A new, $8 million Downtown Disney food hall selling chicken sandwiches, rice bowls, coffee and cocktails has quietly swung open its doors as a seemingly never-ending parade of new restaurants continues to reshape the outdoor shopping mall next door to Disneyland.
The Parkside Market food hall soft opened over the weekend in the west end of Downtown Disney ahead of an official grand opening later this winter.
The food hall has four eateries:
Seoul Sister — Korean rice bowls
Sip & Sonder — Caribbean-inspired coffee
GG’s Chicken Shop — Fried chicken sandwiches
Vista Lounge — cocktails at a rooftop bar
The food hall interior is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, with the coffee shop’s outdoor window opening at 7 a.m. daily.
Food and drinks from the first-floor, fast casual eateries can be ordered at the counters downstairs or from a server in the rooftop bar who will bring your order to your upstairs table.
Dining in the Vista Lounge means you get a single consolidated bill without having to order at each location — and your server will bring you drinks from the bar as well.
Walk-up customers can eat at a handful of tables on the first floor.
Parkside Market is next door to the new Avengers Reserve and D-Lander shops, which opened in December, and across from Din Tai Fung, which debuted over the summer. A trio of eateries from Michelin star chef Carlos Gaytan — Paseo restaurant, Centrico courtyard bar and Tiendita grab-and-go stand — opened earlier in the year.
Even more restaurants are on tap for Downtown Disney with the construction of the new Porto’s Bakery, Earl of Sandwich, Arthur & Sons Steak and Bourbon, and Pearl’s Roadside BBQ.
The reimagined Wonderful World of Sweets is nearing completion and expected to open this winter. Indications are the former ESPN Zone, which has sat largely unused since 2018, will be converted into three new storefronts.