Whole Foods Market Opens Second Mill Valley Store
June 9, 2010 Marin folks will be quite happy to shop at the brand-new Whole Foods Market in Mill Valley. The second store within the city, the Blithedale Avenue location just opened today with great fanfare. They've gone through great efforts to build an eco-friendly building by re-using 90% of the original structure and decorating the store with pallet wood and used bike tire rims (donated by a local bike shop).
Used bike tire rims decorate the new Whole Foods Market in Mill Valley.
This particular store has a hyper-local focus. Each day local Marin growers will deliver produce directly to this store only. Along with an extensive organic salad bar, they also have a 'build your own' burrito bar and an Italian-style pizza bar with a brick oven. For those who are allergic to wheat, you can also order pizza with a rice crust (or buy them to make it at home).
Produce from local growers in an open-air market display.I was a bit overwhelmed with all the neat products offered at this 24,000-square-foot store. It was cool to see duck eggs available from Salmon Creek Ranch. They even got mushroom kits from a Berkeley vendor. I was also happy to see Hodo Soy products being sold here. Now I don't have to go all the way to the SF Ferry Building Farmers' Market to get it! Their Spicy Yuba Strips are amazing.
Italian-style pizza bar. Rice crusts are available for celiacs.
Kombucha fans can really appreciate their Kombucha Botanica bar. They feature three flavors on tap and you can get it in a few sizes and refills by the ounce. It's great to see that they're also one of the Whole Foods Market Local Producer Loan Program recipient.
If you live in Marin, definitely check out this store. It's quite unique from the other Whole Foods stores.
Whole Foods Market
731 East Blithedale
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415.381.3900
Open 8am-9pm Everyday
Reader Comments (2)
I'm sure I wouldn't have seen half of the cool stuff you spotted. Great!
TY: We can go together anytime cherie!
The bike-tire ceiling decorations are so cool! If I lived in a cool San Francisco loft, I'd do something like that in my house! ;)
TY: Totally! Now that I bike more, I'm inclined to do so too if I had a big home. :)