There is a Whole Foods here that has a stage... next to the bar. And there is a separate wine bar on the other side of the store.

That sounds like they are set up to be all fancy, though.

Actually, there was a burrito place by my old house (and also multiple music schools) that had a regular open mike shoved between the tables and the door.

A keyboard and sax playing like smooth jazz by the checkout. I seriously thought it was new muzak until I got to that part of the store.

I think I kind of love it.

Speaking of supermarkets, has Safeway decided that other cities are not profitable enough or is Chicago just that special? Note I didn't say not profitable; just not profitable enough.

I would KILL for a Safeway here. Their gluten-free mac and cheese is THE BOMB. I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

I am not ashamed.

I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

Ping me when you're out and I'll hook you up with more.

I have a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of gluten-free pasta. Gluten is pasta's raison d'être!

I would KILL for a Safeway here. Their gluten-free mac and cheese is THE BOMB. I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

They're closing all their stores in the Chicago area at end of December.

I seriously brought home 4 boxes of it from our honeymoon.

Ping me when you're out and I'll hook you up with more.

My own personal mac & cheese mule!

For some reason there are Safeways aplenty in Nor Cal but there's none in LA, or at least there's none near my house so I never shop there. Once I learned that all 50 thousand grocery store chains are actually owned by like 5 companies, I stopped caring so much which chain I actually shopped at. Now my choices are strictly based on proximy, pricing, and what's stocked.

The Wholefoods near work has live music on Fridays. It's annoyingly full of people not shopping, not moving through the aisles.

I've seen the yoga classes advertised, but never worked out where they take place.