Market hall

A market hall is a covered space or a building where food and other articles are sold from stalls by independent vendors. A market hall is a type of indoor market and is especially common in many European countries. A food hall, the most usual variation of a market hall, is "a large section of a department store, where food is sold" according to the Oxford Dictionary.[1]

This article is about contemporary market halls. For historical market halls, see Market house. For other uses, see Market hall (disambiguation).
Östermalms Saluhall, Stockholm, Sweden
Interior of the Kuopio Market Hall, Kuopio, Finland

Market halls and food halls can also be unconnected to department stores and operate independently, often in a separate building. A modern market hall may also exist in the form of what is nominally a gourmet food hall or a public market, for example in Stockholm's Östermalm Saluhall[2] or Mexico City's Mercado Roma.

The terms "Food hall" and "Food court" must not be confused with each other. A food court means a place where the fast food chain outlets are located in a shopping mall.[3] 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.[4] The term "food hall" in the British sense, meaning an equivalent of a market hall, is increasingly used in the United States. In some Asia-Pacific countries, "food hall" is equivalent to a North American "food court", or the terms are used interchangeably.

See also

References
  1. "Food hall", Oxford Dictionaries
  2. Time Out Stockholm, p.77
  3. "Food court", Oxford Dictionaries
  4. "The Food Court Matures Into the Food Hall". New York Times. September 12, 2017.
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