Tesshin Ramen, a new ramen concept, is on deck for the corner storefront at 1404 W. Wells St., the spot Tangled left behind when it moved off Marquette’s campus in 2023. The team is pitching a tight Japanese noodle-focused menu and a dining room that is described as elegant yet relaxed enough for everyday student dinners. Paperwork is in with the city, and the group is eyeing a winter debut aimed squarely at Marquette students and nearby residents.
License filing and proposed opening
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Zeong Holding LLC submitted a restaurant-license application for Tesshin Ramen at 1404 W. Wells St. on July 14, 2026. The filing lists a proposed opening date of December 21, 2026, with hours of 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
The application lays out a compact menu built around rotating seasonal ramen and rice dishes, with gyoza, takoyaki and karaage planned as bar-style snacks on the side.
Owner's background and research
Owner Shouyi Jiang previously ran Jin’s Sushi Seafood & Bar and helped launch the Sooshibay conveyor-belt sushi concept. With Tesshin, he has been positioning the project as a more serious ramen play for Milwaukee.
He told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he checked out more than 20 ramen shops in Japan and tried nine more in California while developing the idea. "In Wisconsin, there's no ramen that would excite me," Jiang said, explaining that he wants Tesshin to both raise the bar for ramen near campus and help educate Marquette students about the style.
Wells Street context
The corner space has sat vacant since Tangled relocated in 2023 to the Eleven25 food court in the Brewery District, part of a broader shuffle along Wells Street that has been reshaping how Marquette students eat on and around campus. Urban Milwaukee covered Tangled's move and the changing mix of restaurants serving the university crowd.
What's next
Filing for a license is only the opening move. Tesshin Ramen still has to clear city approvals, inspections and construction before anyone is slurping broth at the corner of 14th and Wells. If all of that comes together, the operator says the shop is intended to plug some midday and dinner gaps on Wells Street, giving students and neighbors another convenient option for late lunches and evening meals.
