Whole Foods Market - Santa Cruz

Standard Whole Foods. Good selection of beers, but mostly 4 packs, so not so good for rating. No rarities. Great food.

There’s a nice selection. I was impressed by the selection actually. pricey but that’s WF for you. I’d totally be stoked if I lived in santa cruz to have this store.

It’s a Whole Foods, and the layout/feel is pretty much the same as any other. Seemed to be an emphasis on local beers, lots of Uncommon, Santa Cruz, etc. beers. Some special Firestone stuff, which is cool, but I scrolled past. Like most Whole Paychecks, the prices aren’t the lowest, but their beer selection and prices aren’t too terrible.

Quick stop and look see reveals a pretty decent whole foods - they have a pretty good selection of locals, Belgians and other interesting beers, including FW XVII and Black Butte XXV on shelves, which I can’t find in the south bay anymore.

Visited June 8, 2013.

I seem to be exactly the opposite of everyone else here, where I think the location in Santa Cruz is way crappier than the one in Capitola. Oh well. No service to be seen, but that’s the case in most large stores, boring beer selection (not very much at all compared to other stores actually), and the usual "whole paycheck" prices. Meh.

Good range of beers, not as big as in San Francisco as an example, but still good and I was completely satisfied when I left.

Really nice, new looking Whole Foods with a decent bottle selection. Lots of local Santa Cruz bombers, some Port Brewing, random Belgian bottles. Nothing really caught my eye though. Port Brewing IPAs were 6+ months old.

Stopped in on a jaunt south of the Bay Area, wanting to pick up some West Coast rarities for the flight back to Japan. Damn, what an amazing selection for a supermarket! Best I have seen so far. Great stuff from West Coast and Belgium. Wish they were down the street.

Significant improvement since the store opened. Talked to the store’s beer and wine buyer on a recent visit. Friendly guy who was very helpful to customers checking out the selection and sounds committed to bringing good stuff to town. The second best selection I’ve seen at a WF behind the SF SOMA location. A very good complement to 41st Avenue for Santa Cruz county.

Whole foods has really been stepping it up lately and may have the best selection in the Santa Cruz area now. Multiple Fantomes and other obscure Belgians on my last visit, as well as all the American craft stuff that you can get in the area. You can buy singles of lots of stuff and most is kept cold, though they have already filled the whole cold area and keep some Belgians on the shelf next to it. Besides 41st, this is your best bet in the area, and the best for Santa Cruz proper.