"Safeway opens a posh downtown Bellevue store Friday designed to cater to an affluent crowd with extras such as a nut bar, wine cellar, fireplace, sushi bar and -- of course -- a Starbucks.'In the Seattle division, this is our first elite-lifestyle store,' store Manager Patti Kennedy said Thursday, standing next to the gelato bar while employees readied the place for customers.
A baby grand piano has been set up near the cash registers to play live music through Sunday.
Up to 40 percent of the produce is organic, the pharmacy in the back is outfitted with cherry wood and looks like a doctor's office and the wine cellar is temperature controlled, encased in glass and features bottles that cost up to $550. A wine steward will be on hand each day to help luxury condominium dwellers choose the perfect bottle.
Among other upscale features, the seafood bar has doubled in size and features whole octopus, shark steaks and Chilean sea bass. [...] Safeway has brought in a chef from Chateau Ste. Michelle to prepare crab leg samples.
An entire king crab was on display Thursday.
'I love the look of that king crab,' Wampler said. 'They flew that in from Alaska a couple of days ago.'"
From: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/368597_safeway27.html
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