What to Do in New York City: Eat at Eataly

By Jennie

I was recently in New York City for a quick solo work trip. Because I was there alone and exhausted from the conference each night, I stuck close to my hotel for dinners. Thankfully my hotel (on 24th and 6th) was on the same block as Eataly, the incredible marketplace that includes multiple restaurants and its own gourmet market. Their mission statement of sorts is "we sell what we cook and we cook what we sell," and both parts of that sentence mean delicious food whenever you want it.

It really is kind of a hard-to-describe place until you walk in and realize it's the best place you could ever have stumbled upon. I wanted to move in. I miss it still. It's like Disneyland for food lovers.

I walked around for close to an hour, checking out all the delicious items for sale, all the meat, cheese, and wine counters. I finally settled on the pizza/pasta resturant for dinner and sat at the bar with a glass of sparkling wine and my Kindle. I was seated right beside the plating station, which was awesome. I heard squabbles between waiters, saw every delicious dish come off the line, and neary took a bite off a plate of gnocchi, but it was rescued by a waitress just in time.

The pizza was delicious too! It was a more casual restaurant and I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to dine at the market.

Have you ever been to Eataly? What about your favorite NYC dining spots?

Comments

[Airlie]

Eataly is my favorite! When my boyfriend lived in NYC we would grab sandwiches and gelato and go across the street to have lunch in the park. I've heard rumors that one is coming to DC which makes me very happy!

[Jen L.]

Ooh, LOVE Eataly! I've only ever had pizza there, but everything looks amazing. I have a zillion favorites from living in NYC for so long, but my "Don't Miss" spots when I visit are 44 SW (Italian cuisine, but they have a grilled salad that'll knock your socks off), Kashkaval (a wine and tapas bar), Penang (Malaysian) and scones from Alice's Tea Cup.