OK, so Whole Foods hasn't arrived yet, and it's "Park Slope" location is gonna be 3rd Avenue, which is actually Gowanus, so the much smaller Union Market has stepped into that niche. It's just down the block from the venerable Park Slope Food Coop, which has better prices and more selection, but the market seems busy enough, which suggests that there are lots of people who aren't coop members, and maybe even coop members don't always want to brave the lines. The quality is good and the prices are, as expected, not cheap, but you're not in the bodega that once occupied the space either.
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