I've just discovered Ballard Safeway after living in the neighborhood for 8 years. When they built this store, I blew it off as being another fruit fly infested, flourecent lit sanitarium. But last month my baby sister suggested that we stop in and low and behold...AMAZING!!! Clean. Cozy. Priced right. A good selection of veggie/organic foods. Thier floral department was nice. I was shocked and pleased.
Forget Fred Meyer; that place pretends to be low price but it's the same as QFC (same company, Kroger). I'll still pick up my bulk goods at Ballard Market. Specialty foods have to come from Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or my special boutique food shops. But for every day shopping Safeway Ballard is the place.
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