News Harambe Market Refurbishment Planned Ahead of Restaurantosaurus Closure

[Purduevian]

While Harambe Market is closed, Kusafiri Coffee Shop & Bakery will expand its hours and offerings. The location will serve lunch and feature select menu items from Harambe Market, including:

• Harambe Chicken Rice Bowl
• Plant-Based Picadillo Rice Bowl
• Harissa Chicken Wrap

I could be wrong I think Kusafri is the only other QS able to make hot food. (and I don't think its really a full kitchen... just a place to keep tator tots and breakfast sandwiches hot?)...

I don't really see any of them being able to mass produce Rice Bowls or Pitas...

Having 0 restaurant experience outside of eating at one...

Seems about right...

 

[WDWhopper]

Please tell me. What is "Florida pizza"?

If you don’t know, then you don’t know. Having lived in California and New York and now in Central Florida believe me, you would know what is meant by Florida pizza if you lived here. Think, floppy and tasteless. Put it this way, the 711 pizza in Florida is some of the better pizza in Florida. Chuck E. Cheese is probably in the top five. I assume it’s probably the humidity and the overall bland pallet of most Floridians, but Florida pizza is the worst. The best pizza in Florida is the Wolfgang Puck woodfired pizzas. I have literally eaten at dozens if not a 100 pizza places in Florida and have not found one that I would call good.

 

[Raineman]

Ah, yes I forgot about that I'm a Chicagoland native that's why...Who knows now if you'll be snarfing on a Digiorno brand one now..
I haven't been there at the resort in over 5 years..

"Is it delivery? No, it's Disney."

 

[wdwmagic]

Harambe Market Shuts Down at Disney's Animal Kingdom Ahead of Menu Overhaul​

Harambe Market Shuts Down at Disney's Animal Kingdom Ahead of Menu Overhaul for Tropical Americas Expansion

Harambe Market Shuts Down at Disney's Animal Kingdom Ahead of Menu Overhaul for Tropical Americas Expansion

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[wdwmagic]

Kusafiri Coffee Shop Adds Lunch and Dinner at Disney's Animal Kingdom​

Kusafiri Coffee Shop Adds Lunch and Dinner at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Kusafiri Coffee Shop Adds Lunch and Dinner at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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[Jambo Dad]

If you don’t know, then you don’t know. Having lived in California and New York and now in Central Florida believe me, you would know what is meant by Florida pizza if you lived here. Think, floppy and tasteless. Put it this way, the 711 pizza in Florida is some of the better pizza in Florida. Chuck E. Cheese is probably in the top five. I assume it’s probably the humidity and the overall bland pallet of most Floridians, but Florida pizza is the worst. The best pizza in Florida is the Wolfgang Puck woodfired pizzas. I have literally eaten at dozens if not a 100 pizza places in Florida and have not found one that I would call good.

Pizza Ponte is in Disney Springs and is fabulous. And I live in rich pizza country in Connecticut - birthplace of coal-fired pizza.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

The pizza at connections is made in the kitchen - not the frozen kind. I don’t think I’ve tried it though.

I’d also like to note the on-theme update on the menu board - it’s those little details that make all the difference. A Helvetica on white sign that says “temporarily closed” would have ruined the atmosphere.

 

[DCBaker]

Operating hours have been added to Harambe Market on the Walt Disney World website starting Sunday, March 1, 2026 (as always, hours are subject to change):

 

[WDWhopper]

I applaud Disney for trying to have an authentic African food eating experience. I wish more people would’ve tried it, but I can understand their hesitancy, since it’s not well-known food in America. African food along with Indian food, is quickly approaching the top of my list. Great flavors, great heat, and something different.

 

[JohnD]

Operating hours have been added to Harambe Market on the Walt Disney World website starting Sunday, March 1, 2026 (as always, hours are subject to change):

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Has it been confirmed that they're adding burgers, etc. or are converting the market to this type of food? I hope they're just adding.

 

[James Alucobond]

Has it been confirmed that they're adding burgers, etc. or are converting the market to this type of food? I hope they're just adding.

There's likely to be some sort of tradeoff. The reason for the downtime is typically to reconfigure the kitchen to add equipment for preparing the items they're adding to the menu. Because the physical space isn't actually getting larger, this generally also necessitates removing some things to make way and/or dedicating existing fryers, ovens, etc. to different things in order to produce them in the quantities required.

 

[JohnD]

There's likely to be some sort of tradeoff. The reason for the downtime is typically to reconfigure the kitchen to add equipment for preparing the items they're adding to the menu. Because the physical space isn't actually getting larger, this generally also necessitates removing some things to make way and/or dedicating existing fryers, ovens, etc. to different things in order to produce them in the quantities required.

Hopefully that's the case. The site that shall not be named has been firm on their clickbait. It's converting entirely to burgers and fries.