Dublin's Night Market Has One Friday Left, and This Year H Mart Is Next Door
Most of the year, the stretch of St. Patrick Way between Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street is a short connector in Downtown Dublin, about a five-minute walk from West Dublin BART. On four Friday evenings this year, the City closed part of it to cars and filled it with food vendors, live music and people selling handmade goods. Three of those Fridays have already happened. The last one is Friday, November 13, from 5 to 9 p.m.
This season's finale is different from last year's. In 2025 the market was the only reason to be on that block after dark. Since March 26, 2026, an H Mart with a six-restaurant food hall has been open next door. The City's own announcement for the series says it expects more foot traffic because of it. The Night Market is turning out to be the City's working test of whether a small street beside BART can serve as a gathering place. November 13 is the last result of the year, and it's the first finale with a permanent neighbor drawing people to the same corner.
"St. Pat's Row" is a byname, not the legal street name. At its March 7, 2023 meeting, the Dublin City Council chose it as a byname for the segment of St. Patrick Way between Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street, in front of what was then the planned Avalon West residential project.
The road itself came out of longer planning. The Downtown Dublin Specific Plan, adopted February 1, 2011, covers about 284 acres and divides downtown into Retail, Transit-Oriented and Village Parkway districts. A 2020 amendment to that plan described St. Patrick Way as an extension linking Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street, tied to nearby housing and the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART project. Pleasanton Weekly's 2025 series on Dublin's downtown describes the transit-oriented district and the retail district as separate pieces of that long-term plan.
The plan came first, then the road, then the name, and only after that an event that gave people a reason to show up.
| When | What happened on or beside St. Pat's Row |
|---|---|
| February 1, 2011 | Downtown Dublin Specific Plan adopted |
| July 21, 2020 | Plan amendment describes St. Patrick Way extension between Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street |
| September 2022 | Patch reports H Mart has leased space in Dublin |
| March 7, 2023 | Council selects "St. Pat's Row" as a byname for the segment |
| Fall 2025 | First Night Market season, three Fridays |
| March 26, 2026 | H Mart opens at 7884 Dublin Blvd. |
| August 21 to November 13, 2026 | Second Night Market season, four Fridays |
The City added a market for the second season. The City of Dublin's August announcement lists four Friday events, "up from three in 2025," and says the series drew strong community support in its first year. This year's dates:
The calendar moved as well as grew. Patch's May 2025 vendor call set the first season for September 26, October 24 and November 21, 2025. The 2026 season started more than a month earlier, in late August, and ends about a week earlier in November. That makes November 13 the earliest finale the series has had, and it lands before the Thanksgiving week rush.
H Mart took more than four years to arrive. Pleasanton Weekly reported that the store at 7884 Dublin Blvd., in the Dublin Retail Center, opened as the chain's first East Bay location. Before that, the closest H Mart was in San Jose. Shoppers started lining up shortly before 7 a.m. on opening day.
For a Night Market evening, the food court matters more than the grocery aisles. The same Pleasanton Weekly report named its six restaurants:
The Shelby Report's opening coverage described the food hall as a section of more than 8,500 square feet inside the store. That's a permanent food destination right beside the market. Dublin Mayor Sherry Hu put the City's interest plainly when she spoke to Pleasanton Weekly at the opening: "They provide jobs, taxes and also they bring visitors over." The Night Market depends on bringing people over too, and the City's August announcement links the two directly.
On November 13, that means two kinds of food at one corner. One is the rotating lineup of pop-up vendors on the closed street. The other is a fixed food hall that will still be there the following Friday, when St. Patrick Way is open to cars again.
The City's 2026 announcement lists vendor categories but not names. The best guide to the finale's scale is the last one. Patch's preview of the final 2025 market listed these participants:
| Type | Named at the 2025 finale |
|---|---|
| Live music | Stratify, a funk and jazz band from Fremont |
| Hot food | Yummy Kitchen, D for Dosa, CTKEmpanadas, Cousin's Maine Lobster, Fratelli's Pizza |
| Artisans | Handmade Rock Art, Orsea Illustrated, Souvenaire, Sisters & Lab, Julielle Jewelry |
That lineup is a record of 2025, not a promise for 2026. Vendors at markets like this change from season to season, and the City hasn't published a list for November 13. The list does show the range the market has drawn: dosa, empanadas and lobster rolls next to hand-painted rocks and jewelry, all on a single block. That mix of food and gifts also suits the date. A mid-November market falls right at the start of holiday shopping.
The way the market works makes driving the least convenient way in. A section of St. Patrick Way closes to traffic during each event, and the City warns that street parking in this part of downtown will be limited. Its suggestion is to rideshare, bike, walk or take transit.
BART is the simplest option. The City puts St. Pat's Row about five minutes on foot from West Dublin BART. The 2020 plan amendment tied the street extension to the BART project, so a transit-friendly event is what the street was laid out for. For residents near Village Parkway or Amador Valley Boulevard, a bike or a short rideshare avoids circling for a spot at 6 p.m. on a Friday.
If you drive anyway, keep in mind that the H Mart lot and the closed street serve two separate crowds that evening. Arriving close to the 5 p.m. start, or after 8 p.m. as the first wave of diners leaves, should make things easier than the dinner peak.
The market isn't the only City event that week. On Saturday, November 7, the Dublin Senior Center at 7600 Amador Valley Boulevard hosts the City's annual Holiday Craft Boutique from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It features jewelry, pottery, soaps, lotions and clothing made by local senior artists and crafters. The boutique on Saturday and the market's artisan tables the following Friday give two chances in one week to buy handmade gifts from people who live and work in the Tri-Valley.
Closer to St. Pat's Row, there are other long-standing places to eat around the market. Outback Steakhouse is at 6505 Regional St. Pleasanton Weekly reported that a bb.q Chicken opened at 7904 Dublin Blvd. in June 2025, a few doors down the same address range as H Mart.
Put together, the Friday evening plan looks like this. Take BART to West Dublin, walk five minutes to St. Pat's Row, browse the vendors on the closed street between Golden Gate Drive and Regional Street, and walk next door to the H Mart food hall if the line at one stall is too long. The market closes at 9 p.m. on November 13, and the City hasn't yet announced dates for a 2027 season.
At Evolve Real Estate, we watch Downtown Dublin's evenings closely because a street that pulls neighbors out on a Friday night is part of what makes a place feel like home. If you'd like to know how blocks near West Dublin BART are changing, or what all this activity means for your own property, reach out and get your quote. We're happy to talk it through over a dosa at the market.
Stay up to date on the latest real estate trends.
You’ve got questions and we can’t wait to answer them.
