Come here often -- to Whole Foods? (Jack Bog's Blog)

About

This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on April 4, 2011 10:49 AM. The previous post in this blog was Audit: Cops know where the pot and the guns are. The next post in this blog is Something else to think about with the SoWhat jail. Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

E-mail, Feeds, 'n' Stuff

Monday, April 4, 2011

Come here often -- to Whole Foods?

There could soon be a bar in your local yuppie supermarket. It's happening elsewhere, apparently.

Forget "What's your sign?" Go with "Nice arugula."

Posted at 10:49 AM | Permalink

Comments (22)

Doesn't the cafe in Whole Foods on Burnside serve beer and wine now?

Posted by dg | April 4, 2011 11:04 AM

Perfect. Buy your salad and get it tossed in one go.

Posted by Allan L. | April 4, 2011 11:46 AM

There are already coffee houses around town now have started serving beer and wine.
Cocktails are probably next...

Stonerville-Alkytown-TobaccoCity... youth likes to party it up and there's money to be made by it on all levels.

Posted by Mr. Grumpy | April 4, 2011 11:46 AM

Backward Portland! Cannon Beach has a hardware store with a bar.

Posted by niceoldguy | April 4, 2011 11:56 AM

coffee houses around town now have started serving beer and wine

Good point. Didn't the Starbuckers just announce a new store at or near Powell's that will serve alcohol?

Posted by Allan L. | April 4, 2011 12:09 PM

I'm warming up to Whole Foods. My wife and I did a comparison of prices at Whole Foods v. New Seasons, and Whole Foods was lower on almost everything.

I think New Seasons has better produce and meats, but on packaged items they've become very expensive. It sucks that our local provider is higher than "Whole Paycheck"...

and now a bar? Cool.

Posted by PD | April 4, 2011 12:20 PM

Old news if you live in an area (East Coast) with a Wegmans Market.

Posted by LucsAdvo | April 4, 2011 12:35 PM

I already get a creepy meat-market feeling at New Seasons. Every time I look up I feel like everyone is staring at eachother.

Safeway, everyone shuffles around silently with eyes down.

Fred Meyer, the happy medium.

Posted by Snards | April 4, 2011 1:26 PM

Can we put in orders for home delivery?

Posted by Michael Dolan | April 4, 2011 2:17 PM

Hello Johnson's? It's Jane Hudson. I wanna ordah some liquah.

Posted by B | April 4, 2011 2:35 PM

Actually Snards, most are smiling because new Seasons is a happy place, for the most part.

I' serious. I like to smile at another person. Looking down isn't my cup o' tea. And looking down at some of the Freddies gets you a view of a crummy floor.

Posted by Starbuck | April 4, 2011 2:37 PM

I shop at WinCo, the money I save allows me to buy the good beer, OK, bourbon.

Posted by Bad Brad | April 4, 2011 2:54 PM

Looking down isn't my cup o' tea.

If you were called Snards, life would be different.

Posted by Allan L. | April 4, 2011 3:00 PM

Knock yourself out Starbuck. Go to New Seasons and moon at the other weirdos. Pretend that picking fashionable cheese is making you happy.

I can't wait for you to meet Aliki!

Posted by Snards | April 4, 2011 3:29 PM

Amen, Snards. The seven corners New Seasons is weirdo-central. Wow.

Posted by PD | April 4, 2011 3:40 PM

The Whole Foods on NW Cornell (near The Streets of Tanasbourne) opened with an active bar much like what pictured in the Gothamist post, but it seemingly went inactive in short order (along with the coffee bar).

Posted by Pfeffernussen | April 4, 2011 6:44 PM

I don't know about meeting Aliki, but when nature calls, I take Aleaky.

Posted by Major Dewche | April 5, 2011 1:33 AM

Now when you see someone drinking wine out of a paper bag you won't know whether he came from the Whole Foods or the 7/11.

Posted by Newleaf | April 5, 2011 5:37 AM

I wouldn't know about any of all that. I live in Gateway and don't have any fancy grocery stores. We have a Freddy's, a Safeway, and not one but TWO Winco's. (In case you're wondering, some Winco's are nicer than others.)

I would dearly love a Trader Joe's in the area.

Posted by Michelle | April 5, 2011 7:25 AM

Hair shirts, anyone?

Posted by Starbuck | April 5, 2011 9:12 AM

20 years ago the 'cafe' part of the 7-11 served beer and wine with food at sit down tables, at Swan Island Nothing new with this concept.

Posted by Jeff | April 5, 2011 6:48 PM

What happened to the urban renewal money for Gateway? I understand money was used for the light rail to Clackamas.

People in the area would like a Trader Joe's, could there be a PDC assist for a store in a Main Street Storefront program?

People now drive out of their way to go to specialty stores. Having one in that area would help reduce auto traffic.

Posted by RDinpdx | April 5, 2011 10:02 PM