Liberty Public Market Ranks 13th Among U.S. Food Halls
By Lou Hirsh - SDBJ Staff ••
San Diego’s Liberty Public Market in Point Loma placed at No. 13 in a recent national ranking of the top 20 food halls, as part of an urban retail report by brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield.
A company statement said the ranking was based on input including an internal survey of retail brokers and researchers, factoring in issues such as cultural importance, innovation and the quality of the space, vendors and consumer experience.
Placing in the report’s top five were Eataly in New York City, Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco, Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Grand Central Market in Los Angeles and Central Food Hall in Atlanta.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Pike Place Market in Seattle, Revival Food Hall in Chicago, Original Farmers Market in Los Angeles, Union Market in Washington, D.C., and Quincy Market Colonnade in Boston.
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Many local vendors will set up shop at Liberty Public Market, selling everything from cheese to meats. The marketplace is slated for an October opening.
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Blueprints give a glimpse at what will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
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Liberty Meat Shop, owned by Tommy Battaglia, is among the merchants who will set up shop at Liberty Public Market.
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Liberty Meat Shop, owned by Tommy Battaglia, is among the merchants who will set up shop at Liberty Public Market.
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Many local vendors, including Venissimo Cheese, will set up shop at Liberty Public Market, selling everything from cheese to meats. The marketplace is slated for an October opening.
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Coronado's Moo Time Creamery will set up a small space at the marketplace offering a mini menu of cool fan favorites.
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Cecilia's Taqueria will whip up tacos at the marketplace, am exciting, new venture for the Point Loma-based small business.
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An old-fashioned butcher shop at Liberty Public Market will be dubbed the Liberty Meat Shop.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, originally a North County business, will branch out to the marketplace as well.
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Wicked Maine Lobster will be among the merchants at the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
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The plans in motion for the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening. The warehouse-style venue originally housed the Naval Training Center’s commissary in 1921.
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Liberty Public Market is under construction at Liberty Station, slated for a fall opening.
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The Westbean Coffee Roasters is getting in on the buzz at Liberty Public Market, too.
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San Diego's Mastiff Sausage Company will join the lineup of local merchants showcasing their goods at the new Liberty Public Market, opening this October at Liberty Station.
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San Diego's Venissimo Cheese will join the lineup of local merchants showcasing their goods at the new Liberty Public Market, opening this October at Liberty Station.
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Fully Loaded Micro Juicery, based in Encinitas, is among the local merchants joining the LIberty Public Market when it opens this October.
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A glimpse at the space that will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
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A glimpse at the space that will soon transform into Liberty Public Market.
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Mastiff Sausage Company, a local gourmet food truck, will set up shop (sans wheels) at a mini storefront at Liberty Public Market this fall.
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Venissimo Cheese will join the lineup of merchants at Liberty Public Market this fall.
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Liberty Meat Shop will specialize in old-fashioned butcher services at the marketplace.
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Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
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Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
FITCH
Liberty Public Market – a 22,000-square-foot indoor and outdoor marketplace – is slated to open at 2816 Historic Decatur Rd. this October. The large-scale hospitality project will transform a historic 1920s-era warehouse-style building adjacent to Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens into a vibrant marketplace housing more than 30 merchants selling everything from locally-sourced food to handcrafted goods. These artist renderings by FITCH depict what the marketplace will look like.
Michael Burton, a San Diego senior vice president in Cushman & Wakefield’s Urban Strategies Group, said Liberty Public Market reflects the city’s casual nature and its “craft culture that seeks out social dining environments with unique foodie experiences and offerings.”
Liberty Public Market opened earlier this year at Liberty Station in Point Loma. It is among several commercial and civic elements recently added at the mixed-use Liberty Station, being overseen by developer Corky McMillin Cos. on the renovated site of the former Naval Training Center.
The public market is located in a former Navy commissary space and is overseen by Coronado-based Blue Bridge Hospitality, led by Principal David Spatafore. The open-air, 25,000-square-foot space, at 2820 Historic Decatur Road, currently houses 27 food vendors and a full-service restaurant.
In its own statement, Blue Bridge Hospitality officials said Liberty Public Market has three new venues opening by Dec. 19: Mess Hall Bar, a counter-service eatery with seasonal meat, fish and vegetable items; Pi Bar, selling wood-fired pizza; and Grape Smuggler Bar, serving wine and tapas. The new eateries, led by Executive Chef Tim Kolanko, will be located in the market’s eastern-most dining hall.
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