Depachika to Open at Manhattan Train Station

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Florence Fabricant, Japanese Treats for the Train Ride Home. In her weekly half-page column Front Burner. New York Times, Feb 18, 2015
www.nytimes.com/2015/02/18/dinin ... -grand-central.html
("In Japan, a depachika is a lavish department-store food hall. Starting Wednesday, a new depachika-inspired market will be set up in Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal, crammed with noodles, sweets, beers, tofu, sake and more. Takoyaki (octopus balls), made by chefs from Japan, are among the highlights")

Note:
(a) Japanese English dictionary
* depachika デパ地下 【デパちか】 (n): "(col[loquial]) (abbr) basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold)"
* takoyaki たこ焼 (き) 【たこやき】 (n): "octopus dumplings"  (The "tako" is Japanese pronunciation for octopus.)
(b) takoyaki
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki
(On Osaka "a street vendor named Tomekichi ENDŌ 遠藤 留吉 is credited with its invention in 1935. Takoyaki was inspired by akashiyaki 明石焼き, a small round dumpling from the city of Akashi 明石[市] in Hyōgo Prefecture 兵庫県 made of an egg-rich batter and octopus