Stoneridge Shopping Center is lining up some very snackable upgrades for later in 2026, with Bay Area chain Onigilly Japanese Kitchen headed to Pleasanton alongside new arrivals Maruwu Seicha and a Hollister store.
The incoming tenants are part of a fresh round of dining and specialty retail additions following several openings in 2025, a strategy mall operator Simon Property Group has been leaning into as it refreshes the longtime Pleasanton shopping hub.
The mall confirmed the latest lineup in a recent press release, according to Pleasanton Weekly. Ruben Perez, Simon Property Group’s executive vice president of leasing, said the newcomers are part of a broader effort to make Stoneridge “more than a traditional retail setting.”
As reported by Patch, Onigilly, which started as a San Francisco food cart and has grown into multiple Bay Area locations, will serve onigiri (pressed rice balls) with fillings such as shrimp, salmon and mushrooms. The Pleasanton outpost will be the brand’s first East Bay store and is slated to open later in 2026.
What Onigilly Is Bringing
Onigilly bills itself as a fast-casual concept centered on handheld onigiri, bowls and simple sides, and the company has been leaning into franchising to expand. In a December press release, the brand said 2025 was a record year and that it expects an aggressive franchise rollout in 2026, according to PR Newswire.
Where And When
The Simon-owned mall’s directory already shows Maruwu Seicha listed as “Coming Soon” on the first level, and the shopping center announced the broader tenant slate in a press release. WhatNow confirms that Onigilly has signed on for space at Stoneridge but notes that neither the company nor the franchisee has offered an exact opening date.
Why It Matters For The East Bay
The additions continue a deliberate move by the mall’s owners to broaden dining and experiential options after a busy 2025 that brought in Grind Coffeehouse, Pop Mart and the Funshare Arcade, according to Pleasanton Weekly.
Industry coverage describes Onigilly’s onigiri as a compact, health-forward fast-casual option that the company is scaling through franchising, a format that could fit neatly into the mall environment and appeal to nearby workers on the clock, per Fast Casual.
WhatNow also reports it reached out to the franchise owner for a more specific opening timeline but had not heard back, and the mall’s announcement sticks with a general "later this year" window. For now, no firm opening date has been released.
