As expected, the 50,000 sq. ft. Batali-Bastianich uber supermarket, Eataly, opened just before 4 p.m. today. Our man on the scene got a photo of the line before the doors swung open, and sent other photos from the belly of the beast. Here’s a look of the megaplex taking in the first of what they’re estimating will be four to six million customers a year. We’re told the main restaurant, Manzo, isn’t yet open but the menus are immediately below. Within ten minutes, there were already thirty-minute waits at the pizza and pasta restaurants.
Manzo menu: Antipasti, Piedmontese Beef, Primi, Secondi, Contori, Beef Tasting, Taste of Liguria, Taste of Parmigiano Reggiano [pdfs]
La Piazza di Eataly menu [pdf]
La Pasta menu [pdf]
Photo: Bryan Hood
Photo: Bryan Hood
Photo: Bryan Hood
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