Spice Road Table closing today and reopening soon with a new menu

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday December 10, 2020 7:42am ET · "Spice Road Table"

EPCOT's Spice Road Table will close today (December 10 2020) as it transitions from third party to Disney operated.

The table service restaurant in the Morocco Pavilion will soon be under the control of Disney as the current operating participant withdraws from the park. Plans are to reopen on December 13 2020 with an updated menu. Small plate options will remain, including Hummus Fries, Tiropitakia and Fried Calamari. Spice Road Table will be walk-up only with no reservations.

Elsewhere at Morocco, the Kids to Fun Stop will move location from today, and the Souk-Al-Magreb store will reopen December 12.

Marrakesh Moroccan Restaurant LLC, which was the operator of the pavilion's dining and merchandise locations, has struggled during the COVID-19 shutdown and subsequent phased reopening. In particular, the Tangierine Cafe closed shortly after its reopening.

Many of the EPCOT pavilion restaurants and stores are operated by third party participants, including those found at China, Mexico, Japan, France and Italy.

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↩ replying to wdwmagic
Change in menu:cry::cry::cry::cry:
I would think TDO would be working on an Aladdin Character dining location similar to the Princess dining at Akershus ...Kind of a no-brainer...Would bring tons of people into the pavilion, the shops would do well from the expanded foot traffic...win win... Allow Spice Road Table and Tangerine Cafe to continue to serve more authentic food.
And if they decided to add a real attraction to the backside of the pavilion based on Aladdin...that would be OK too. As long as we are adding IP, at least this would match the location.
↩ replying to figmentfan423
Looks like it's goin' Greek...
What do they mean by the statement that Spice Road Table will be "walk up" when it reopens?
↩ replying to harryk
I mean there will be no reservations.
↩ replying to wdwmagic
Which is a bummer when trying to plan find a table service restaurant outdoors given the current climate. It used to be fairly empty pre-covid, I am curious if that is still the case.
Dined there end of October 2020 and it was a full house!!
↩ replying to harryk
Makes sense, it was our go to for lunch for a while there. Never was full could always find a reservation the day before if need be, but that isn't a good thing for the restaurant of course.
↩ replying to Disstevefan1
They're reopening with their own cast members regardless as the international college program (or whatever its called) is suspended during the pandemic.
I really miss Tangierine cafe. I would eat there at least twice per trip. I really love their Chicken shawarma. They use the chicken that they make on the spit and it is so tasty. That is something that I can not get where I live. All of the gyro places here just cook chicken breast and it is not even close to being the same.
↩ replying to jaklgreen
Agreed. Their couscous salad was also exceptional.
↩ replying to TrainChasers
And the tabouli.
After some investigating it looks like only the “waterfront campus” will be reopening.
It will consist of what looks to be a walk up bar, bar/lounge service and seating with small menu, the shop, and what’s listed as a “juice bar" which is the small drink stand on the Japan side of the building. The cast is being deployed from locations that have not reopened yet.
↩ replying to castlecake2.0
Bet there is a cupcake party in there somewhere before long