Two restaurants are targeting Jan. 25 for opening day:
MIXX, the sports bar beneath Azie on Main, in the former Maia on Lancaster Avenue off the Blue Route in Villanova. A peek at a draft dinner menu finds such snacks as tempura calamari, buttermilk fried chicken, and fried cornbread, as well as entrees topping out at $18 (six-ounce filet; 10-ounce ribeye; veal cordon bleu). Lunch menu includes $10.50 and $15.50 platters, including filet, teriyaki-glazed BBQ shrimp, and salmon meuniere.
Maru Global Takoyaki (255 S. 10th St.), which will feature the round pancakes known as takoyaki that are a Japanese street-food staple. Details here.