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By Jeanette Settembre Mario Batali's latest venture involves weddings and cocktail parties.Batali has teamed up with New York celebrity catering chef Mary Giuliani to launch Mario by Mary, a customized catering line."Mary and her team make perfecto food all of the time, and I am honored to work with such a savvy and tasty squadron." Batali said in...

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Chicago is ready to take Italian food to a whole new level.The long-awaited Eataly opened on Monday, bringing with it a wealth of delicious food and drinks that will make food-lovers swoon. The market, founded in 2007 by entrepreneur Oscar Farinetti in Italy, incorporates the influence of famous chefs Mario Batali and Joe and Lidia Bastianich. In...

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by Hillary Dixler   After telling Eater NY last week that when it came to further expansion "nothing is set in stone," Italian megastore Eataly has revealed plans for two additional locations to open in New York City. Food historian and cookbook author Francine Segan attended an event at Eataly last night and reports via Twitter that founder...

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Boston could be getting its own version of Eataly, celebrity chef Mario Batali's wildly popular Manhattan food emporium that combines restaurants and a vast gourmet market to recreate the bustling experience of an Italian piazza.   The Eataly concept was introduced in Turin six years ago by businessman Oscar Farinetti, who partnered with Bat...

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With the Oscars (a.k.a.Vanity Fair's Olympics, our Kentucky Derby, our Super Bowl) fast approaching, many of us here could use an extra drink. With that in mind, this week's cocktail hour brings you not one, but two cocktails from La Sirena, Mario Batali's latest, highly anticipated restaurant in New York's Maritime Hotel.   Since opening ea...

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The wait for Eataly in Century City continues, with these latest renderings showing the popular Italian grocery and food court hovering above the upcoming Macy's department store.   Mario Batali has already confirmed a 2017 opening, which means Angelenos will have to wait nearly two years for a taste of Italy's finest. It's unclear at this p...

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All the boys and girls of Chicago must have been very good this year, because Monday marks the opening of one of the greatest concepts ever brought to the foodie world: a Nutella bar.   The bar is located inside of Mario Batali's 63,000 square foot new Eataly, which is 30% bigger than the New York location.   Read more   Source...

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Details have been scarce about the forthcoming Chicago outpost of Eataly, Mario Batali's sprawling Italian market and restaurant with locations in New York City and Rome, but beer fans will be glad to hear that brewpub planning is underway. Delaware-based brewery Dogfish Head announced that it will continue its partnership with Eataly and will des...

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Now that Eataly Chicago has been operating for a couple of weeks, now that lines form daily in front of each of its 23 eateries, it's about time we recognise that Eataly Chicago, at its overstuffed heart, is also a market.   A 63,000-square-foot wonderland, importing whole octopus from Spain, making mozzarella twice an hour. But fundamental...

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by Michael Gebert   Mario Batali may be the most celebrated Italian restaurant chef in America at the moment. He's unquestionably the most recognizable—imposingly big, bookended by orange hair at one end and his trademark orange clogs at the other end, equally trademark vest in between.   Having established his image visually, not to...

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