Eataly, the bustling high-end food hall that Mario Batali, Joseph Bastianich, his mother, Lidia, and their partners opened in Manhattan more than two years ago, has reached an agreement to open its second United States store in Chicago, Mr. Bastianich said.
The new Eataly, on Ohio Street near Michigan Avenue in the retail heart of Chicago, will occupy the former home of the ESPN Zone sports bar and arcade that closed in 2010, in a more than 60,000-square-foot space.
Mr. Bastianich said the lease is to be signed Tuesday. The new store would cost about the same as the first ($20 million) and is expected to open in September 2013, he said.
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