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Japanese Market, Restaurant Plaza Opening In East Bay
Osaka Marketplace plans to open a 42,000-square-foot "grocerant" combining a full Japanese grocery store and several small restaurants.
PLEASANT HILL, CA — Pleasant Hill will soon become a regional destination for Japanese cuisine thanks to the opening of Osaka Marketplace, a Fremont-based Japanese marketplace that announced it will be opening a location downtown.
The Pleasant Hill location, which will open in mid-2026 at the former location of Orchard Hardware at 155 Crescent Plaza, will be much more than a simple supermarket, according to a post from the city of Pleasant Hill. It will be a “grocerant:” a mix of a grocery store and several small restaurants spread out over the garden center portion of the former hardware store. Guests will enjoy semi-outdoor dining from several small eateries offering sushi, ramen, chicken karaage, and bento boxes.
The grocery portion of the 42,000-square-foot site will offer a large selection of authentic Japanese groceries, fresh produce, seafood, ready-to-eat meals and rare imported foods and foods.
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“Osaka Marketplace will bring the flavors of Japan to Pleasant Hill,” General Manager Kazuhiro Takeda said in a statement. “We are thrilled to join Pleasant Hill and are looking forward to growing as a part of the community.”
For more information, visit osakamarketplace.com
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The new marketplace will join a variety of new restaurants downtown that include Cantina Jack’s, Paris Baguette, Crumbs Breakfast & Lunch Bar, The Royale, Morgan Territory Brewing, and the Batter N’ Icing cupcakery.
“Osaka Marketplace shows the City’s commitment to prioritizing the attraction of businesses that are local,” Pleasant Hill Mayor Sue Noack said in a statement. “A mix of local and national retailers provides Pleasant Hill residents a diversity of products and price options to choose from.”
Osaka Marketplace opened in Fremont in 2021, and is set to open a 35,000-square-foot waterfront retail space in Foster City, according to a report from SFGate. It joins a number of large Asian markets in the East Bay. Korean supermarkets Mega Mart and H Mart are set to open in Dublin, though the exact timing remains unknown.
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