SoFA Market, a food hall in downtown San Jose developed by late architect Thang Do, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sept. 13, 2024. on South First Street in downtown San Jose in September 2014, the food hall’s success was hardly a sure thing, with downtown still recovering — sound familiar? — from the Great Recession.
Customers order lunch at Vietnoms in the SoFA Market in downtown San Jose on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. The South First Street food hall will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. San Jose State President Cynthia Teniente-Matson and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, center, speak to volunteers from Merill at the Bay Area Meal Pack for 9/11 Day at the Provident Credit Union Event Center at San Jose State University on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.