In other news...
Since Tuesday night's grand opening, the Foodie In Me has been drawn like a moth to a flame to the new Italian supermarket/restaurant,
Eataly.
In short, it's a huge space that not only features various Italian groceries, but it also features a couple of mini-restaurants: salumi, cheese, vegetables, pizza, fish, gelato, pastries, coffee, etc. It's the first American outpost of an Italian chain, and it's being run stateside by Mario Batali, Joe and Lidia Bastianich along with the original Italian founder, Oscar Farinetti.
There's been a lot of hype about the place, and in the first five days of business, they've managed to live up to most of it. It was also nice to see Chefs Batali and Bastianich in-house this past week too.
