Food lovers have found new playgrounds of the palate in the splashy multistation food halls popping up these days. However, the notion of a portfolio of restaurant-quality food stations under one roof has an antecedent in Foodlife, the Lettuce...
Each weekday between 3,000 and 8,000 people visit Eataly, the $20 million food hall opened last August by a group of investors, including famed chef Mario Batali. On weekends, the number swells; 12,000 people come to taste the Italian specialties...
