New food park to bring innovative dining to Tri-Cities. There will be Korean BBQ and more

An innovative new dining experience is coming to Tri-Cities.

Joo Seok Baek of Richland is building a food park mall near the intersection of Canal Drive and Kellogg Street in Kennewick.

The 7-kitchen 1Derful Food Park will be going in between McDonald’s and Sportsman’s Warehouse by the Colonade Shopping Center.

That area is primed to become one of the hottest spots for foodies in the Tri-Cities near Summer’s Hub Food Truck Pavillion on the other side of Chuck E. Cheese.

Baek will be running 1Derful Korean BBQ out of the Food Park, and has space available for six other dining options, when the park opens this fall.

He told the Herald that after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic it was apparent that the demand for outdoor options was not going away.

The food park will feature seven walk-up order window-style restaurants and a large interconnected patio area, totaling about 30,000 square feet.

Baek plans to serve Korean BBQ fried chicken and meat-rice bowls, as well as side dishes.

While the other dining options aren’t firmed up yet, he hopes to see a variety of food, beverages and desserts available.

Baek said he wants to create a unique dining experience where people from all over the Tri-Cities can come for a meal, or host birthday parties, graduations and other events.

This story was originally published May 8, 2022 at 5:00 AM.

Cory McCoy

Tri-City Herald

Cory is an award-winning investigative reporter. He joined the Tri-City Herald in Dec. 2021 as an Editor/Reporter covering social accountability issues. His past work can be found in the Tyler Morning Telegraph and other Texas newspapers. He was a 2019-20 Education Writers Association Fellow, and has been featured on The Murder Tapes, Grave Mysteries and Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen.