Is a food hall in Fenway worth saving? There’s only one answer.

By Shirley Leung Globe Columnist,Updated January 16, 2026, 6:00 a.m.

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A food hall may be a feast for our stomachs but operating one successfully is a massive undertaking, said Whitney Gallivan, partner and senior managing director at Boston Realty Advisors who works with the landlord of High Street Place.

It’s like coordinating 10 to 20 restaurants under one roof, while managing a steady turnover of tenants to keep the food hall concept fresh.

“You need to constantly rework the recipe,” said Gallivan. “It’s a complete labor of love … you can’t underestimate how much work goes into it.“

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From ‘the best of the best,’ to shutting down: The rise and fall of Fenway’s Time Out Market

Time Out Market opened as the first of a new wave of food halls in Boston. Six years later, it’s closing down.

By Janelle Nanos and Hannah Goeke Globe Staff  and Globe Correspondent,Updated January 14, 2026, 3:31 p.m.

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Time Out was the first and largest in a wave of upscale food halls to open around Boston in recent years, with the latest set to open in Kendall Square this month. Its failure likely says more about the operations of Time Out, and the nuances of its specific location, than about the idea writ large, said Whitney Gallivan, a veteran retail broker at Boston Realty Advisors.

“I don’t think Time Out closing in Fenway has anything to do with a success of a food hall as a concept, and it has no reflection on Boston,” she said. “Time Out thought they would plop it in and it would be a well-oiled machine and it would just work . . . but you can’t take your their eye off the ball.”

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