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| - Do you eat your candy bars with a fork and knife? Then TFM is for you. Just kidding. But seriously, as noted in other reviews. Some items are a bit pricey. For instance, the prepared breaded chicken filets were over $5 EACH. Wow. They were good but not 11$ for two good.
The overall feel of the store is an open (fresh?) market with a small produce section, large butcher shop and prepared foods section. It definitely reminded me of something you would find in a busy downtown street in Europe. Small but a nice varied selection. The only issue with this is that if you are looking to stock up on produce because you only go to the grocery store once a week (rather than several times a week because it's on your way home and convenient like in many European towns) you won't have much to choose from. I bought 8 pears and pretty much cleaned out the organic pear selection. On a positive note, I did find some organic produce options that you don't find at Trader Joe's or the local Market District. They have bagged salads that are organic. Some would say that it defeats the purpose of eating organic but to each his own.
In the middle of the store is the large prepared foods section with various salads (pasta, quinoa, broccoli). They also have different flavors of rotisserie chicken which can also be purchased in pieces as a meal. Also in the middle section s a very small salad bar and olive bar. There is a small deli and cheese section as well. One surprising note was the selection of bulk candy. There's an entire aisle of it. Kinda crazy for such a small store. In the back of the store is the butcher shop and bakery. They were advertising their "natural" chicken without antibiotics. I asked about grass fed beef and was told that they only get it in a few days a year because it doesn't sell. Um, didn't they JUST open? Moving on, the cakes looked incredible. I tried a chocolate croissant and bought a loaf of cheesy foccacia bread. Eh. Nothing special there. The other side of the store has packaged foods, dairy and cleaning supplies. The focus is on green natural and organic. I bought a couple yogurts that I had never seen before.
Overall, the staff were pleasant. The store was clean and well stocked. There are a variety of interesting and different items. But, with the parking situation, the prices and the small quantities of produce, TFM will probably only be a special occasion store for me.
Special note: Not a god place to take a baby. There are no carts in the parking lot and the aisles are close together/packed. Very easy for little hands to grab things.
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