Would You Like Fries With That?

We thought we might just ignore the Bowery Whole Foods because, well, what more could we add, and it's already the fourth one in the city with more to come. Can we be expected to report on every new Gap that opens? Then we went in, and it seems like they just keep getting better and better. We have heard much about the high-tech Cheese Cave, and the upstairs complex of cafés beats the cramped dining area at Columbus Circle while improving on the annoying bi-level arrangement at Union Square, but there's really only one thing that made our hearts leap.
French Fries.
They have a hot, fresh hand cut pommes frites stand right in the store, and somehow manage to run it without making half the store smell like a greasy spoon. Naturally, There are a full complement of dipping sauces and exotic salts, and they do cost a bit more than the ones at McDonald's, but yum.
Of course, you have to eat them right away, most likely in the upstairs cafe or walking across Houston Street, but since the store is newly opened, you can usually count on an extra abundance of samples throughout the place at least for a few more weeks.
Including fries.
Whole Foods Market 95 East Houston Street, Lower East Side