Whole Foods is the wonderful organic/hippy supermarket that (surprisingly) started in Texas and has spread nationwide. It's also making a play for the UK, with a few stores in London. What's special about the Santa Rosa one is that, nestled in between the extra strong cheddar and the meat counter, is a pub!
The Tap Room offers beer on tap, as well as tables, benches, and complimentary peanuts. You can relax with a pint of your favourite tipple, looking out the windows at...people pushing their trolleys down the breakfast cereal aisle. If you like what you're drinking, take a couple of steps outside and grab a six pack of the stuff off the refrigerator shelf.
"Every shop should have a bar inside," Dan commented sagely, and there was a distinct correlation between levels of intoxication and amount of beer and salty snacks purchased. It certainly left me far more motivated to do the weekly shop. "I'm just popping out to the supermarket, dear..."
Retail innovation.
Dan tries to look serious, even though he's drinking beer in a wooden playhouse inside a supermarket.
Hannah dives into one of our two taster trays.
The cat being sat.
