Here's Why 15,000 People Lined Up at Eataly Last Week
Many delights drew the crowds, but our food editor says the Roman pizza is the new NYC Downtown's hottest, most delicious commodity.
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At noon on Thursday, Aug. 11, the line outside Eataly NYC Downtown stretched a thousand people long, down three floors and out into the street.
Day One of the 45,000-square-foot, $39 million project on the third floor of 4 World Trade Center could have been more popular only if Olympic gymnast Simone Biles had somersaulted in. I arrived around 2 p.m. (partner Alex Saper estimated that I was somewhere around the 5,000th customer), grabbed a map from the woman who was handing them out fast and furiously at the entrance, and walked around.