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Eater
02-06-2025
- Business
- Eater
Ponce City Market Adds Three New Asian Stalls to Complete Market East
Located on the first floor of food hall Ponce City Market, the Market East wing will debut three new dining options to join pho spot Vietvana and Korean eatery Umbrella Bar. The upcoming stalls come from Dinh Tran and Khanh Dang, the founders of Vietvana. On Thursday, June 5, Boom Boom Bao, Lime Tiger, and Uwu Asian Dessert Co. will offer Ponce City market patrons more Asian-inspired choices. Boom Boom Bao, open for breakfast and lunch, will serve Vietnamese bao and Thai dishes, such as vermicelli noodle salad. Lime Tiger, open for lunch and dinner, will offer Southeast Asian bento boxes with choices such as chicken curry, Thai basil chicken, Penang beef curry, and grilled beef wrapped in betel leaf. Uwu Asian Dessert Co. will provide Japanese desserts and milk teas in a kawaii (cute) space. Ponce City Market and Vietvana will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. on June 5, and the public can stop by for free samples and dragon dancers from 5 to 9:30 p.m. Sign up for our newsletter.
Axios
01-05-2025
- Business
- Axios
Bar Vegan to close Ponce City Market location
A restaurant venture started by Slutty Vegan CEO and founder Pinky Cole will close its doors on May 5. Why it matters: Bar Vegan 's closure comes four years after it opened at Ponce City Market. It follows its Lawrenceville location's closure less than a year after it opened, according to Rough Draft Atlanta, which was first to report the Ponce City Market closure. Driving the news: "This chapter may be closing, but the story doesn't end here," the restaurant said Thursday in an announcement on its Instagram. "Stay tuned — there's more coming to Atlanta this summer. Rumor has it, we may just be a part of it." Zoom out: Bar Vegan's closure comes after Slutty Vegan closed locations this year in Duluth and on the campuses of Spelman College and Georgia Tech, which Rough Draft reported was part of a restructuring of Cole's company. Context: In an interview with People, Cole revealed the restructuring began in February and resulted in her temporarily turning over ownership. "I fought it for a long time, to be honest, and I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to face the public scrutiny," Cole told the magazine. She said in the interview that she was able to buy back her business in late March and is eyeing expanding into the hospitality arena with her husband, Big Dave's Cheesesteaks owner Derrick Hayes. Flashback: A former employee sued Bar Vegan in 2022 alleging that Cole and her business partners did not pay them for tips and overtime and did not meet the federal minimum wage requirements. A settlement was approved in December by a federal district court judge, but lawyers for the plaintiffs told a judge last month that the defendants have not paid up, the AJC reports. However, Cole told the court she no longer owns the restaurant, which she said in a statement is under the control of another entity.
