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San Francisco’s China Live is coming to Seattle and 4 more food halls open or in the works

Collections of new and existing restaurants are coming to food halls in Boston, New York, California and Nashville

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

February 13, 2020

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Food halls are opening in cities across the country-find out what's next for each city.

China Live, a food hall in San Francisco’s Chinatown that debuted in 2017, is planning to open a second location in Seattle that will be in Amazon’s new U.S. headquarters. Slated to open in 2021, this food hall will take over 13,000-square-feet, seat 300 and include full-service restaurants, bars and shops.

The San Francisco location cost $20 million to build and covers 30,000-square-feet of space in the city where it is touted as “the Chinese version of Eataly.”

First opened in Italy in 2007, Eataly has grown into a chain of food halls that now includes 25 locations worldwide.

Time Out has unveiled food halls around the world focusing on the local cuisine and chefs of each respective city. The most recent opened in Chicago in late 2019, including restaurants with the teams behind Michelin-starred Band of Bohemia, Fat Rice and more. The next Time Out food hall is set to open in Boston later this year.

The U.S. food hall market has grown to include big name chefs:  José Andrés opened Mercado Little Spain in New York City’s newest food destination, Hudson Yards, to mimic the markets of Spain but in 35,000-square-feet of New York City real estate, for example.

A yet-to-be revealed food hall concept from award winning chef Tom Colicchio in Kansas City is on deck. No word on an opening date in 2020, but the 40,000-square-foot food hall is proposed to house 20 concepts that will focus on “exceptional but accessible food by national and local chefs.”

Related:Time Out Market Chicago shapes up for later-2019 opening

Take a closer look at some of the up-and-coming food halls across the country.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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