Already in Love with Wegmans

I finally went to a Wegmans! I couldn’t wait to check out the new store in Montvale, which we pass on the way to Moey’s house. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I barely scratched the surface. Didn’t really delve into cookie brands, frozen foods, cereal, baking ingredients, flowers, organic coffee labels or dark chocolate bars. 

WOW

1. Acme brand smoked nova salmon trim sold in containers by the pound. Not to be confused w the very ordinary supermarket chain of the same name, Acme Smoked Fish comes from the celebrated smokehouse in Brooklyn.
2. Luxury Vermont Creamery cheeses, creme fraiche flavors [even smooth, cool and creamy Madagascar Vanilla].
3. Organic basting oils with herbs—Wegmans brand at good prices.
4. The giant hot food bar—something for everyone, from vegan Figgy [spicy tofu w noodles] to Punch [egg roll and chicken]. Pricey but dont think it touches the bill at Whole Foods hot bar. This was $32 for dinner for three/three containers.
5. The freshly baked chocolate chip cookies looked good and moist and heavy on the chips but I resisted. Also tempting: cannoli cream dips, French cheeses and chocolate barks.
6. Large container of peeled mango, snack-size packs of fresh pomegranate seeds for Punchy’s lunchbox, organic beets by the big, leafy bunch, dinosaur kale leaves [a friend taught me to wrap a veg burger in a leaf vs. a roll].

PASS

1. Bath salts/sugar scrubs sold by weight, self-serve with scoops in glass jars. Didn’t smell as intoxicating as the ones Whole Foods carried for years and no ribbons of rich, moisturizing oil running through them like ocean water pushing through a sandcastle moat.
2. The coffee bar. I was hoping for s hipper looking cup and wasn’t impressed w my sip of Figgy’s chai latte with almond milk.

Must sleep. Gnite.