Although still more than a year away, an N.C.-based company is already talking with local chefs, musicians and other vendors to fill a space that will include a food hall and music venue at 1315 S. 5th Ave.
Monarch Property Co., which is behind Raleigh’s Transfer Co. Food Hall, is also developing this social hall in the Greenfield Park/South Front areas near downtown Wilmington.
Food halls, which collect several dining concepts in one space, have been booming across the country. Food industry statistics show that their number has tripled since 2016.
Seaboard Social Hall will be a 43,000-square-foot gathering place in the former National Linen Service Building, near the local International Longshoremen s Association site and The Rusty Nail bar and blues club.