If I take a tablespoon of cumin from the asian or mexican grocer and grind it in a mortar and pestle, it smells like practically nothing. If I grind a tablespoon of cumin from a fresh jar of McCormicks or something, it smells like cumin. If I grind a tablespoon of cumin from Penzeys, people can smell it in the next room.
Go to Penzeys because their spices are better.
Go to Penzeys because they're the only ones who don't give you a blank stare when you ask for zaatar.
The bulk of the store is a bunch of REALLY specific blends to make one thing with, like "chicken taco seasoning". It's usually something you can make in 1 minute with a cupboard of common spices. It seems kinda... for people that don't like to cook? Buy a whole jar of chicken taco seasoning and it's going to go stale unless you make chicken tacos constantly.
The coloring table: If your kid is energetic and curious like mine, you can't leave the kid at the coloring table because it goes out of your line of sight when you take just a few steps away. You can't leave them in a room with thousands of expensive glass jars, anyway. But the kid will still really want to color. I find the thing unhelpful and don't take my kid there because of it. I've no constructive ideas on how to fix that, sorry.