Whole Foods Market, Seattle (Westlake Ave)

March 22, 2008
Nice selection. Some rare bottles will appear and vanish. Generally clueless checkout staff, line staff can be better

January 15, 2008
The Whole Foods chain is a boon for beer lovers, because they usually have a good enough selection. It’s nice having access to the array of healthy if not expensive foods too.

January 14, 2008
It’s a supermarket. A really well-stocked supermarket that has a couple of nice house brews they private label from North Coast, but still a supermarket. That said, they do go out of their way to get a lot of different things, but it feels like a retail establishment that gets everything they can get their hands on from a distributor, not a place that goes out of its way to cultivate relationships so they can get special releases. They’re more interested in just keeping the shelves stocked and turning over, above all. Still...it’s Whole Foods, right? If you can live with the prices, they do a great job at everything, as supermarkets go, and even their ready-made food rivals any other place around for grab-and-go grub. Certainly blows up any fast food joint. If you’re in town and really in a jam for a chance at grabbing a random sample of PNW beers, this’ll do in a pinch. Surprised to see it in here, though.

December 25, 2007
I must admit that as much as I like a trip out to Wallingford to Bottleworks and the neighboring pubs - its a real pain in the ass to get out there on public transportation. So having found a Whole Foods in the Denny Triangle is a real coup for the lazy, non-mobile or daytripper to Seattle. Many of the local macros are represented and prices seem more fair than other bottleshops. I found DFH, Lazy Boy, Dicks, Full Sail, Anderson Valley, Snoqualmie, Elysian and many many more... including some great Belgians. This will definitely be my place of choice in the city though I cannot give up the trips out to University District and Fremont/Wallingford.