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{{Short description|Food and drinks retail area}}

File:Confectionery counter, Harrods Food Hall, London.jpg Food Hall, London]]

File:Mercado Roma (39701016555).jpg in Mexico City]]

A food hall is a large standalone location or department store section where food and drinks are sold.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140814074430/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/food-hall "Food hall"], Oxford Dictionaries

Overview

Unlike food courts made up of fast food chains, food halls typically mix local artisan restaurants, butcher shops and other food-oriented boutiques under one roof.{{cite news |last=Gose |first=Joe |date=September 12, 2017 |title=The Food Court Matures Into the Food Hall |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/business/food-hall-development.html |newspaper=The New York Times }} Food halls can also be unconnected to department stores and operate independently, often in a separate building, or repurposing a building formerly used for something else.{{Cite web |last=Biron |first=Bethany |date=2018-10-30 |title=Meet the food hall, the food court’s "authentic" cousin |url=https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/30/18039790/food-halls-local-vendors-court-modern |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}

The number of food halls in the United States grew by 37% in 2016 and has spread across the country. Advocates state that it provides a third place for gathering, can function as a business incubator, and are part of a trend towards more experiential retail experiences tailored to a given community, in contrast to traditional food courts with national chains which are deemed inauthentic.

The term "food hall" in the British sense is increasingly used in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://ny.eater.com/2014/3/24/6256791/anthony-bourdains-food-hall-will-have-40-to-50-vendors|title=Anthony Bourdain's Food Hall Will Have 40 to 50 Vendors|first=Greg|last=Morabito|date=March 24, 2014|website=Eater NY}} In some Asia-Pacific countries, "food hall" is equivalent to a North American "food court", or the terms are used interchangeably.

A food court means a place where the fast food chain outlets are located in a shopping mall.{{cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/food_court|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731183733/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/food_court|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 31, 2020|title=Food Court | Definition of Food Court by Lexico|website=Lexico Dictionaries | English}}

A gourmet food hall may also exist in the form of what is nominally a public market or a modern market hall, for example in Stockholm's Östermalm Saluhall{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvawyDSmxzkC&pg=PA77|title=Time Out Stockholm|date=February 9, 2011|publisher=Time Out Guides|via=Google Books|isbn=9781846702303}} or Mexico City's Mercado Roma.

Notable locations

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File:Östermalms saluhall 1.jpgs Saluhall, Stockholm, Sweden]]

File:Kauppahalli interior.jpg, Helsinki, Finland]]

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