Walk into either Eataly location in New York City, and you’re likely to see mobs of tourists, and long lines to pick up either one of their handmade sandwiches or a slice of their fresh focaccia bread. Venture around the store, and you’ll find stalls set up selling gelato, fresh pasta, a glass case full of cheese, and what is probably some of the b...

If your idea of heaven is wandering around 20 acres of food stalls, demonstrations and workshops, then crack out the elastic-waisted trousers because a theme park entirely dedicated to food is opening. The Fabrica Italiana Contadina or the Italian Farming Factory's (FICO) Eataly World is opening November 5, 2017, in Bologna, Italy, and we cannot ge...

As if every day isn’t an Italian food event at Eataly, the prestigious Milan-based culinary organization Identita Golose returns for its fourth annual takeover of the marketplace the weekend of Oct. 7-8. Chef Sarah Grueneberg, co-owner of Monteverde restaurant in the West Loop, will play hometown host at what’s dubbed Identita Chicago, and the them...

To end summer on a high note, Eataly Boston is throwing an outdoor block party series full of food, drinks and live music on Boylston Street. Every Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. through Sept. 28, Piazza all'Aperto ("open piazza") is welcoming people to indulge and have fun right outside of Eataly.  "We were inspired by sagre, the bustling food fes...

The long-awaited Los Angeles location of Eataly is getting close. The Italian-focused market and multi-restaurant concept should be ready to land at the revamped Westfield Century City by the end of this year, and to get that process underway they’re starting to staff up. First things first, a facilities manager to oversee the entire sprawling prop...

If someone were to ask me to describe Eataly to them in just a few words, I would tell them that the 50,000 square foot marketplace is the Disneyland of all things Italian. Opened on August 31st, 2010, Eataly is owned by Italian powerhouses and culinary household names, Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali. The two, with other various partners, have s...

Eataly's first-ever all-ravioli concept has debuted at the Italian megastore's newest New York City location in the Financial District. I Ravioli, a ravioli takeout counter in Eataly's second Manhattan store offers three types of ravioli to scarf down during your lunch break or take back to your desk for an Italian-style feast under $15. While peak...

Abbondanza translates to ‘abundance’ in Italian, and that is exactly the way to describe this gastronomic eatery which just open­ed in Boston in November 2016. The destination Italian marketplace, dubbed Eataly, is located in the Prudential Center shops. Celebrity Chef Mario Batali has added Bos­ton to his New York and Chicago locations, a veritabl...

"It starts with an idea, a concept" is how celebrated chef and Emmy winner Lidia Bastianich describes what launched her into the food business some four decades ago. That idea began with a single restaurant in Queens, N.Y., in 1971. Today, Bastianich oversees her own Italian food line, Lidia's, in partnership with daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali,...

From an idea originating in Italy, a businessman made this philosophy his way of life and business. The idea is Slow Food, the man Dino Borri, and the work that of head buyer of Eataly North America. We met Borri for an interview on sustainability and Made in Italy, as part of the Business Italian Style project, offered by Montclair State Universit...