Giant Eagle brings Market District to the west side of Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Giant Eagle on Thursday celebrated the grand opening of its newest Market District in Strongsville, Ohio. The Strongsville Market District will be the first Market District location serving the west side of Cleveland. The 107,000 square foot Market District is open 24 hours a day, and will offer restaurant-quality dishes, as well as unique meat, produce, cheese and grocery selections from around the globe.
“As a company we are excited to be expanding our Northeast Ohio presence. The addition of the Strongsville location marks our third area Market District in just 15 months,” stated Giant Eagle spokesperson, Rob Borella. “The newest location showcases our unique passion for food, with expertly trained Team Members who will help customers to unlock their own culinary potential”.
Star of ABC’s The Chew, culinary expert and restaurateur Mario Batali participated in the grand opening celebration of the Strongsville Market District. Batali was in-store for a pre-registered customer appearance, book signing and cooking demonstration in Market District’s cooking school, promoting his specialty Spicy Ricotta and Tomato “In Corozza” sandwich. This sandwich will be for sale exclusively at the Strongsville Market District during the grand opening weekend with proceeds benefiting the Mario Batali Foundation. Batali joins a long list of the world’s most prominent chefs who have been wowed by the Market District experience, Giant Eagle noted. Martha Stewart called Market District a “veritable retail wonderland,” and Guy Fieri called Market District “the Disneyland of grocery stores”.
The Strongsville Market District is the first Cleveland location to offer a state of the art, hands-on cooking school. The cooking school, located on the mezzanine level of the store, provides a place for cooks of all levels to explore new food ideas, share food knowledge, learn techniques, and take a range of classes taught by Market District and celebrity chefs and cookbook authors.
The new Strongsville location showcases an in-store restaurant area that combines a modern dining experience in a contemporary rustic atmosphere. A unique highlight of the full service restaurant area is a new electronic direct table delivery system where Market District Team Members deliver meals directly to customers’ tables. The restaurant also offers a full service wine and beer bar that seats 12 and features wine by the glass, microbrews, specialty beers, as well as 18 craft and local beers on tap.
In addition, the store offers a wealth of freshly prepared foods including stone hearth-baked pizzas and fresh hand-rolled sushi. The Strongsville Market District brings unique culinary elements to consumers, including an expanded selection of international grocery items, a wide array of conventional, organic and specialty produce, and a vast variety of bulk foods. Customers will be educated and entertained by the ongoing cooking activities and interactive events at the demonstration station.
The new Market District also features an expanded health, beauty and wellness department filled with natural and organic cosmetics, vitamins, supplements and personal care products, and staffed with a licensed skin care professional and a registered dietitian conducting ongoing wellness events and activities.The pharmacy offers free blood pressure medications and free Prenatal Plus vitamins.