Certainly one of the unique restaurants in the center of Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California, will close its doors for good in two weeks.
Catal Restaurant and its popular outdoor Uva Bar will close on April 14, the eatery announced on Instagram.
The 2 restaurants have been staples of the outdoor shopping center on the Disneyland resort for greater than twenty years since Downtown Disney opened in 2001.
“We’re celebrating an incredible, delightful, delicious 22 years — from now until our last day of service,” the restaurant said. “… Sip favorite cocktails from the last twenty years as we toast to the laughs, the memories, and the meals. Come cheers with us another time.”
In keeping with Disneyland’s website, Catal Restaurant is closing for a significant recent redevelopment of Downtown Disney.
Over the past yr, retailers including an AMC theater and an Earl of Sandwich location had their storefronts demolished to make way for brand new additions, SFGATE reported.
The Catal Restaurant and Uva Bar, positioned within the Downtown Disney District at Disney California Adventure will close and get replaced with a recent restaurant that may serve Mexican cuisine.Getty Images
Disney will soon welcome Din Tai Fung, a smash-hit Chinese restaurant chain best known for its soup dumplings, and California dessert favorite Porto’s Bakery & Café.
Disneyland filed constructing permits valued at $5.4 million in December 2022 for brand new construction, in accordance with the Orange County Register.
“The business construction permits filed with the Anaheim Planning and Constructing Department call for a recent 8,300-square-foot retail constructing with room for five shops. Also within the works: A recent bathroom and worker break room,” the outlet reported.
Moreover, Disney plans on constructing an event space with a 1,250-square-foot-stage, shade structure and 21 lights, the permits show.
The 2 restaurants have been staples of the outdoor shopping center on the Disneyland resort for greater than twenty years.Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag
Construction on the project has proceeded slowly. SFGate reports the demolished area continues to be an empty lot. Renovations have been delayed by unusually rainy weather in California.
Taking up the placement that after housed Catal Restaraunt and Uva Bar are Paseo and Céntrico, a restaurant and courtyard bar that may offer upscale Mexican food and tequila-based cocktails, with a menu by Michelin-starred Chef Carlos Gaytán.
Catal and the Uva Bar are owned by Patina Restaurant Group, which owns six eateries in Downtown Disney and more in Walt Dinsey World and Disney Springs in Florida.
Patrons commenting on Catal Restaurant’s Instagram post were sad to see considered one of their favorite restaurants go.
In keeping with Disneyland’s website, Catal Restaurant is closing for a significant recent redevelopment of Downtown Disney.GC Images
The brand new restaurant will feature a menu by Michelin-starred Chef Carlos Gaytán.Getty Images
“Please don’t go?!” one user wrote. “That is an incredible restaurant. When you brought back the menu from 2001 I bet guest could be flattening the door!”
“So sad about this!” one other commented. “Certainly one of our favourite places! You can be missed!”
