Changes in downtown Anaheim, including the Packing District and Center Street Promenade, include seven new restaurants and retailers and one shuttered eatery.

Here’s the lowdown:



Center Street Promenade retail center, where many spaces are owned by developer Shaheen Sadeghi, is going through more changes. (NANCY LUNA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)

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House of Chimney Cakes, founded by a Hungarian born fashion model turned baker, has opened on Center Street. The sugar dusted pastries have a hollow center, making them look like a chimney. (Courtesy House of Chimney Cakes)

Hummos & Pita on Center Street also opened recently. The Lebanese and Mediterranean influenced menu features kebab plates, pita sandwiches and a variety of Greek salads. Shown: falafel plate. Each plate is served with Greek salad, rice and hummus.

Jav’s BBQ is coming to the MAKE building in downtown Anaheim. (Courtesy Jav’s)



Caffe Primo is closed in Anaheim. (Nancy Luna, Orange County Register)

This pub is expected to open at Center Street Promenade. (NANCY LUNA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)

Hummos & Pita on Center Street also opened recently. The Lebanese and Mediterranean influenced menu features kebab plates, pita sandwiches and a variety of Greek salads. Shown: gyro plate with salad, rice and hummus. (Nancy Luna, Orange County Register)

The pastries have a hollow center, making them look like a chimney. We tried a version filled with soft serve vanilla ice cream and topped with salted caramel. (Nancy Luna, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Hummos & Pita on Center Street also opened recently. The Lebanese and Mediterranean influenced menu features kebab plates (shown), pita sandwiches and a variety of Greek salads. The restaurant is at 131 W. Center Street Promenade. (Nancy Luna, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Center Street Promenade retail center, where many spaces are owned by developer Shaheen Sadeghi, is going through more changes. Hummos & Pita recently opened. (NANCY LUNA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)

Center Street Promenade retail center, where many spaces are owned by developer Shaheen Sadeghi, is going through more changes. Hummos & Pita recently opened. (NANCY LUNA, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER/SCNG)

House of Chimney Cakes, founded by a Hungarian born fashion model turned baker, has opened on Center Street. The sugar dusted pastries have a hollow center, making them look like a chimney. (Courtesy House of Chimney Cakes)

House of Chimney Cakes, founded by a Hungarian born fashion model turned baker, has opened on Center Street. The sugar dusted pastries have a hollow center, making them look like a chimney. (Courtesy House of Chimney Cakes)

Aerial view of the newly constructed Farmhouse building. (Courtesy Anaheim Packing District



Jav’s Barbecue is a new restaurant at the MAKE building. It will open in December.



Caffe Primo in Center Street Promenade has closed. A representative for the landlord, Shaheen Sadeghi, said Primo’s ownership closed all locations recently.

The restaurant company ran into trouble over the summer with federal regulators, according to EaterLA. A new tenant has not been named.

On the same block, Sadeghi has rebranded two retail shops selling stylish clothes and shoes for men. One of the spaces has been replaced by Good Things, described as a funky lounge with craft beer representing the “four corners of the U.S. — so it’s like being on road trip,” according to Devon Reeves, a spokeswoman for Sadeghi’s downtown Anaheim properties.

Eventually, guest chefs will be invited to cook meals for customers. The hybrid bar-home goods store also showcases vintage furniture and furnishings that customers can purchase.

House of Chimney Cakes, founded by a Hungarian born fashion model turned baker, has opened on Center Street. Szandra Szabó is selling her country’s famous coiled chimney-looking pastries or Kürtöskalács. The crunchy cylinder shaped desserts are found in Hungary and Romania.

The pastries have a hollow center, making them look like a chimney. (I tried a version dusted with cinnamon and it tasted like a crunchy churro). You can order the pastry rolled in a topping such as sprinkles or get it filled with soft serve vanilla or chocolate ice cream using an organic base from Strauss Farm. The shop also sells a vegan option with Dole Whip Pineapple soft serve. The unfilled cinnamon sugar pastry is $5.95; a coiled pastry filled with ice cream is $6.50. Toppings are extra. Address: 173 Center Street Promenade.

Hummos & Pita on Center Street also opened recently. The Lebanese and Mediterranean influenced menu features kebab plates, pita sandwiches and a variety of Greek salads. The restaurant is at 131 W. Center Street Promenade.

At the entrance of the center, it looks like another bar is set to open soon called the “Promenade Pub.” The bar, slated to open in December, is from the same husband-and-wife team that owns the nearby Colony Wine Merchant at 280 S. Lemon St.

The Promenade Pub “will have 20 beer handles featuring Orange County breweries, great sandwiches such as prime rib and BBQ pulled pork. The food, beer and atmosphere will be very comforting,” co-owner Sonya Kelsen said. “After being in business for 3 years in downtown Anaheim we feel this is what the area needs.”

Address: 215 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim.

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The food stand is a sister concept to the flagship Aleppo’s Kitchen on Brookhurst Street in Anaheim. The Syrian restaurant plans to sell popular items from the original restaurant such as grilled kebobs, falafel sandwiches, tabouli, beef and chicken shawarma and kibbeh.

On the grounds of the district, 18 Folds is coming soon to Farmers Park. The restaurant is occupying the newly built “Farm House” building next to the packing house. The restaurant will be selling dim sum, dumplings and fusion, scratch made Chinese dishes.

“Traditionally dim sum is only served until 3 p.m., but we believe the craving extends beyond that time, so we do plan to open late,” said Kat Vu, chief financial officer.

The bar menu will feature 18 craft beer taps all sourced locally from Anaheim.

The dining room will incorporate farmhouse features with touches of Chinese culture throughout the space. Large sliding doors will create an indoor-outdoor space overlooking Farmers Park. 18 Folds is slated to open by the end of the year.

Across the street at the MAKE building, Jav’s BBQ is expected to open by mid-December.

The eatery plans to offer family style dining of Southern smoked meats and scratch made sides, said owner and founder Javier Gomez. Meats will be cooked “low and slow” in an all-wood pit for no less than 12 hours, said Gomez.

“Our final product is a juicy, flavorful, fall off the bone smoked meat that will bring any discerning BBQ enthusiast back to its Southern roots,” he said.

Gomez, who used to work in the banking industry, said he’s studied pit barbecuing during his Southern travels. He said his meats won’t be slathered with sauces. However, the restaurant will offer diners an in-house BBQ sauce. The MAKE building is at 500 S. Anaheim Blvd. It is also home to Unsung Brewing’s tasting room and Pali Wine Co.