And then there were nine.
Five months after the Erie Downtown Development Corp. announced the first eight restaurant concepts accepted for the Flagship City Food Hall, the ninth and final vendor has been named.
Noodlelove, an Asian fusion concept, might not seem like an obvious choice for the 150-seat food hall that's under construction along State Street and North Park Row, at the site of the former Sherlock's and Park Place taverns.
Noodlelove opened two years ago on Mott Street in Manhattan and was followed last summer with a COVID-inspired outdoor-dining popup called Umma.
The restaurant has received favorable coverage in the New York Times. One of the dishes at Umma, Seoul Alle Vongole, was ranked by the Gothamist, an online publication of New York Public Radio, as one of the best new dishes of 2020.