Eataly opens in The City, London's financial district

The two-floor store is 42,000-square-foot and combines hospitality and retail, in the shape of three restaurants and as many bars, with an Italian deli and a massive wine offering. The ground floor is largely focused on prepared foods with the bulk of the retail offer being on the upper level.

In total, this is an Eataly that has much in common with other branches, but has been tailored to fit the needs of London locals with confectionary and wine to the fore. Tourists will probably make the trek to the store as well but given its location, it will be financial workers and fashionable East Londoners, from nearby trendy Spitalfields, that will form that bulk of the shopper cohort.

Eataly opens in The City, London's financial district