These Are The Newest Food Halls You Need To Visit

Food halls have enjoyed a popular resurgence in popular food culture. While places like Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market, Seattle's Pikes Place Market and San Francisco's Ferry Building have long been the flag bearers for US food halls, new players are redefining the category. Here is a look at new food halls that you may not have heard about, but need to visit immediately.

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Similar to the all-inclusive Eately marketplace found in New York and Chicago, celebrity chefs Michael Mina and Don Pintabona opened Locale Market in St Petersburg, FL in 2014. Locale Market is a two-story, 20,000 square foot culinary marketplace that has helped usher in an amazing food-driven renaissance in a once-sleepy coastal town.

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The first floor of Locale Market includes a meticulously-sourced grocery store, bakery, handmade pasta station, a butcher featuring a mouth-watering array of dry-aged steaks, juice bar and wine bar. Close to a dozen ‘kitchens’ are located on this floor serving an impressive array of prepared foods ranging from dry-aged beef hamburgers to sushiritos filled with fresh-caught seafood.

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The 145-seat FarmTable Kitchen takes up most the second floor, while a small space has been carved out for a gift store featuring kitchenware and cookbooks. FarmTable Kitchen is a full-service and James Beard award-winning chef-owned restaurant. On select nights, the restaurant offers an exquisite, eight-course meal.