It's taking longer than expected for Eataly to move its corporate headquarters closer to its flagship Italian marketplace on Fifth Avenue. Some are speculating that the delay may be tied to stalled plans for Eataly to take possession of new retail space at 4 World Trade Center, according to the New York Post. But it's unclear how they are linked....

At long last, it's almost time to Eataly.My hunger for Chicago's outpost of the Italian original has grown from a gentle rumbling of the stomach to full-blown pangs. I've loitered outside Eataly's new home, the former ESPN Zone at 43 E. Ohio, like a dog waiting for scraps. As construction crews entered and exited, I've tried stealing peeks at what'...

Today, Eataly New York and the Italian American Committee on Education (IACE) announced the launch of "Short Food Movie: The Oscars at Eataly," a contest to create a food-themed video less than one minute long using a smartphone, tablet, or video camera.   This initiative is an extension of the EXPO Milan 2015 "Short Food Movie" program them...

American chefs and their Italian counterparts are teaming up once again for the fourth annual Identita New York, a three day series of cooking demonstrations and fancy dinners taking place in early October at Eataly.   Mario Batali, Daniel Boulud and Sara Jenkins are a few of the chefs representing the States with Massimo Bottura, Mauro Ulia...

In an Italian family, the celebratory ritual of creating and sharing the meal trumps all. In my own family this has also been the case.   Providing and preparing delicious nourishment can become an event that connects the members of a family in the present—while linking us to our shared past, and to those no longer at the table. In the act o...

La scelta di istituire il 2013 quale Anno della Cultura Italiana negli Stati Uniti rappresenta una grande opportunità per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale e scientifico italiano e per la promozione del Sistema Paese sia nella sua componente culturale, sia in quella produttiva costituita dal Brand Italia.   Torino ha risposto all'in...

by Phil Reimer   North American cruise lines had been on a building boom until new-builds stabilized for this year and next. If it were the airline industry, you would be seeing major carriers parking their older models or selling them to emerging nations.   Not so in the cruise industry; for the most part, cruise lines keep their old...

You can now get Eataly's fresh Italian fare delivered straight to your home or office. The popular eatery has teamed up with premium food delivery service Caviar to give Chicagoans the option to order the counter goods straight to their door if they can't stop in the 65,000-square-foot River North storefront. "Choose from a selection of panin...

The tourists stream in one after the other, converging from all directions. You can tell they're tourists not only by the cameras and the clothes—sweat-soaked T-shirts, faded polo shirts and drab sundresses no fashionable New Yorker would dream of wearing—but also by the goggle-eyed amazement on their faces as they drink the place in. It's almost a...

By Allison Beck   Leave it to Dave Pasternack, the chef at Esca and Il Pesce at Eataly, to find the perfect description for it: "Studio 54, but in a supermarket, at night."   Indeed, the Batali-Bastianich mega-temple of Italian food, Eataly, burst onto the scene this summer and has been thronged with people ever since. Food tourists w...