Zama.

CoZara will be open seven nights a week from 5 p.m. on.

coZara Dinner Menu (PDF)
coZara Drink Menu (PDF)

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