Chris Marksberry > wrote:
>
>"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>>
>>> I keep on seeing stuff about how Austin is a good food town. I keep
>>> on thinking it might be nice to take a contract there....
>>>
>>> Would I be disappointed foodwise?
>>>
>>> Tell me about Austin, foodwise.... Sell it to me...give me the
>>> goods...
>>
>> If I'm not mistaken, the world's largest Whole Foods
>> market is in Austin.
>
>I don't know if it has the largest Whole Foods, but Whole Foods was founded
>there.

I've talked to people who've been there, and it certainly
sounds like it must be the largest; probably twice the size
of one of the chained-out instances. And very different,
more like a marketplace, with food-court like stalls along
all the walls.

>If you get bored in Austin, San Antonio is only about an 1-1/2 hour drive
>away.

And from there it's only a hop and a skip and a couple of
state highways to Shiner for beers, then up a bit to
Dallas for Sonny Bryan's BBQ.

--Blair