Parkway Food Hall, a 16,000-square-foot facility featuring eight restaurant spots, a full bar and several other amenities, is planned to open in the former Alfalfa’s grocery store spot at 700 Ken Pratt Blvd. in Longmont in May.
“There’s nothing like this in Longmont,” Chris Nehls, Blackfox Parkway Associates vice president, said in a release. “Though Denver has one of the highest rates of food halls in the country, Longmont has been left out of the fun, until now.”
Blackfox Parkway Associates owns the building where Parkway Food Hall is slated to go. Dallas-based National Food Hall Solutions, which opened Denver’s Junction Food & Drink in 2020, will serve as the project’s operating partner.
So far, Denver-based restaurant Chile con Quesadilla and Cleaver & Co., which offers burgers, chicken sandwiches and shakes, have been confirmed as two of Parkway Food Hall’s dining spots.
National Food Hall Solutions CEO Pat Garza said in an interview Friday that the other food offerings will likely include: Asian fusion, barbecue, empanadas, sandwiches, Mediterranean cuisine, pizza and pasta.
Parkway Food Hall is also set to have a coffee shop as well as a bar with beer, wine and cocktail offerings.
“The bar is a circular bar with an indoor/outdoor feature that will have a garage door that opens up to the patio, which is going to have, I believe … 80, 90 seats out there,” Garza said. “It opens to a beautiful courtyard where we plan on having events and live music.”
When asked if he envisioned local, Longmont vendors as being a part of Parkway Food Hall’s many offerings, Garza replied “absolutely.”
In addition to food, drinks and retail space, Parkway Food Hall will have an events area, equipped with audio and video technology, that can be rented out.
Garza said the team behind Parkway Food Hall hopes to open for business in time for Cinco De Mayo events on May 5.
“The food hall, itself, is going to be very family friendly and really driven by events,” Garza said. “We’ll be driving a lot of sporting events, live music, family events, holiday events; we really want to position ourselves as a place that embraces the families but also has something going on pretty much every day.”
Parkway Food Hall is expected to be open for business from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays through Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays; and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. or later on Fridays and Saturdays, Garza said. The coffee shop is slated to open as early as 7 a.m.