On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:52:08 -0800, sf > wrote:

>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.

It was this picture caption that caught my eye "dining area"
It's picture 14
http://tinyurl.com/befefkk

Janet US