There’s a new Whole Foods in town, and it’s bigger, more enticing and more fun than any Whole Foods I’ve ever been in. It’s the new Lincoln Park Whole Foods, and I had the chance to go to their sneak preview party last week. I gawked at the store while munching on way too many (in quantity and variety) samples–it was like a foodie Disneyland!
Whole Foods definitely knows what they’re doing, and how to suck my dollars from my wallet as quickly as I can say “organic vegan gluten-free faux barbeque”. Fortunately at the sneak preview nothing was for sale, so I worked my way through the sushi, mushroom tamales, organic sangria, curry ice cream, chilli pepper truffles, Goose Island brews and deep dish pizza. I know, sounds like a bit much, but what can I say? Gladly, my stomach made it through just fine. Plus, I was glad to know my donation went to Common Threads.
If you dare, it’s definitely worth visiting this store. I’ve already been back twice! I need to take it easy on the Whole Foods shopping though; I’m so easily manipulated by the good-smelling, fun music-playing, great-looking natural foods mecca!
Salad bar and prepared foods extraordinaire
Bulk foods section includes a DIY trail mix station
Cheese anyone?
Really? A bar with Goose Island on tap.
View from the parking lot level
But where do the poor people shop? It’s all designed for and marketed to, yuppies. How many of those yuppies would be willing to get rid of their flat-screen TV, or their Intar-Webs? Not me.
Nonetheless, you have a nice site and you write well. Maybe we can compare carbon footprints sometime : )
Oh, and thanks for visiting!
tancred62, I know, it’s expensive to shop there and it’s a bit yuppie-fied. But at least it’s an option. On a related note, from what I’ve seen Whole Foods has been decent at putting stores in urban areas where grocery stores area needed. More affordable, and healthy grocery options are needed though, especially in food desert* areas.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert