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Inside the bright, shiny new Eaton Centre food court
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Subtext: don’t steal our dishware.
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Mid-century modern Bertoia side chairs. At the Eaton Centre.
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Panton S chairs designed by Denmark’s Verner Panton in the ’60s. Their playful shape and vibrant colour break the neutral colour monotony, and they’re comfortable too.
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This is the pulper. After food is collected at a food station, the food and paper waste is tossed into the pulper, which draws out 88 per cent of the moisture, then spits out dry, compostable pulp. Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the future.
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This bad boy can spit out 1,400 clean dishes an hour.
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Say goodbye to Styrofoam! The urban eatery is all about the sit-down dining service.
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In an attempt to curb waste, there are no garbage bins around, only collection stations.
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The tables are all made of Corian.
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There are 980 seats of various heights, colours and materials in the new space.
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Los Angles–based Table Art manufactured the dishware. The unbreakable plates and mugs are made out of melamine.
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These stackable glasses clink like real glass, but they sure don’t crack like real glass. They’re actually made out of borosilicate, a material typically used to make chemistry lab equipment. It’s not shatterproof, but it’s far more durable than traditional glass.
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Note the Michael Snow–inspired geese.
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The new food court is home to 24 vendors, dominated by big international chains (Subway, McDonald’s). But there’s also a number of Toronto-based restaurants that have joined the Eaton Centre roster, including Amaya Express, Liberty Noodles and Urban Herbivore.
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The Urban Herbivore, more familiar from Augusta Avenue, serves vegan food. At the Eaton Centre
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Hemant Bhagwani’s ubiquitous Amaya Express chain
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Liberty Noodle is here too
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When the food operators planned their redesigns, they had to collaborate with the Eaton Centre to achieve a cohesive aesthetic. This is what happened to Sbarro.
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Fancy new digs, same old colonel.
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Don’t worry, McDonald’s isn’t budging.
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