New food hall set to open in Cleveland Park

Cleveland Park residents are excited that Wonder, the chain of food halls that stretches across the Northeast, is coming to their neighborhood.

Just a month after Target left the Park n’ Shop Plaza on Connecticut Avenue at Ordway Street, the new restaurant food hall will open its doors with a grand opening event on Dec. 4.

Liliana and Paulito Maslog, husband and wife and residents of Cleveland Park, said they are excited for Wonder to join the neighborhood.

Liliana Maslog was especially excited.

“You can choose whatever you want. We don’t have to decide anymore,” she said.

She shared that in her family of three, choosing dinner can be a difficult task, especially if everyone wants something different. She said that it makes things easier to be able to go to just one place rather than several places.

Paulito Maslog said he has never heard of Wonder before, but he saw the new sign and had to check it out. The couple said they are both excited for something like this to be so close.

“It is nice because it’s convenient,” Liliana Maslog said.

Jamie No, a resident of Cleveland Park, said she is happy for Wonder to open. No said she is happy that a food-hall-type place is coming to her neighborhood.

Jay Bose, a commissioner on Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3C, said the ANC has not received any negative input nor concerns from residents in Cleveland Park.

“I think people are more curious than anything. I will say that in general, people here are usually happy to see new restaurants coming to the neighborhood — I haven’t gotten the impression that it will harm our existing restaurants,” Bose stated.

Bose also said that he thought with all the disruptions to D.C.’s economy, any new businesses are welcome to the neighborhood. Bose said that he has not heard concerns from the already existing businesses in Cleveland Park.

Wonder partners with “celebrated chefs and restaurants” and brings the food and menus to local communities. Wonder allows for in-person dining or takeout.

Wonder has several locations around the DMV area.

According to Wonder’s website, the company sources its food from sustainable farming practices, including sourcing meat and poultry that is humanely raised and processed.

The website said that Wonder tries to have zero waste at all of its consumer locations.

“Our goal is to leverage our real estate to make a positive environmental impact,” according to the website.

The grand opening of Wonder in Cleveland Park is scheduled for Dec. 4, with the ribbon cutting happening at 4:30 p.m. According to the event page on Facebook, the first 100 guests will receive a special Wonder gift.

Wonder did not respond to request for comment.