READING, Pa. — There’s pizza at one counter, wings at another and more food on the way.
Downtown Reading’s food court has a new name: Food Hall at 35.
“We created that to make it more of a focal point and more of a destination spot for everyone to come,” says Michelle Lopez, Shuman Development Group property manager.
The space on North Sixth Street, just a few steps from the Berks County Services Center, started as a place for new businesses to grow. Some moved into bigger locations.
Now, established restaurants are joining the mix, including Chef David’s third location.
“We have D’Flordeliz, she’s coming aboard. She’s doing breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Lopez says. “We have a sushi tenant that’s coming in. They’re going to be doing sushi and poke bowls. We have ROQ Wings.”
To give customers a schedule they can count on, management negotiated with the businesses to stay open until 8 p.m.
There’s also a stage for weekend entertainment.
“We want to do jazz, we want to do mariachi, we want to do open mic night, we want to do poetry slams,” Lopez says.
More restaurants are coming. For now, this is a soft opening, and a grand opening date hasn’t been set yet.
“We’re going to have live music, we’re going to have the Ugly Oyster here, serving drinks,” Lopez says. “It’s definitely going to be a destination, it’s going to be an exciting place.”
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