The food hall at the OCVibe is taking shape, with developers revealing six bar and lounge concepts coming to the newly dubbed Katella Commons venue.

Named after the neighboring Katella Avenue, the 50,000-square-foot market hall occupies the first two floors of The Weave office building, which is currently under construction at the $4 billion mixed-use entertainment district in Anaheim near the Honda Center.

OCVibe on Feb. 10 announced a slate of new food and beverage concepts to open at the hall in addition to the 21 incoming chef-driven food stalls.

The venue will include Bar Bacchia, a wine-cave-inspired tasting bar; the gin- and martini-focused Vesper Lounge featuring a piano; an outdoor patio named Barrel Bar, modeled after all-day European cafés; a beer-garden-inspired setting called Rea’s Ranch; and two other yet-to-be-named spaces.

The latter two will be a tequila-forward concept and a social lounge with 70s and 80s influences.

The intention, according to Nick Pacific, vice president of Katella Commons Operations, is for the market hall to be a new “day-to-night” gathering place for the city and, hopefully, Southern California.

“The market hall is looked at as more quick service, maybe at a lower price point but just as elevated. It’s our opportunity to really kind of dive into the diversity” of Orange County, Pacific told the Business Journal.

Previously, Pacific worked for Arteco Partners as general manager of the Riverside Food Lab overseeing the venue’s operations, marketing and leasing for three years until joining OCVibe in 2021. The executive studied at the Napa Valley Wine Academy and attended the Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park in New York for hospitality management.

Pacific also said that the OCVibe team designed Katella Commons to be a venue where chefs don’t get caught up on the business end of opening a new restaurant and can focus on the menu. The Anaheim development is offering its chef partners the space, kitchen designers, its architect and engineering teams and its technology and marketing departments.

“We really study the different things that make a food hall successful, and a lot of it has to do with focusing on the chefs, and then the restaurateurs themselves,” he said. “What is going to make them successful?”

The market hall is slated to open in early 2027 as part of the first phase of the OCVibe project.

Chef Partners

OCVibe tapped French-born chef Rémi Lauvand last year to provide a culinary lens to the eatery.

Lauvand, now based in Los Angeles, previously worked in restaurants in Paris and New York City before moving to California. He was sous chef alongside French restaurateur and chef Daniel Boulud and later became the executive chef at Montrachet in Tribeca.

The Anaheim team asked him over a year ago to come in as an advisor for Katella Commons. Pacific explained that Lauvand plays a critical part when meeting potential chef partners.

“Having another chef with that background giving them support makes them feel confident that what we’re building is going to work and it’s for them. That we have this culinary lens, and we’re not coming at it from just a developer, landlord lens,” Pacific said.

At the end of 2025, OCVibe revealed that chef Debbie Lee will be opening two Korean food stalls at the hall. More names will be announced later this year, according to Pacific.

A Restaurant Out at OCVibe

Outside the incoming Katella Commons, OCVibe’s first opening phase will include an avenue of five full-service restaurants in an area called Restaurant Row.

The dining options will stand between The Weave office building and the concert hall on the west side of the 100-acre development.

In 2024, OCVibe announced that River Jetty Restaurant Group would be one of the first tenants selected to open a new A Restaurant location at the Anaheim site.

River Jetty, founded by Jordan Otterbein and director McG, is the operator of the first A Restaurant in Newport Beach, A Crystal Cove, CdM Restaurant and the Lido Theater.

However, River Jetty has not been working with OCVibe since last year.

“At this time, A Restaurant is no longer moving forward as part of OCVibe,” the Anaheim organization said in a statement to the Business Journal.

A spokesperson from the restaurant group added: “River Jetty Restaurant Group ultimately determined that OCVibe wasn’t the right fit for their long-term strategy.”

“As plans continue to evolve, we’ll share updates on confirmed dining partners and concepts,” OCVibe said.