Zion Market

Zion Market was founded in 1979, in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego, California, to combat the increasing demand for grocery stores by San Diego's rapidly expanding Asian community. Its location on Convoy Street was the first Korean grocery store in San Diego. It was originally , but acquired more space over the years, reaching . It moved again to a different building on the same street in 2024. This store has of retail space, a rooftop food hall containing about ten restaurants, and a cocktail bar. The company established its second location in Hawaiian Gardens, California in 2006, and opened its third in 2008, in Irvine, California. The Buena Park, California location opened in 2013. The Duluth, Georgia location was opened in 2017 and the second store in Koreatown, Los Angeles, opened in 2019. Another on Western Avenue had been open before this store's opening. The opening included a K-pop festival that featured acts like Weki Meki. ==Locations==

Zion Market has six locations overall, with four in California, in Buena Park, Irvine, and Kearny Mesa, San Diego. It also has one location each in Georgia and Texas, in the cities of Duluth and Lewisville, respectively. It previously had four more locations in California, in Hawaiian Gardens, Oakland, Koreatown, Los Angeles (Vermont) and Cerritos, but these have since closed. ==References==