In a major advance for Grand Central Terminal’s burgeoning culinary scene, a new Italian restaurant and market will span nearly 8,500 square feet on the station’s main level when it opens next month. And it will likely be a win-win both for its operator and its landlord, the MTA.
Osteria Centrale and Mercato Centrale are at the buzzing ground-floor point where the terminal meets the One Vanderbilt office tower. Operator Vizz Group, founded by Rick Blatstein, also runs phenomenally successful Grand Brasserie in the terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall.
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The MTA is diversifying and expanding the terminal’s hospitality venues “to make it even more of a destination for people and events,” the authority’s real estate head, David Florio, recently told The Post’s Lisa Fickenscher. It’s also to help the MTA reduce a $300 million deficit for fiscal 2027…