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Beer me: I’m headed for the produce section
Shannon and I are not much for crowds.
If it’s the in place, you won’t see us there. In April we read a Dale Rice review of the semi-new restaurant Freddie’s Place and the first five words were all we needed: “Cars circled the parking lot…”
Yogi Berra is quoted as saying “Nobody goes there anymore; it’s too crowded.” Lots of people find that to be funny, but I know exactly what he meant.
And don’t get me started on tourist season. Ah spring, when this young man’s fancy turns to “Get the (expletive) out of my way.” I much prefer summer, when the students have gone home and the Yankees and most everyone else are hiding inside their refrigerated boxes.
All this helps explain why we haven’t been to the new Whole Foods megalopolis. Too many people, most of them way too proud of themselves for being there.
But my attitude changed Wednesday when I read in the XL section — thank you, Moira Muldoon, bar girl and investigator of alcohol hotspots — that you can drink beer while shopping at Whole Foods.
Now that’s shopping I can get on board with.
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By stevan pierce
June 21, 2005 09:10 AM | Link to this
“Cars circled the parking lot…� is truly what Freddie's is about. While the food was good when I went there, the lack of parking as well as the 15 minute walk to get inside made the food pale in comparison to Shady Grove. (No offense Freddie's, but if I am going to be doing anything for 15 minutes it will be sitting down inside Shady Grove's bar drinking a Mexican Martini while waiting for a table.)
By cindi
June 16, 2005 01:28 PM | Link to this
This is the hook that I needed to get the hubby to the new Whole Foods for sure.......