I was at the Villagio last week and there were people busy in there cooking and eating and working. I have renewed hope. This store was in the works and going to open any minute-before my husband was given this job. We have been here since Halloween and were researching Qatar back in August.

BTW, I recently visited LaCigale and was very impressed. The gourmet store, which I expected to be like the food corner of Marks and Spencer was NOTHING like what I expected. It was large, like a huge wonderful Deli with cheeses from all over(wonderful stuff!), prepared foods, meats, breads, pastries and all kinds of delicious little bits. I just bought a mini quiche to buy something and it was absolutely wonderful. It almost tasted like ham-OK, it really tasted like ham. I am SO going to splurge over there:)

That being said, I can't wait for D&D, and besides, it is much closer to me than La Cigale.