Feeding Frenzy

Restaurants opening, closing and pending

by Drew Lazor

NOW SEATING

943 | Pascual Cancelliere's long-awaited Ninth Street BYO opened last week, serving the mix of Italian and Argentine specialties that the chef — who ran Butcher Café at Ninth/Christian (now Monsú) with his father — grew up on. Named for its Italian Market address, 943's menu features traditional Argentine eats like empanadas and elaborate parrillada juana, or mixed-grill platter, but also moves toward the Mediterranean with dishes like house-made ravioli and grilled octopus. They're starting out serving lunch and dinner Wednesday to Sunday, with brunch on the weekends. More on Meal Ticket. 943 S. Ninth St., 215-925-0900, twitter.com/943byob.

Makiman Sushi | Peter Hong, owner of Makiman Sushi in the Northeast (7324 Oxford Ave.), is back in Center City with a second location. (In the '90s, he worked at the now-shuttered Genji on Sansom Street before branching out on his own.) The BYO, which takes over the Broad-and-Spruce space that's been a number of Asian concepts over the past few years, is open daily for lunch and dinner; same menu as his N'East location (sushi like crazy, plus hot apps/entrées including noodles, soups and Korean rice bowls). Hong offers a $24.95 all-you-can-eat sushi night every Monday. Hours: Mon.-Thu., 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sun., 3-9:30 p.m. 1326 Spruce St., 215-546-0180, eatsushi.com/makimansushi.com.

Kitchen at Penn | Nate Adler couldn't wait until after graduation to launch this West Philly-based meal service — the UPenn senior's Kitchen at Penn, which operates out of a commercial cooking space on Springfield Avenue, opened this Tuesday. Chef Jordan Miller offers a menu of hearty, home-style dishes (spaghetti and meatballs, veggie lasagna, meatloaf, schnitzel, a bunch of sandwiches) available for pickup or delivery (no eat-in). Kitchen at Penn, open Wednesday to Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m., delivers between 34th and 45th streets, Baltimore Avenue to Chestnut Street. More on Meal Ticket. 4529 Springfield Ave., 717-744-8154, pennkitchen.com.

LITTLE VITTLES

Keep an eye on 326 South St. — partners Eyal Aranya and Yoni Nadav are working on opening O Burger, an organic burger joint, in the space in about a month. More on Meal Ticket.

The owners of Spruce Street Espresso at 11th and Spruce plan on opening a second, larger location — a mere block away, at 12th and Spruce! — this summer. More on Meal Ticket.