re: Whole Foods Metairie, downhill

I like the coarse ground almond butter, fresh out of the machine. The only reason I went to the dang store was to buy almond butter. So it was extra annoying to encounter a broken machine on top of the other disappointments. I couldn’t find bulk valrhona chocolate (WF used to sell it, as well as El Rey, by the lb), either.

ETA: dunno how the BR location is faring, I never go there. But I’ve been to the Fresh Market at Perkins Rowe a couple times in the last 6 mos—good product selection, tidy, nice store. I need to check out the one on Vets in Metairie.