Orange County’s first shipping container food hall has revealed eight of its food and beverage tenants including another Southern California outpost for Long Beach-based Beachwood Brewing Co.

The award-winning brewery will have a satellite taproom at the project, which is being developed behind Garden Grove City Hall. SteelCraft Garden Grove is the second shipping container development for partners Howard CDM and SteelCraft. The two Long Beach companies developed and opened SteelCraft Long Beach in early 2017. Garden Grove’s version will include Dark Horse Coffee Roasters, Renegade Taco, The Chick ‘N Shack (Southeast Asian chicken), The Nest (breakfast), Urban Pie (pizza), Honey & Butter (dessert) and Cauldron Ice Cream.

SteelCraft Garden Grove will include artisanal retailers and restaurants selling goods from cargo containers as long as 40 feet on a 1.8-acre lot behind City Hall. (Rendering courtesy Studie One Eleven)

Food popularized by social media is bad for consumers most of the time. I was excited to try this puffy cone from The Cauldron but it turned out to be a soggy mess. (Courtesy Cauldron)

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SteelCraft Garden Grove will have a large communal dining space, where visitors will have options to buy merchandise and food from 20 artisanal retailers and restaurants selling goods from reused cargo containers. (Rendering courtesy SteelCraft)

SteelCraft Garden Grove will be similar to the cargo containers food hall in Long Beach. (Nancy Luna, Orange County Register/SCNG)

What food trend do we hope exits in 2018? How about puffy soggy cones from The Cauldron. (Courtesy Cauldron)



Each of the roughly 10 counter-service restaurants will be housed in cargo containers — some as long as 40 feet. The developers plan to announce a wine bar and burger concept at a later date.

The rest of the project will consist of containers for restrooms, storage, and upper level seating.

Since opening last year in Long Beach, SteelCraft has been wildly successful — answering a demand for experiential restaurant developments that cater to millennials. The smaller Long Beach food hall, at 3768 Long Beach Blvd., includes Smog City Brewing, Pig Pen Delicacy, Waffle Love, Desano Pizza and Steelhead Coffee.

SteelCraft is leasing the lot from the city, a deal that will generate $85,000 in revenue annually. A groundbreaking is slated for March 5.