TPG Architecture completes 45,000 s/f culinary mecca - Eataly

TPG has worked with the Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group and their Italian partners to bring Eataly, an epic-scale 45,000 s/f Italian culinary mecca, to New York City in the Flatiron District. Described by Mario Batali as a "temple" to Italian food and the Slow Food movement, Eataly is located in 200 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron district at 23rd St. and 5th Ave. directly across from Madison Square Park. TPG was the architect for the store fronts and interior. The retail environment features five restaurants with open kitchens, and several other food venues specializing in Italian delicacies like fresh pasta, cured meats, formaggi and pesce. There's a cooking school, a wine bar, a wine store, a Rizzoli outpost, an Italian bank, a travel agency and an outpost of the Italian newspaper La Stampa. Not to mention the marketplace with its exclusive offerings. TPG also designed the 6,000 s/f rooftop microbrewery slated to open in November. The roughly 200-seat, partially enclosed roof top microbrewery, to be accessible from an in-store elevator.