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Hipster food halls is Europe and major cities in the US are very packed and popular. Don't know where you Negative Nancys get your data unless you used to live in a dying city in the rustbelt or something. Also you guys are forgetting that the food hall will have to compete with the rest of downtown so prices will be fair. You can find a pint of good craft beer in downtown Raleigh for $3 bucks the food hall will have to compete with those prices.
Reading Terminal Market is one of the best food markets in the nation! Of course, it's quite large and has been around for over 100 years. :-) Glad you enjoyed it.
FWIW, Google Maps says that it's an 11 minute walk from the back entrance to convention center @Cabarrus and McDowell. Google maps also says that the front entrance is a 13 minute walk to Transfer Company.
If it is higher-priced, Hipster-ish, etc. then I think it is destined to fail. It's counter to why these place are successful elsewhere.
It probably will. The food truck scene has gotten stale (not saying they're all bad it's just stale) and this is the next "thing". Like the food trucks, you're probably looking at a $10 baseline for whatever you're ordering. Which is basically why I avoid food trucks. The cost doesn't generally doesn't represent the quality.
At the end of the day it's a perpetual food truck rodeo. Indoors.
It's simple. If you don't like the price points, don't go. If you don't like the food offerings, don't go. If you don't like the culture or customer base, don't go.
I can guarantee you there are more than enough happy people who will patronize this place and I am one of them.
Comparing a tourist destination like Chicago with 55 million recorded visitors to a city like Raleigh is almost no leisure tourism?
The food halls in downtown Chicago aren't for tourists. They are for business people to get lunch. Most close around 6PM and aren't open on the weekends.
I'm assuming the one in Raleigh is for a similar purpose.
There's also a "food hall" in the basement of the government building that has Arby's, Taco Bell, etc. and has normal prices. Same business hours.
The best food hall-ish idea I've seen is in Milwaukee at the Public Market. It's open later and has vendors besides food. You can get dessert items, cheese, beer, t-shirts, novelty items, and locally made products. Picture a farmers market mixed with a food court and a Hallmark store, but on a much smaller scale. It caters to both tourists and locals.
Just got a notification that the opening date has been moved back to August?
Ha! I knew that it was too good to be true. Wanna bet that they push it to September?
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