H Mart’s long-anticipated Dublin outpost finally opens its doors tomorrow at 10 AM, bringing the Korean American grocery chain’s first East Bay location to 7884 Dublin Boulevard. The store will anchor the Dublin Retail Center, combining a full-scale supermarket with a multi-vendor food hall, and will operate daily from 8 AM to 10 PM.
What’s in the food hall
The on-site food hall is set up as a greatest-hits tour of Korean and pan-Asian comfort food. H Mart says the lineup will include Oh K‑Dog & Egg Toast (for those Korean-style corn dogs and loaded breakfast toasts), Kyodong Noodles, Chodang with its soft-tofu specialties, BBQ Chicken, Daeho and bakery chain Tous Les Jours. A grand-opening celebration with prizes and giveaways is scheduled to kick off at 10 AM on opening day, according to a company press release via PRLog.
Space and the backstory
The Dublin store fills roughly 27,237 square feet that previously housed an Orchard Supply Hardware, with an 8,552-square-foot food-hall section that includes outdoor seating and a small play area, according to Patch. Plans for the conversion have been in the works since 2022, when the city first received permit applications to transform the former hardware store into a supermarket.
Why the Bay Area is watching
This debut marks H Mart’s first foothold in the East Bay and its fourth store in the Bay Area overall, extending a growth streak that started with a single market in Queens in 1982 and has since expanded to more than 100 locations nationwide, per reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle also reports that H Mart plans to begin construction on a multi-level flagship store in Fremont later in 2026, signaling an even bigger bet on the East Bay.
Opening day and what to expect
In the company’s announcement, Mayor Sherry Hu put it plainly: “our community has been waiting for this moment,” while H Mart framed the new store as a source of “new energy, new experiences” for downtown Dublin, echoing the press release language. The company is hiring for a range of positions at the new location, and local coverage suggests shoppers should be ready for opening-day crowds and long lines similar to other recent Asian-market debuts around the region, according to reporting by The Mercury News.
