Fresh off the opening of the company's first Northern California branch, global Italian food hall & market chain Eataly has all but confirmed they are searching for a space to open a branch in San Diego.

In early 2007, Italian businessman Oscar Farinetti converted a closed vermouth factory in the Northern Italian city of Turin into the first location of Eataly. There are now 41 Eataly locations with stores all around Italy, as well as in Istanbul, Arabia, Japan, Seoul, Stockholm, London, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Toronto, Dallas, and the recently-opened location at the Westfield Valley Fair mall in Silicon Valley, CA.