The second you walk into Eataly, opening in the Manulife Centre at 5 p.m. Wednesday, you’ll be like, “Here, take all my money." Drop your keto commitments and indulge at one of the best new culinary destinations Toronto and Bloor-Yorkville now has to offer.

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There’s 50,000 square feet and three floors of pizza, pasta, and seafood inside the Manulife Centre.

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You better like cheese, the formaggi counter stocks 600 different types to try.

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Nicola Farinetti is the global CEO and son of Eataly founder Oscar Farinetti and gave folks a tour of the facility, stressing that they take their pizza so seriously they partnered with a family from Naples to get it just right.

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Pastaio (pasta maker) Luca Donofrio has an Instagram worth following and knows how to hand-make over 375 pasta shapes.

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Every Eataly has the same model of wood-burning oven, shipped from Spain and built on-site.

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Bakers at Eataly make 1,000 loaves a day using Italian organic and stone-ground flour.

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The wall of $2,000 wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano will have you salivating.

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They go through a wheel a day!

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The “Sweet Corridor” features a house-made gelateria using milk from Ontario’s Sheldon Creek Dairy.

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There’s an entire wing, the size of an LCBO, dedicated to olive oil and vinegars.

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