Pacifica Square adds a dozen Asian eateries

Pacifica Square is a lifestyle center celebrating Asian cultures that recently launched a dozen more restaurants in a mall development at East New York Street and Route 59 in Aurora on the Naperville border.

The Food Court off the Park to Shop grocery store offers a wide variety of Asian dishes at Pacifica Square. (Photo provided)

The new eateries line a food court where you can create your own fusion experience.

PHO Noodle Station serves Vietnamese cuisine. (Photo provided)

Among the businesses are PHO Noodle Station for Vietnamese cuisine; Lao Sze Chuan; Vivi Bubble Tea; Crab Boil Express for Cajun seafood; Night Market – Lisa’s Taiwanese Bistro; Red Pepper for Chinese fare; Ah Yin’s Chinese BBQ for Hong Kong-style barbecue; Julia Bakery; CM Chicken for Korean-style fried chicken; Chi Noodle;

A lion dance helped mark the opening of the new restaurants at Pacifica Square. (Photo provided)

Lao Liang Cuisine for Chinese dishes; Ding Dang Japanese Bento; Sweet General for desserts, custom cakes and patisserie; Spades Tealife for bubble tea, coffee and tea; Strings Ramen; A Tasty Hot Pot; Levee Karaoke & BBQ; and Hyderabad House Biryani Place, serving Indian cuisine.

Park to Shop is an expansive Asian supermarket, offering those hard-to-find culinary ingredients. (Photo provided)

The food court is a project of the expansive Asian grocery store called Park to Shop at 4334 E. New York St. The 50,000-square-foot supermarket boasts a large seafood department among its specialty offerings, and the food court is off its entrance. The grocery store opened last summer.

The mall also is home to conventional retail offerings, such as home decor, electronics, clothing, salon and spa services, dog training and daycare, children’s swim lessons, a fitness center, and The Chill’Axe Throwing entertainment destination.

The city of Aurora conducted ribbon-cuttings for the dozen new restaurants during the recent Lunar New Year festivities.

“Today is a celebration of culture, equity and economic development,” Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin stated in a news release about the event. “We look forward to celebrating with our Chinese community – and all in our Asian American Pacific Islander community - as we bring in the New Year and shine a spotlight on the hard work of entrepreneurs who have successfully opened new businesses amid the pandemic.”

Vivi Bubble Tea is among the new restaurants. (Photo provided)

Several future phases are planned at Pacifica Square, which would make it one of the largest Asian-themed shopping centers in the nation.