On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:00:11 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> On 2012-11-15 00:12:30 +0000, sf said:
>
> > 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.
>
> Really. In all the ones around here (3), they all have a lot of
> two-tops and such near the door, but they also have a lot of tables
> over by the wine area. I know that's likely for tastings and such.
> But I thought that area was pretty much "food courty".

To be perfectly clear, there are no tables what-so-ever in the
deli/salad bar area. You'd need to walk across the entire store to
find tables at the coffee bar end.
>
> > 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.
>
> Yeah, that too.


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