There were five or six grocery chains and a ton of bodegas competing for business. OTOH literally the ONE thing I miss about Boston is having a choice of food retailers. I have no idea why Kroger continues to offer us only the most giant suburban Biggs-like of experiences in its new buildouts around here. It was like a Whole Foods, all natural wood and bulk items and huge organic section. I was shocked when we went to the Athens, OH Kroger. However, unfortunately for them, Kroger has learned to deftly play the same "Organic Game" in its Marketplace food palaces throughout the entire metro, with cost savings as its trump card. In this particular store, WF plays their cards superbly with noticeable success. Unlike the nearby Kroger store Surrey Square - which draws a huge number of shoppers from way beyond Norwood - the WF store doesn't take kindly to browsers with limited resources bumbling about window shopping. However, the fact is that there are really only a very few of these foodie boutiques on the east side of town, which may require a seeker to do a great deal of driving to partake of their ambiance of affluence.įor example, just observe the Whole Foods operation Rookwood - without question, a store meant to allure the affluent from a wide swath of Cincy's eastern suburbs. Needless to say, it bolsters the belief or myth about the superiority of living on the Eastside.
^ Your concern that the Westside isn't "good enough" to share in the likes of Whole Foods, Trader Joe's (or possibly other upscale food stores such as Fresh Market), is a long standing, widely shared regret.
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