Pizitz Food Hall
The Pizitz Food Hall is a publicly-accessible food court with multiple independent food vendors, two full-service restaurants, and a bar which is located inside the renovated Pizitz Building on the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue North and 18th Street. It opened in February 2017 as part of a $70 million renovation of the former department store building by Bayer Properties.
The idea of a "public market" as part of the renovation was announced by Bayer executive David Silverstein in April 2014. In January 2016 the proposed market was announced as a "food hall", inspired by popular destinations like Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts; Gotham West Market in New York, New York; Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsyvlania; Ponce City Market in Atlanta, Georgia; and Bayou Secret's St Roch Market in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Pizitz Food Hall is complemented by a basement-level two-screen cinema operated by the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.
In cooperation with REV Birmingham's CO.STARTERS small business program, Reveal Kitchen, one of the twenty-four 150 to 330 square-foot market-type stalls will become available to prospective entrepreneurs for four to six months terms to maximize opportunities for experimentation. The initial list of tenants and food concepts was "curated" by Tom Walker and Sam Heide of Bayer Properties in collaboration with Scott Doty and Jessie Merlin of the restaurant review weblog "What to Eat in Birmingham". Appleseed Workshop provided design services for the food hall's stalls. Yellowhammer Creative designed the project's logo and signage.
Tenants
- Food stalls
- Reveal Kitchen, culinary incubator by REV Birmingham
- Birmingham Candy Company, former location of Tropicaleo (February-August 2017), Bitty’s Living Kitchen (Kimberly Brock August 2017-January 2018), The Preservery (Andrea Foster February-October 2018), JuicedUP Essentials (Kelsey Gardner, Jessica Maciel & Nicholas Blackmon November 2018-)
- Broad Street Peaux Boys / NOLA Ice
- Dough Boy (Erica Barrett 2022–)
- I Love Tina & Gina's (Christina Harrison April 16, 2022–)
- J Wings (2020–)
- Pho Pho (Spring 2019-)
- Ono Poké (Vinh Tran February 16, 2017-)
- Silver Kati, Indian street food by Kishore Kotian (January 2018-)
- SMOKE Bistro (Raquel Ervin 2023–), former location of Edolyn's Pies / Eli's Jerusalem Grill ( Eli Markshtien February 2017-)
- Spun Cow, shaved ice and ice cream
- The Standard (Matt Ralph May 16, 2017-)
- Thirstea
- Unos Tacos by Chuy Mendez (March 31, 2020-)
- Reveal Kitchen, culinary incubator by REV Birmingham
- Full service
- Ashley Mac's (Spring 2020-), former location of Ghion Cultural Hall (March 2017-2020)
- SOCU Southern Kitchen & Oyster Bar (Erica Barrett 2022–), former location of Fero (Akhtar Nawab and Matt Wagman July 8, 2017-October 2018)
- Honest Coffee Roasters (2023–)
- The Louis full-service bar (February 17, 2017-)
- Retail tenants
Former tenants
- Alabama Biscuit Co. (Jonathan & Merideth Burch April 19, 2017-2019), Busy Corner Cheese & Provisions (Brian McMillan February 15, 2017-2019)
- Choza Taqueria (Akhtar Nawab February 16, 2017-early 2018)
- Ichicoro Ramen (Noel Cruz February 22, 2017-December 2018)
- Lichita's (Eloy Perez Garcia February 15, 2017-)
- MO:MO (Abhi Sainju April 10, 2017-2022)
- Piper & Leaf Tea Co.
- Revelator Coffee Co., second Birmingham location (February 16, 2017-)
- Spoon & Ladle (summer 2019-June 2020)
- WaffleWorks, Southern-infused Belgian waffles by Dan and Audrey Roberts (February 15, 2017-)
- Winner Winner by Jonathan Burch (2020-)
References
- "The Pizitz Food Hall: the dawn of Birmingham’s new foodie age" (January 18, 2016) What to Eat in Birmingham
- Godwin, Brent (January 22, 2016) "Pizitz to bring new food concept to Bham." Birmingham Business Journal
- Zimmerman, Eilene (July 21, 2016) "The Many Faces of Innovation in U.S. Cities" The New York Times
- "Drumroll Please: The Unveiling of the Pizitz Food Hall Stall and Restaurant List" (September 9, 2016) What to Eat in Birmingham
- Godwin, Brent (September 9, 2016) "Here's which tenants will be at the Pizitz Food Hall." Birmingham Business Journal
- Carlton, Bob (February 15, 2017) "Get a taste of Birmingham's Pizitz Food Hall, which opens today." The Birmingham News
- Rebman, Stephanie (December 11, 2019) "Three new restaurants in works for Pizitz Food Hall." Birmingham Business Journal
External links
- Pizitz Food Hall website