On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:30:16 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:45:32 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:49:30 -0800, gtr > wrote:
> >
> >> On 2012-11-14 20:23:33 +0000, Cheri said:
> >>
> >> > They had an opening of BevMo in our town recently. People lined up at
> >> > 5:00 A.M. to be there when it opened it's doors. Personally, I have
> >> > never understood why people do that, but at least it's a huge liquor
> >> > store. :-)
> >>
> >> Nor I. I'll wait weeks or even months in order to go to a store once
> >> the novelty has apparently worn off for others. What--do people LIKE
> >> to stand in line?
> >
> >A new Whole Foods opened near me a couple of months ago. I don't
> >remember them giving tours the week before, but we have quite a few
> >other WFs here so it's wasn't that novel. It was impacted on the
> >first day, mainly with people doing their own tours of the store. I
> >didn't see significant lines at the checkout. A couple of days later,
> >the body count in the store was what would be normal for a weekend (it
> >was a weekday). I think shopping there will be pretty much hassle
> >free, but the end of the store where you buy sandwiches etc seems to
> >be really busy, even now.
>
> Is a restaurant usual?

I am not familiar with a restaurant. They have a deli type space
where you order sandwiches (with salad and hot food islands too)...
and a small bakery too - but there's no place to eat what you buy. I
guess if you could eat on the premises if you really wanted to,
because there's a small coffee bar at other end of the store with more
tables than a coffee bar that size needs. But it's clearly intended
to be take away food.

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