Eataly is Mario Batalli's ginormous store/restaurants, in the Flatiron neighborhood. It is a feast for the eyes....if not for the stomach!
We were disappointed with our meal in the fish restaurant. I had a cod filet; Pat had "fritto misto alla Ligure," which was a pile of fried mixed seafood. Both were soberingly bland. Pat noted that Mario's thing is simply prepared food, but for the love of Pete, would some seasoning or a nice sauce be such a terrible thing? There was a nice cipollini onion soaked in vinegar with my cod, and that little bite was far more delectable than the fish, or the bland lentils on which it rested. The fritto misto just tasted fried. I can't remember being so unenthusiastic about something fried.
The store part of the complex was pretty cool. I wanted to buy the cheeses, pastas, produce.
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