Market hall

Östermalms Saluhall, Stockholm, Sweden

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]

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.

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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