A Vietnamese restaurant is coming to downtown Riverdale Park.

An estimated 2,600 square feet has been leased from Douglas Development on the main floor of the red brick building at the corner of Queensbury Road and Rhode Island Avenue.

Described as an “upscale, fast-casual” restaurant, Banana Blossom Bistro will move into the Riverdale Park Town Center building sometime this summer, according to the Riverdale Park Business Association.

A California native, owner Annie Ha Esguerra is a third-generation restaurateur whose parents run five Vietnamese restaurants in Sacramento and San Jose.

In an interview with the business association, she said the restaurant will rely on “five or six family recipes” with a “modern, authentic” approach.

The 46-seat restaurant (with outdoor seating planned as well) could be a game changer for downtown Riverdale Park. Douglas Development, which owns the entire building, has been slow to lease it, with only the Bikram Hot Yoga studio so far.

The bistro’s size indicates an ambition to draw in customers from a broader area, and there’s certainly room for another cool dining option along the Route 1 corridor.

And the nearby Town Center Market, which is already a hotspot, plans to expand its outdoor seating soon.

College Park has four no-frills pho restaurants, mostly serving the university’s increasingly international student body, but a solid full-service Vietnamese dining option in Riverdale Park would be welcome by many area residents.