It's t-minus three and a half hours until the debut of Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich's monster culinary playground Eataly and already the twittersphere is abuzz with excitement. For those who walked by in the late morning and wondered what all those armed guards were for, it was because Mayor Bloomberg and Archbishop Dolan were in the house for the ribbon cutting. Hizzhonor was psyched that Eataly has provided so many jobs for New Yorkers, thus lowering the unemployment rate. We'll check back in later once the doors are open to the public, so stay tuned.
· Welcome to Eataly, a 50,000 Sq. Ft. Italian Culinary Funhouse [~ENY~]
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