![]() ![]() A lush produce department mixes fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms as well as national producers and items from Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard in Canandaigua, New York. ![]() ![]() The same is true for meatless options, such as ready-made veggie burger patties. Seafood and meat items come in various phases of preparation-raw, ready-to-cook trays of chicken marsala or shrimp scampi, ready-heat meals such as Peruvian-style chicken, and grab-and-go hot items. But there are also approachable family packs. Photograph courtesy of Wegmans.Īmbitious home cooks can snag live lobsters, whole racks of ribs, and delicacies like caviar or foie gras. The market offers indoor and outdoor seating for 160 with lots of in-store dining options: a family-friendly Burger Bar and Pizza Shop stations for customizable salads and sandwiches self-serve buffets with soups or Asian dishes a raw bar with poke bowls and sushi (including cooked and vegetarian options) a bakery loaded with homemade pastries and doughnuts and a Buzz coffee shop. Match the booze with abundant cheese and charcuterie sections, and the party is planned. A huge offering of wines ranges from budget bottles to a a $1,200 Chateau Lafite Rothschild in the temperature-controlled fancy wine cave. That’s on top of an equally lengthy selection of beers and ciders (including DIY six-packs). Unlike most other DC supermarkets, Wegmans sells 500 varieties of global spirits, vermouths, and sakes. Hours are also extensive-6 AM to midnight-and there’s parking for 750 below the market in addition to online shopping options, delivery, and curbside pickup.Ī selection of whiskeys at the DC Wegmans. The store boasts 70,000 grocery items, specialty departments for fresh-cut flowers and home entertaining, a pharmacy, and Burger Bar. Patrons can pick up liquor or wine, necessities like dog food and paper towels, non-necessities like fancy cheese or custom poke bowls, and seemingly everything in between. The DC Wegmans’ biggest draw is it’s a literal and rare one-stop-shop. The shelves of Wegmans DC weren’t yet fully stocked when we visited, but here’s what the grocery store typically looks like. How great can a 107-store chain possibly be? Turns out, pretty great. Wegmans novices like myself may be skeptical. Popville dubbed it an “84,000 square foot Shangri-La.” There’s even a Women of Wegmans fans club that will show up, dressed to the nines, for the 9 AM opening. Still, Wegmans massive market in Tenleytown’s City Ridge development is drawing tons of hype in advance of the grand opening on Wednesday, July 13. Overall, you learn a lot about meats and cheeses that you never thought you needed to, and you learn a lot about dealing with customers which is important in anything you do.A supermarket opening doesn’t usually garner the breathless excitement of the District’s first (ever!) Wegmans-especially in grocery-heavy Upper Northwest, home to the Social Safeway and Just-Walk-Out Whole Foods, among many others. Holidays do get crazy though, there is no keeping up with the demand, and by the end of the shift you are exhausted, but it does keep you busy making the shift go faster. It is a team in the department and so you need to have people you enjoy spending time with and working alongside to really get the most out of the day. The people you work alongside really make or break the day you have. The customers take their cold cuts seriously, so making them just right will make their day, but not doing them exactly the way they want could make them upset. Slicing is more satisfying than you would expect. It is repetitive and simple once you pick up the basics, which isn't necessarily a bad thing you know exactly what the day is going to consist of. On a typical day, you are going to be slicing, bagging, cutting, cupping, labeling, and cleaning. ![]()
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