Late this fall, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's company will open a Chicago Eataly (43 E. Ohio St., no phone yet), only the second U.S. location for the market-and-restaurant chain. (There are nine in Japan and eight in Italy, where they are still called Eataly, and not Eatalia, to answer your question.)

The 63,000-square-foot, two-floor complex will be an eight-restaurant polpo, as well as a butcher, a produce market, and a grocery with imported olive oil, wine, and pastas, as well as locally-sourced products. It's located in the River North space that was formerly an ESPN Zone.

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