Opinions. Everyone’s got ‘em! Especially in Brooklyn, where today’s grand opening of the borough’s first Whole Foods supermarket has sparked a media frenzy. Let’s take a look at what people are saying about the newest Whole Foods location throughout the Twitterverse. There are some real gems in here, as you might expect!
Be sure to check out our photos of the grand opening from earlier today if you haven’t seen them yet.
The “Let’s point and make fun of Hipsters” guy:
Hey Brooklyn! A new Whole Foods is open on Third and 3rd! RUN!!! #WholeFoods
— William (@wardrobeguy) December 17, 2013
The “Let’s make fun of bougey Park Slope residents” guy:
Wifey currently at the new Brooklyn Whole Foods. (She works next door.) It’s packed. There is a pickle bar and an entire kale section (1/2)
— Francis Lam (@Francis_Lam) December 17, 2013
Let’s continue to crack jokes about the current kale trend (because it’s still funny!):
Wait, the restaurant inside the Brooklyn Whole Foods serves a kale Caesar? http://t.co/Iy8nRwCMUL
— Greg Morabito (@GregMorabito) December 17, 2013
The self-aware Brooklynite:
I hope the new Whole Foods in Park Slope/Gowanus means that Fairway in Red Hook is less crowded–MOST BROOKLYN TWEET I’VE EVER TWEETED.
— Ginger Clark (@Ginger_Clark) December 17, 2013
The outraged vegan:
This is NOT OKAY, Whole Foods Brooklyn. http://t.co/2YlO8aoqQr pic.twitter.com/nUbI9P6zY5
— delrayser (@delrayser) December 17, 2013
The hungry pregnant woman:
Blessed child will have wfmbrooklyn just few blocks away from home! #8monthspregnant #wholefoods… http://t.co/ifTD5ZdSaj
— Irina Edelstein (@Irrchik) December 17, 2013
The skeptic:
Brooklyn’s new Whole Foods will sell vinyl records, be a total cliché http://t.co/AoRrqx564Z
— Colton Davis (@pcfulCOaLiTiON) December 17, 2013
The truth:
Next time these cool urban people make fun of black friday remind them a Brooklyn Whole Foods opening got mobbed.
— Neon Trotsky (@neontrotsky) December 17, 2013
Honestly you guys, it IS friggin’ hilarious that there’s a vinyl aisle at a Whole Foods:
Reason No. 978,582 to hate to love Brooklyn: The vinyl aisle at the Gowanus Whole Foods http://t.co/9wDNu206SN
— Matt Chaban (@MC_NYC) December 16, 2013
“BIGGEST THING TO HAPPEN TO BROOKLYN SINCE BEARDS” lolololol:
FROZEN ROBERTA’S PIZZA 10 mins from me? mind explosion. whole foods biggest thing to happen to Brooklyn since beards http://t.co/sKTO7UYJ0m
— madeleine (@madeleinepascal) December 16, 2013
Peter Shelsky of Shelsky’s Smoked Fish in Carroll Gardens (in response to a Facebook post by Brian Lehrer asking neighborhood residents and business owners what they think):
