Cipriani Presents Details About Planned UWS Food Hall: Report

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Developers bringing a new Cipriani-helmed food hall to the Upper West Side presented new plans for the business at a local community board meeting this month, according to reports.

General Investment & Development and the Cipriani family envision a space in the vein of popular downtown spot Eataly at the 28,000-square-foot food hall inside one of the three towers in the Upper West Side mega development Waterline Square, neighborhood blog the West Side Rag first reported.

In addition to a full-service Cipriani restaurant the food hall will feature small-scale vendors that dish out coffee, gelato, pizza and alcoholic drinks, the West Side Rag reported. The food hall would be open daily between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., according to the report.

GID and Cipriani announced their partnership in the summer of 2017. The food hall will occupy space in the building known as Two Waterline Square, located on Riverside Boulevard between West 59th and 61st streets. The Waterline Square developments have since topped out, and applications for below-market units in the developments were open in late 2018.

"We are creating a dynamic food, beverage, and market destination, where Midtown meets the Upper West Side, with one of the world's most established and recognized names in dining and hospitality," James Linsley, president of GID Development Group, said in a 2017 statement.

The Cipriani family's roots in the food industry go back to 1931, when Giuseppe Cipriani Sr. opened Harry's Bar in the Piazza San Marco, Venice. Now the family operates dining establishments in cities such as New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Mexico City and Dubai.

The Waterline Square development will span nearly five acres along Riverside Boulevard between West 59th and West 61st streets.

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