What to expect at Whole Foods Midtown: Rooftop brunch, multiple bars, yoga, and a veggie butcher (Atlanta: to move)

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In just a few weeks, a new gathering spot will open on 14th Street in Midtown between Spring and West Peachtree, boasting pop-up food carts, a coffee-and-wine bar, sunrise yoga on the roof, a bike tune-up area, a build-your-own avocado toast bar, giant Jenga, and more. But it’s not a new food hall or an entertainment complex, per se. It’s a grocery store.

The new 70,000-square-foot flagship Whole Foods—the largest in the Southeast—officially opens April 5 at 22 14th Street Northwest, and will not only bring new lunch options for Midtown workers, but will signal the closure of another Atlanta location and pave the way for the chain’s regional headquarters to move just a few blocks over. Here’s what to expect..."

FULL STORY: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/dini...foods-midtown/

SOURCE: Atlanta Magazine

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First look: Midtown's flagship Whole Foods is an 'adult playground' (SLIDESHOW)

“It’s going to be like an adult playground,” Bobby Turner, Whole Foods’ regional president of the South region, said on a tour of the 70,000-square-foot store.

Oh yeah, and there are crystals buried in the store. Whole Foods brings in Feng Shui expert Alex Stark to optimize the energy of its stores. One of his techniques is to bury clear quartz in the concrete slabs. "It helps reduce the negativity," Stark said..."

FULL STORY: https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/...ods-is-an.html

SOURCE: Atlanta Business Chronicle