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| - I knew there was a reason why I called this place Whole Paycheck. I had inadvertently coined that when one had opened down the street back in Vegas. I was absolutely gobsmacked at the prices...but they carried the higher end things I used for baking so I didn't complain (too much), but hubby sure did make up for it.
So now I know why stuff is so pricey - just go to this place. I was here back in December (and forgot to yelp about it...bite me!) and I nearly fainted at the sheer size of this place -- and the man at the tapas bar in the back said I had to come back for the wine tasting that weekend.
Seriously? Wine tasting? A tapas bar? Pasta bar? BBQ place smack dab in the middle of the food? I went into sensory overload. Bright lights, music, kids screaming everywhere, and food samples. I was having costco flashbacks. In a bad way.
I actually had to walk out for a few mins. I shouldn't have come here on my own. I needed someone to cling to because I have never been this overwhelmed in my entire life...ok, I have been, but that was in a different country and in an entirely different situation. Anyway, I ended up running (literally) into a friend who was checking out the place...and my co-dependent butt had a friend to cling to. In the end, she was clinging to me because she was far more overwhelmed than I was.
It didn't help that I was hungry so I ended up at the sushi bar there...it was a little pricey for my taste, but sweet jebus...that sushi was good. *SO* good I had some made for my dinner later on that night.
I ended up purchasing some grapeseed oil so I could make my own sugar scrub. I was having issues with forking out so much for grapeseed oil in places like Safeway where, for 8 oz, it cost $7.99. I got 24 oz for $10. Not gonna complain about that! I also bought some charcoal as I was having a craving for BBQ...and this was one Whole Foods where there was NO attitude. Nor pissy cashier, no snarling workers. They got me!
Whole Paycheck...takes your whole paycheck and builds places like this....and you can be thankful (or angry, depends on the type of person you are) they made good use of your money.
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