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At 4p.m. CST today, Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich swung the doors open at their insanely anticipated Eataly Chicago, the 63,000-square-foot Italian emporium with its very own Nutella bar. Unsurprisingly, lines formed around the block pre-opening, and first-day visitors obsessively Tweeted, Instagrammed, and social media-ed everything from the Chicago Bulls-shaped loaves of bread to the kitchen staff to the Rahm Emanuel sightings (the Chicago mayor was officially Eataly's first customer, presumably getting to skip the line).
Today we opened the largest @Eataly in the country.
It is so on. http://t.co/IKsoT3pVRg pic.twitter.com/3B0VUHX62L
— ChicagoMayorsOffice (@ChicagosMayor) December 2, 2013
@Eataly #eatalychicago opens in 2 minutes. 300 people in line. pic.twitter.com/k8bJWXqzuA
— Nicola Farinetti (@NicolaFarinetti) December 2, 2013
@Eataly #eatalychicago I couldn't wait to be open. What a great city. pic.twitter.com/MnnpU4RCtC
— Nicola Farinetti (@NicolaFarinetti) December 2, 2013
.@Eataly Chicago = retailtainment: celeb partners @Jbastianich @LidiaBastianich @MarioBatali, open kitchens pic.twitter.com/rQwXHg048k
— Virginia Lee (@VirginiaALee) December 2, 2013
@Eataly #eatalychicago our Rosticceria is ready. Our local chicken is cooked perfectly pic.twitter.com/rydXbAxnq0
— Nicola Farinetti (@NicolaFarinetti) December 2, 2013
@Eataly #eatalychicago ever seen a Nutella Bar? You may want to come and check it out. pic.twitter.com/HJzIO2wF4V
— Nicola Farinetti (@NicolaFarinetti) December 2, 2013
An impressive Chicago Bulls loaf of bread at the @Eataly Chicago bakery. pic.twitter.com/8iRZFkJdhB
— RedEyeEat&Drink (@redeyeeatdrink) December 2, 2013
It's a mad house at #EatalyChicago but I'm loving every delish minute if it! #foodies pic.twitter.com/S6Thnbv4YD
— Bobby Parrish (@FlavCity) December 2, 2013
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