Category: South Hill Mall

Puyallup area is getting a combined Asian supermarket and food court

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Puyallup area is getting a combined Asian supermarket and food court

Isabella Lund – The News Tribune

March 9, 2026

 

The South Hill Mall is getting a new Asian market and food court.  Housed at the old Toys R Us location at 3551 Ninth St., the South Hill Asian Center will have an international food supermarket on one side and a food court called Hong Kon Market on the other side.

This will be the chain’s fourth location for Hong Kong Market, which first opened in Kent in 2008.  Brian Hoang, owner of Hong Kong Market, told The News Tribune that, over time, they expanded to Federal Way and Burien.  Now, they’re branching out in Pierce County.

“Our focus is not quite just Asian food but international food,” Hoang said.  “When you walk into our store, you will see everything from, obviously, Asian seasoning and ingredients but also Middle Eastern, and we have aisles of American food and seasoning.  It’s like you would find at Safeway or Whole Foods.”  For the food court, there will be eight vendors.  Hoang said he has filled five of the eight slots:

  • Asia Xpress will serve build-your-own Asian meals such as bulgogi, yakisoba, kimbap and banh mi.
  • Dim Sum will serve Chinese classics along with dumplings and buns.
  • Natlies Sugarcane and Dessert will serve Vietnamese treats and sugarcane drinks.
  • Pho J will be a Vietnamese restaurant that specializes in soups.
  • A vendor will sell Korean food.

Hoang said the vendor does not have a name yet.

Hoang is stll looking for vendors to fill the three vacant spots before the location opens.

“I’m looking for Mexican food, like, tacos would be perfect,” Hoang said.  “I’m looking for burgers. I’m looking for Japanese ramen.”

The project is under construction, Hoang said, but they are hoping to wrap up construction this September and open to customers in October.

“We have a lot of customers from Puyallup coming to our locations and asking us when were are going to have a location in Puyallup and we’ve been looking in the Puyallup area for a long time,” Hoang said. “When my broker contacted me about an opportunity at South Hill Mall, we struck a deal with the landlord and started the project.”

Toys R Us vacated the spot in 2017, and Hoang said it has been vacant since. “The landlord has been very selective of who is going in there and they wait for the right tenants and the right business concept that will bring more traffic to their shopping mall,” Hoang said.

To learn more about Hong Kong Market, visit hkmstores.com. To apply to become a vendor, visit hkmstores.com/contact-8.

Barnes & Noble joins slate of new offerings at Puyallup’s South Hill Mall

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Barnes & Noble Joins Slate of New Offerings at Puyallup’s South Hill Mall

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble celebrated the opening of its newest retail location at the South Hill Mall in Puyallup Wednesday among throngs of bibliophiles and with the help of best-selling author J.A. Jance to cut the ribbon.

Located inside the mall and occupying the former Super Jump Party Zone site near JCPenney, the 19,000-square-foot bookstore is the first retail experience of its kind in the vicinity in many years, according to a press release from Barnes & Noble.

“It has been over a decade since the Borders Bookstore closed just across the road from where we are to open this beautiful new Barnes & Noble,” James Daunt, CEO of Barnes & Noble, said in a statement. “Our booksellers are delighted to bring back a bookstore of such scale to Puyallup.”

This new location comes on the heels of the bookseller’s recent boon, adding more bookstores in a single year (2024) than it had in the entire decade from 2009-19. This uptick in store openings is owed to the chain’s strategy to hand control of each store over to local booksellers, according to the release.

The new location includes a café, as well as the usual books, games, toys, and gifts one would expect to find at a Barnes & Noble.

“We have an enthusiastic team of book lovers who are so excited to bring the joy of reading to this community,” Store Manager and Barnes & Noble veteran Lisa Collinsworth said in the release. “Readers who visit our new bookstore are sure to find hidden treasures on the way to that long-anticipated new release — come see for yourself.”

The opening of the bookstore marks the fourth in a series of five major projects South Hill Mall’s Ohio-based parent company Cafaro Co. was scheduled to bring online in late 2025 and early 2026. Already opened amenities include an Xfinity by Comcast store, a Discount Collection store, and the five-story Homewood Suites by Hilton.

Still yet to be unveiled in summer 2026, South Hill Mall will debut its new 31,000-square-foot international grocery store, Hong Kong Market, located inside the detached former Toys “R” Us building adjacent to Red Robin on 94th Avenue East. In addition to a selection of fresh produce, meat, fish, and poultry, the market will also contain a food hall.

South Hill Mall expanding food options

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South Hill Mall expanding food options with two new eateries to debut this summer

BY DEBBIE COCKRELL UPDATED MARCH 12, 2024 12:05 PM

New restaurants are coming to the food court this summer at South Hill Mall. South Hill Mall/Cafaro Company

Two new food court options are coming this summer to South Hill Mall in Puyallup. In a news release March 8, the mall announced that Sizzlin Spice and South Hill Gyros would join the business roster. Sizzlin Spice will offer traditional Indian cuisine and will feature “build your own bowls,” with an array of proteins, vegetables and sauces. Their menu will feature butter chicken and paneer tikka masala, as well as other meat and/or seafood options along with vegetarian and vegan dishes. The vendor will be located in the mall’s food court and set to open by June, according to the release, and will feature a clay oven in its food preparation, including baking traditional naan bread. South Hill Gyros also will debut this summer at the food court. The eatery will offer a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern-inspired menu, with chicken, lamb and beef gyros, kabobs, shawarma platters (typically featuring thin cuts of grilled meat with vegetables and sauce), dolma (stuffed grape leaves) and wraps, according to the release. TOP VIDEOS For those not seeking meat with their dish, the menu will include Greek salads and hummus served with pitas or naan bread. Desert items include ayran (a Turkish yogurt drink), baklava and Bakdash kulfi (Syrian ice cream on a stick), according to the release. Exact opening dates are still to be announced.