Big changes are coming to Rooster’s SouthPark. Here’s what you need to know

There’s a lot of food-related activity happening in the SouthPark area. Sabor will be opening its sixth location today, Dean & DeLuca launched a gourmet catering service and now, Rooster’s SouthPark is expanding.

“We’re ready to have some more space,” said Sarah Wrenn from Noble Food and Pursuits. Wrenn along with Joe Haubenhofer, the “Sir Idea Man” for The Plaid Penguin, broke down the upcoming changes at the Southern restaurant.

Physical changes over the next 3-6 months: 

• A commercial catering kitchen will be built out — which means the King’s Kitchen bakery operation will be moved from Uptown to SouthPark.
• A charcuterie operation will be included in the expansion. The idea is for the room to include a controlled window where people that pass by will see meat curing, hams being hung, aging, etc. Wrenn said the front window and drying room will “operate like an art installation.”

An additional brand is coming: 

• A new brand is also in the works. Copain, meaning “companion” in French, will serve prepared foods and provisions as well as serve as the off-site caterer for all of the Noble Food and Pursuits brands (King’s Kitchen, Rooster’s and Noble Smoke).
• From fresh baguettes to roasted veggies to inventive fresh salads, the Copain team wants to assist in your dinner and/or your entire meal. “We want this to be special,” Wrenn said. “Life is better when you take a few moments and enjoy it with someone you trust.”

• Rooster’s will start bottling its own sauce to sell within the next six months. They want to continue to add more products in the future.
• The space that currently holds Rooster’s SouthPark will be turned into a space like a Persian market, with three to four retail shops in the atrium. Charcuterie will be hanging in the windows, there will be a wine bar and more.
• The “roosters wall,” or the restaurant wall decorated with a bunch of roosters, will be blown out to open up the newly designed atrium. “We’re at capacity at Rooster’s SouthPark,” Wrenn said. “Right now, the atrium doesn’t feel like a part of the restaurant. Once we knock down that wall, the whole place will be more cohesive.”

If you’re a fan of Rooster’s like we are, we expect to see you there by this time next year, if not sooner…

This story was originally published April 28, 2017 at 1:26 AM with the headline "Big changes are coming to Rooster’s SouthPark. Here’s what you need to know."