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| - All we kept saying while visiting Heinen's was "why doesn't our city have one of these???"
So much more than a fancy grocery store, Heinen's offers a food court style place to grab lunch on the first floor (choose from sandwiches, prepared foods, sushi, poke, rice bowls, salad and soup, and a bakery) along with the coolest little self serve wine bar and store on the second floor.
My husband got a Korean pork wrap while my friend and I grabbed some sushi and we headed upstairs to get ourselves one of those awesome wine cards we'd read about. After putting $20 on a card and grabbing some glasses, we chose the wines that looked good to each of us, inserted our wine card and selected between 1oz to 5oz pours to pair with our lunch.
Not all grocery store sushi is created equal, but this was actually real sushi and it was delicious. I may have also snuck many more bites of my husbands wrap than the one bite he offered. The food was good enough that I could see myself visiting everyday if we lived close enough. And the wine really made the experience. Wines range from low to high prices, but since you can get small 1oz pours nothing costs too much. It's a great way to do a self serve wine tasting or to get a fill glass of something you love, and if you fall in love with a bottle then you can purchase it in store! The upstairs wine area also had their own food selections that paired perfectly with a drink such as charcuterie or a soft pretzel.
Heinen's, if you're reading this, please come to Kentucky! I promise to eat there every day! You can have all my grocery shopping too! As the kids say these days: just take my money
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