HAMPTON—The Pollo Loco building that sat empty for years at the corner of Power Plant Parkway and Pine Chapel Road in front of Bass Pro Shops is vacant no more. MOMO’s Café will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony in celebration of its recent move to the location. The event will take place on Thursday, July 21, 2022, from 2pm to 4pm.
Owner Martha Bennett opened the café, which was previously located in the City Center area of Newport News, in 2008. The business first began as a personal chef service that delivered prepared meals to local homes. The Newport News location was rather small, in Bennett’s opinion, and she had to start turning customers away because they couldn’t keep up with the demand. Then covid hit.
“An office park is not the place to be operating a restaurant during a pandemic, so I had to reinvent myself,” said Bennett. “I thought it would be a good time to move and I found this space here in Hampton. We moved into the space in December 2021 and opened in May of this year. So, here we are.”
The original ribbon-cutting ceremony was scheduled for June but had to be delayed because some of the Hampton city officials expected to be at the event had a conflict and could not attend. Instead of missing out on an opportunity to support a new local business, they chose to postpone. Now that the new event has been scheduled, Bennett is very excited.
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