Comments on: Residents Support Whole Foods Liquor License, Reps Unveil Plans

By: Jim Olson

Jim Olson — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:32:00 +0000

I was unable to get to this meeting. I would have voted no on alcohol on this location. Just a block down, is Independent Spirits, a locally owned small business that will likely suffer from this.

By: Sandy Andina

Sandy Andina — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:54:00 +0000

It’s less “renovate” than “retrofit.” Whole Foods stores infrastructures differ from conventional supermarkets: the layouts are very different, there are features such as barbecues, wine bars, sushi/stir-fry counters, and even brasserie/microbreweries and coffee roasters that require structural alterations for ventilation and energy use, the flow of the store doesn’t necessarily follow the “basics on the perimeter” model. Then there’s the issue of parking–only a few (such as the retrofitted former Wild Oats in s, Evanston, which lacks many of the more modern WF amenities) have single-grade-level outdoor parking lots adjacent; most have either rooftop (central Evanston), multilevel garages (a la Lincoln Park & Lakeview) or underground plus grade-level (Sauganash). This is NOT going to be a gussied-up, high-priced Dominicks, and amen to that!

By: Clarence Ewing

Clarence Ewing — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 22:29:00 +0000

It’s not so much the location as the Dominick’s chain couldn’t make it as a business. Whole Foods should do quite well here. It makes me wonder how crappy the store’s facilities became that they now have to spend so much money to renovate.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 02:43:00 +0000

10 Million MORE to renovate!? And Dominicks couldn’t make it at this location? I don’t get it.