Exclusive Look Inside OKC's First Food Hall, The Collective

Oklahoma City's first food hall has officially opened its doors to a few customers. The Collective held the first soft opening July 25. The new space features over ten kitchens, bar and patio areas and rooftop seating. News 9 got a peek inside on their fa

Thursday, July 25th 2019, 7:15 am

By: Ashley Holden

Exclusive Look Inside OKC's First Food Hall, The Collective

Oklahoma City's first food hall has officially opened its doors to a few customers.

The Collective held the first soft opening July 25.

The new space features over ten kitchens, bar and patio areas and rooftop seating.

News 9 got a peek inside on their family and friends soft opening.

Kitchens like Black Cat said they get a real benefit from being a part of the food hall.

Black Cat is a gluten free healthy option at the new space. Their manager Beth Lyon said they’ve been operating out of a food truck, but now this brick and mortar surrounds her with options for a group of people.

“We are helped out here,” said Lyon. “We are a collaboration. We are a collective.”

She said their first soft opening served as a way to work out the “kinks”.

The food hall will have several more private soft openings. On Monday, July 29, they will start their public soft openings.

Developers said a grand opening announcement should come soon.

Ashley Holden

Ashley Holden joined the News 9 team in June 2018. She's excited to call Oklahoma her new home. Before arriving at News 9, Ashley reported and anchored for three years at the NBC affiliate in Davenport, Iowa. While in the Quad Cities market, along the Ill

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