Carol Deptolla

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Zocalo Food Park, what's billed as the city's first food truck park, is planned for Walker's Point at the former site of a pop-up World Cup bar.

Sean Phelan of Phelan Development and Jesus O. Gonzalez, the founder of Mazorca Tacos, are partners in the project at South Sixth and West Pierce streets. Mazorca is the distinctive midcentury aluminum trailer parked off South First Street at West Pittsburgh Street.

Phelan said the partners are buying the property now owned by Mike Eitel of Caravan Hospitality Group, which operated Nomad Nacional, the pop-up bar that showed World Cup soccer games in 2018.

The sale is expected to be final within 60 days, Phelan said. Eitel originally planned a soccer-related entertainment development at 618, 620, 622, 628, 636 and 640 S. Sixth St., but he put that project on hold as he developed other businesses, including SportClub sports bar downtown and taking over the restaurant in Turner Hall.

Zocalo, the word for a public square in Mexico, would have room for six food trucks, parking, outdoor seating and a bar. Phelan and Gonzalez filed a Class B liquor license application with the city on Monday.

"Zocalo’s vision is to cultivate partnerships with food entrepreneurs and create an ecosystem that embraces food enthusiasts," Phelan said in an email.

The partners hope to open Zocalo in May; more details will be released later, Phelan said.

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