<![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month! - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month! - Gawker Comments]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> astralgirl: actually, that wouldn't surprise me at all - the parking lot that used to be there was FULL of rats.

Gwinny

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Flagship in Austin = awesome. So in agreement! It's the only reason I go to SXSW!

And from what I've heard about the Houston Street space, that store is going to be on a rat burial ground... the above apartments are apparently infested with the little buggers.

Like Florida Evans said, "damn, damn damn!!"

astralgirl01

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> I live about 10 blocks south of this location and am not ashamed to admit I am excited about this. There are NO decent all-purpose grocery stores on the LES! I don't care if it's a chain - I just want somewhere within walking distance where I can buy decent food without having to go into 10 different places.

Gwinny

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Hmmm, whole foods = organic, pesticide free stuff? If I have no chemicals then how can I become old and bitter as I so desperately yearn to be?

monaflambe

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> For the record, that's not irony, it's sarcasm.

DaveJ

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> I liked Whole Foods when it was an itty bitty co-op on South Lamar. It pretty much sold out after that.

yourfriendandneighbor

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> for the record, "oh my gawwwww" is used with irony by most people. including me.

yourfriendandneighbor

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Avalon Chrystie Place is an 80-20 building. 20% of the apartments are set at "below-market" rent rates and leased to low income folks, while the other 80% are at market rate. I believe the same is true of Avalon Bowery Place.

professormatt

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Why go to Whole Paycheck when you can go to the Co-op on 4th between Bowery and Second? They are the real deal, actually do something for the neighborhood and are open until 9:00. Produce comes in throughout the week but the big shipments are on Tuesday and Friday.

ogma

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Sorry, but the flagship in Austin still blows it away.

kirker

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> God, remember what used to be on that very spot? One fabulous, huge, cheap parking lot. That besides blocking my view of the beautiful Tweed Courthouse means I will never spend more than $175 at one time at that location, and I am serious. Fresh Direct forever.
ps I hope you all remember that putting in the Whole Foods was considered to be "giving back to the community" so that the developers didn't have to set aside "affordable " apartments for the old or the "poor". OH, yeah and the Y I can't afford to go to cause I buy food.God,that is one ugly building.

102415

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> hey, where did the @ things go??

cdmunch - i hate to say it, but i really did just "LOL". thanks for that.

Phyllis Nefler

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Are people seriously happy that a chain store from Texas is moving into their neighborhood? I guess New York is dead.

DaveJ

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> New York's dead.

colinsmith

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> why the fuck would you email the whole foods website, they're not going to demold your berries you crazy fuck.

cdmunch

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Relax folks. All this time you thought you downtown folk were hipsters, and it turns out you're just another flock of yuppies. Park the Volvos over there, please.

artynimue1

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Oh man, a Whole Foods in my hood. I'm gonna yup it up next month. And then not have any money left for rent. Hey, maybe I can camp out in the Fromagerie. That would be so LES.

AlannaBanana

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Whole Foods went JetBlue on its customers years ago. Hope you like waiting in line for 40 minutes to buy moldy raspberries, bugs in your cupcakes and inedible local crop tomatoes. And try emailing WF website - local or corporate - Multiple eforts - No response.

Nothing worse than the enlightened corporate culture crumbling away like so much parmesan from the Fromagerie.

HoHoKennedy

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Take it from a former Whole Foods at Time Warner shopper, The outfit went JetBlue on its customers many months ago. Hope you like waiting in line for 40 minutes to buy moldy raspberries, bugs in your cupcakes, inedible local crop tomatoes and zero customer service. -

And try emailing WF website - local or corporate - No response.

Nothing worse than the enlightened corporate culture crumbling away like so much stale parmesan from the Fromagerie

Good Grief - Hire some check out clerks this time.


HoHoKennedy

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> samples of apples!
samples of apples!
everyday in my hood!

so excited

Heather Fink

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Kiss that Essex Street Market goodbye...

The Real JR

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> "more than 299 people" ?

like someone really, really coke-thin can squeeze in?

ellagood

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Terrible feng shui at that location.
I'm afraid that even whole foods' first ever fromagerie won't be able to overcome the intersection of all those crowded streets.

elvis sighting

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> "There's money in the supermarket
And I'm goin' after it."--J.R.

By the way, good to know Mons's cheese is coming to your hood too.

KarenUhOh

]]> <![CDATA[Lower East Side Whole Foods To Open Next Month!]]> Oh my gawwww! Oh my gawwwwww! I can't believe it's finally heeeeeere!

yourfriendandneighbor

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