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Is Umai Umai Still Open? Food Paradise Update (Philadelphia, PA)

Food Paradise, Season 15 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Umai Umai is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.

What the source shows: The restaurant's website, checked 2026-09-08, listed a working phone number, address, and "Hours & Location" page alongside an active online-ordering system built on the BentoBox platform, and Google Places listed the business as operational as of the same date. How we decide a status →

What happened after Food Paradise?

"Feast From The East" (S15E4) featured Umai Umai's Japanese menu on its Philadelphia stop. The restaurant operates in the city's Fairmount neighborhood at 533 North 22nd Street, listing its phone number as 215-988-0707 on its own website. According to the restaurant's website, checked on 2026-09-08, Umai Umai's site listed a working "Hours & Location" page, a menus section, and an active online-ordering system built on the BentoBox reservations platform, along with pages for private events and press contacts. Google Places listed the business as operational as of the same date, consistent with the functioning website and ordering system. The site also linked working Facebook and Instagram pages from the same navigation bar, and its listed phone number matched the number shown in the Google Places record.

The episode Food Paradise, Season 15

Episode 4
Air date not confirmed
Title: Feast From The East · What was featured: Japanese izakaya-style small plates in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. umai-umai.com https://www.umai-umai.com/menus/
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Umai+Umai,+533+N+22nd+St,+Philadelphia,+PA+19130
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Record fp-1201 · checked by Cal Marchetti.