Sheerly in terms of size and ambition, Eataly Chicago—which opens today at 4 PM at 43 E. Ohio (no phone, no Chicago information on the website, eataly.com)—is the food story of the year. The massive store adds almost two dozen individual restaurants and food counters to the River North scene at once, and its huge distribution network will not only bring vast amounts of imported Italian goods into the city but foster the creation of new markets for locally grown midwestern produce of all kinds.…
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