World-Famous Gastronomy Market Opens in Renovated Corvin Palace

Scheduled to open in 2025, Time Out Market Budapest will be home to some of the city’s best culinary and cultural talent, from award-winning chefs to up-and-coming restaurateurs, writes Turizmus.com.

Time Out Market Budapest is scheduled to open in 2025, at the Corvin Palace on Blaha Lujza Square. The well-known department store, dating back to 1926, has recently been renovated and restored to its original neoclassical state. Currently, the former department store is being redeveloped as a mixed-use property with shops, entertainment facilities, and a hotel.

Time Out Market Budapest will have an indoor area of almost 2,500 square meters on the first floor and a further 775 square meters of outdoor space on the roof terrace, with 14 kitchens, four bars, an event hall, and seating for around 800 people, providing ample space to celebrate the outstanding culinary and cultural talents of the city and Hungary. Guests will be able to enjoy dishes from award-winning chefs, popular local chefs, and up-and-coming restaurateurs, as well as a range of drinks, including cocktails.

Beyond showcasing the best of the city, Time Out Market’s philosophy is to make prominent local culinary and cultural experiences accessible to all.

According to the release, to put together the Time Out Market’s gastronomic offering, the Time Out team will compile a list of places that make the city a vibrant culinary scene and then select the most exciting and ambitious local leaders in these areas. Part of this process involves finding and tasting the city’s current best places and then inviting the very best of them to join the market. However, it is not just about ‘big names.’ The city’s up-and-coming chefs with a big future and its much-loved hidden gems will also be proudly showcased.

This will be the first Time Out Market in Hungary.

The first Time Out Market opened in Lisbon in 2014, as the world’s first carefully curated gastronomic and cultural market. Subsequently, more Time Out Markets have opened around the world, spotlighting the gastronomic and cultural scene and diverse talents of their host cities. Although this concept is now popular in many cities, each market is designed to be specifically local.

Time Out Market is rooted in the Time Out heritage. The publication was launched in 1968, from a kitchen table in London to help people more easily discover the exciting new urban cultures emerging across the city. Today, teams of local expert journalists around the world work to select and compile a list of the best things to do, see, and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries, and then showcase them on websites, social media platforms, videos, newsletters, podcasts, and live events. This selection now comes to life at Time Out Market.

Via Turizmus.com; Featured image via Facebook/Hajnalka Szigetfű Kovács