Don’t confuse “food courts” with “food halls.” One can be found in the mall and is usually packed with quick-serve chains. A Food Hall celebrates local markets and artisans. And they are big business! The number of food halls operating in the United States is expected to exceed 200 in 2019, about double the number that were open in late 2016, according to the brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield. (The firm estimates a 700 percent increase in food halls since 2010.) Capitalizing on the boom, and treating the halls as a destination, hotel properties are connecting themselves to these markets. Currently, there are only a handful of these properties in the U.S. where you can shop for local goods and dine on local fair and then head off to bed, just steps away. Nice! Here’s a roundup of places you can shop/eat/stay and support local business.

Inn at the 5th and 5th Street Public Market in Eugene, Oregon

This luxury, boutique hotel in the heart of downtown Eugene (and at the doorstep to Oregon’s Willamette Valley wine region) wows guests with private balconies, fireplaces, butler’s pantries, and local artwork, but it’s the connection to the lovely 5th Street Public Market filled with 25 artisan shops and eclectic restaurants that keeps guests coming back for more. A favorite at the market is Provisions Market Hall, offering fresh produce, cheese, coffee, pastries, meat, wine, cookware, and cooking classes. And the recently refreshed top floor of the market, Public Market Eateries, now boasts two new restaurants: Market Ramen and Winner Winner (you guessed it, a chicken dinner).

Market Ramen is a newer addition to 5th Street Public Market.

Row NYC and City Kitchen in New York, New York

The Times Square hotel location means guests have access to anything and everything Times Square has to offer – 24/7, but City Kitchen at the hotel is equally entrancing and open seven days a week. Bringing New York’s most desired and hyped food concepts to the bull’s eye of NYC, visitors can delight in the city’s best dishes – without having to travel to taste them. No neighborhood has been left unturned, from Brooklyn to the Upper West Side – and everywhere in between.

Inn at the Market and Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington

Recently renovated, Inn at the Market is the only downtown Seattle hotel located directly in the famous Pike Place Market (one of the country’s oldest farmers markets). The hotel offers modern Pacific Northwest style and comfort surrounded by downtown Seattle’s most acclaimed restaurants and iconic landmarks.

The Source Hotel + Market Hall in Denver, Colorado (opening August 2018)

The team behind Denver’s The Source — an 1880’s foundry building turned artisan market hall — will debut its adjacent sister property, The Source Hotel in August 2018. The new property will feature 100 rooms and complement the existing Source with an additional market hall showcasing New Belgium’s first Denver small-batch brewery, a collection of craft-focused vendors, three restaurants, and a rooftop terrace with sweeping views of the downtown Denver skyline and Rocky Mountains.

The Source Hotel, adjacent to its namesake food hall, with restaurants, shops, a bar and plenty of seating, opens summer, 2018.

Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel and the Midtown Global Market in Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel is connected to the Midtown Global Market, a national landmark known for award-winning food, shopping, and entertainment with over 50 merchants housed in what was previously a long-vacant Sears building in a somewhat “undesirable” part of town. Now the area is thriving and is a smaller scale alternative to nearby Mall of America.

The Crawford Hotel and Denver Union Station in Denver, Colorado

The only hotel located within Denver Union Station, guests at The Crawford have access to Union Station’s 13 different local shops and restaurants all under a single roof. Each of the three hotel floors at The Crawford Hotel represents a different era of Denver Union Station’s history, a favorite being the Pullman Room with its train car design – perfect since the station still operates as a transportation hub with Amtrak trains and also light rail service to convenient places like the Denver International Airport.

Denver’s Union Station still functions as a train station but is also a meeting place and hub for locally-owned restaurants and shops. The Crawford Hotel was built onto the wings of the station when it was renovated a few years ago.