Eataly

On Saturday, we went to check out Mario Batali's new mega food complex, Eataly.  It is a large space with an Italian market and several small places throughout where you can sit down and have something to eat: a seafood bar, a vegetable butcher, a salumi and cheese bar, a pizza/pasta restaurant, and a gelateria.

We tried to go when it first opened, but the pizza/pasta restaurant was so mobbed that there was going to be a two hour wait, so we bagged that idea.  This weekend, we made our triumphant return and were successful at getting a table in just under an hour.  The whole fam was there, so we all shared some pizza and pasta.

We had a good time, and the food was good, but it doesn't get my vote for best pizza (or lasagna) in NYC.