Eataly
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| Food Retail | |
| Industry | Restaurants, Grocery store |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Oscar Farinetti |
| Headquarters | Italy |
| Products | food, wine |
| Website | eataly.com |
Eataly is the largest Italian marketplace (food hall) in the world, comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school. Eataly was founded by Oscar Farinetti, an entrepreneur, formerly involved in the consumer electronics business, and collaborates with Slow Food. Since 1st October 2016, Eataly is led by Andrea Guerra, who has took the role of executive chairman.
In January 2007, Italian businessman Oscar Farinetti converted a closed vermouth factory in Turin into the first location of Eataly. Eataly is located in the Lingotto district of Turin, and is easily accessible via the Lingotto metro station. The New York Times has described it as a "megastore" that "combines elements of a bustling European open market, a Whole-Foods-style supermarket, a high-end food court and a New Age learning center." Farinetti planned early on that additional stores would open elsewhere in Italy and in New York.
The Eataly in New York City is located near Madison Square Park, and Eataly partnership including Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich and Joe Bastianich. It is over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2) in size, and opened with a large amount of press coverage on August 31, 2010. Batali has described the place as a grocery store with tasting rooms. Mayor Michael Bloomberg attended the opening, praising Eataly for creating 300 new jobs. Two weeks after opening, there were still lines extending down Fifth Avenue to get into the store and it has since been very positively reviewed by the press. The New York Eataly was originally planned for a smaller space near Rockefeller Center.
The chain has additional locations in Italy, a few in Tokyo, and was also scouting for other locations as of 2010. In 2012 Eataly opened in Rome its largest megastore, in the abandoned Air Terminal building near Ostiense Station. There is an Eataly in the Porto Antico area in Genova.
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