A new $8 million food hall-style concept offering Korean rice bowls, fried chicken sandwiches and Caribbean-inspired coffee with a second-story outdoor bar will occupy a new 11,000-square-foot building under construction at Downtown Disney.
Disneyland filed building permits valued at $8.2 million in October with the city of Anaheim for Downtown Disney construction, according to city records.
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The new Parkside Market in Downtown Disney’s west end is expected to open by late 2024.
The commercial construction permits filed with the Anaheim Planning and Building Department call for a quick service restaurant with four separate concepts and outdoor dining on the second floor.
The four new Parkside Market food and beverage concepts include:
- Seoul Sister – Bibimbap Korean rice bowls with a California twist and an Asian-inspired breakfast menu from Executive Chef Kelly Kim.
- Sip & Sonder – Los Angeles-based coffee house with Caribbean-inspired bites and frozen drinks from founders Amanda-Jane Thomas and Shanita Nicholas. Sip & Sonder has a flagship location in Inglewood and a second outpost at the Los Angeles Music Center.
- GG’s Chicken Shop – Rotisserie and fried chicken sandwiches with classic dinner table sides from Michelin Star Chef Lee Wolen and James Beard Award-winning restaurateurs Rob Katz and Kevin Boehm. The first brick-and-mortar GG’s Chicken Shop opened in Chicago earlier this year.
- Al Fresco Bar – An as-yet-unnamed al fresco bar on the second story of Parkside Market offering craft cocktails, frozen lemonades and espresso martinis.
A restaurant company that does everything from fine dining at the Los Angeles Music Center to serving 1.5 million Dodger Dogs every year will run the new food hall-style concept at Downtown Disney.
The “curated collection of diverse culinary concepts” will be brought together by Levy Restaurants with all four locations under one roof in Downtown Disney’s west end near the Disneyland Hotel.
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The Chicago-based restaurant and hospitality company runs fine dining restaurants like Abernethy’s at the Los Angeles Music Center and Asterid at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Levy Restaurants has created and operated restaurants at Walt Disney World for more than three decades — including Paddlefish (seafood) and Terralina (Italian) at Disney Springs.
Levy also handles concessions at ballparks (Dodger Stadium), arenas (Crypto.com Arena), stadiums (Rose Bowl), ski resorts (Big Bear and Mammoth Mountain) and music venues (Coachella).
The new 11,000-square-foot building is going up on the site of the former AMC Theaters, Starbucks West, Earl of Sandwich and Sugarboo & Co. that were demolished in February 2022 as part of a multi-year project that will reimagine the Downtown Disney outdoor shopping center.
Disneyland recently opened a new live music outdoor stage with a mid-century sculptural tower as part of the expansion project in Downtown Disney’s west end.
