The vendors

Stephen Eldridge, one of the inaugural vendors at Smallman, sold about 18,000 burgers out of his 140-square-foot space in his 18 months at Provision PGH.

Mr. Eldridge, who moved here from Arizona with his wife Susan Cope, has harbored dreams of opening his own brickand-mortar restaurant. But selling all those burgers — not including other menu items — without the headaches of running a standalone restaurant worked out well for Mr. Eldridge, whose run at Smallman ended in June.

So he’s decided to shelve plans for a standalone restaurant to continue working with Galley Group. He’ll man two of four stalls in Federal Galley, a revival of Provision PGH with burgers, a fish sandwich, and sides like fries, beets and Brussels sprouts. He’ll also roll out El Lugar, which will offer Mexican and Mexi-Cali fare like the food he loved out west, such as madeto-order corn and flour tortillas along with tacos, tortas, burritos and sides inspired by a recent month-long food trip around Mexico. He also has drafted friends from Arizona to move to Pittsburgh to help.

With Iron Born Detroit-style pizza doing so well at Smallman, it’s no surprise that there will be another Galley Group vendor slinging square pies — Michigan & Trumbull from Michigan natives Kristin Calverley and Nate Peck.

They were among the original applicants to the Smallman space. Named for the Detroit intersection where the old Tiger stadium resided, the stall will offer eight pizza options and two salads.

One more vendor, Vincent Perri, former chef of Revel + Roost, Downtown, will staff the stall called Supper, a vegetable-centric restaurant that, despite the name, will be open all day. Look for squash soup, duck-fat fries, veggie burgers, sea bass and desserts like sweet potato souffle.

Unlike Smallman, which launched as a restaurant incubator, Federal Galley will allow vendors to remain tenants longer than the lease periods at Smallman. Mr. Mantica says the space will also feel a bit roomier for vendors with features like a prep kitchen that wasn’t an option on the tighter Smallman budget, which cost about $900,000 to open.

With more money in the mix, as part of a $127.5 million development package, Federal Galley is poised to have more of an impact.

“We’re building something that is transformative,” Mr. Leventhal says. “There is nothing else like it in the city.”