Edit "Alara Wholefoods, WC1N 1AB"
Cancel edit
About your edit
Your username (
set it
):
Comment about your changes:
Type of edit:
Normal edit
Minor tidying
Main information
Content: (see also
text formatting help
)
Long-standing wholefood shop/cafe in [[Locale Bloomsbury|Bloomsbury]], just down the road from [[Russell Square Station]]. The stock is pretty much the sort of thing you would expect from a wholefood shop — pulses, grains, nuts, dried fruit, herbs and spices, herbal teas, a small selection of Japanese foods — but very much towards the "useful and fairly-priced" end of the spectrum, rather than the "posh and expensive" end. Although (like most places of their ilk) they do have a small pills-and-powders aisle, the majority of the stock is actual food. There's a fridge out the back that has vegan and vegetarian cheeses, spreads, sausages, etc, and a freezer with various ready-meals and things. As well as the shop aspect, they also have a totally vegetarian lunchtime takeaway buffet counter priced by weight (£1.15/100g as of June 2011). [[Kake]] used to get lunch from here often when working in the area (around 2003), and it was always fine — for a more recent opinion see [http://eatlikeagirl.com/ Niamh]'s photos: <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/niamheen/737512148/ 1]</small>, <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/niamheen/2486289208/ 2]</small>. There are a few tables outside if you want to eat-in (and there certainly used to be some inside seating as well). Finally, they have an Ecover refill station which as of June 2011 offers refills for washing-up liquid, washing powder, and fabric conditioner. [[Kake]] has been shopping here since around 2001, and it's really not changed at all in that time. On my January 2010 visit they had everything I was looking for at pretty decent prices: dried red chillies (80p for 50g), nutritional yeast flakes (£2.29), veggie sausage mix (£1.35), and tinned water chestnuts (69p). Service was as friendly and helpful as it has always been. Accessibility: No step to get in, just a small ridge. Although there's not a vast amount of room inside, the aisles are relatively uncluttered. See also: * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/alarauk/ Alara's Flickrstream] * [http://www.gourmetbritain.com/shops_entry.php?item=44 Gourmet Britain review] * [http://www.happycow.net/reviews.php?id=11136 Happy Cow comments] * [http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/london/takeaway/1c44k8p/ Trusted Places comments] * [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/alara-wholefoods-london Yelp comments] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], June 2011. Opening hours taken from a business card obtained on that visit.</div>
Locales (one per line) (
view all locales in a new window)
:
Bloomsbury WC1
Categories (one per line) (
view all categories in a new window)
:
Cafes Featured Article Interesting Food Shops Totally Vegetarian Vegan Friendly Wholefoods
One-line summary of this page (for search results):
Additional information
Phone:
Website:
Twitter name (e.g. rglondon):
Opening hours:
Address:
Postcode:
OS X coordinate (e.g. 528113):
OS Y coordinate (e.g. 179347):
Map link:
Image to illustrate this page
URL of image:
Photos should be no larger than 240x240
Name of image copyright holder:
URL of image licence:
URL of image's info page:
Cancel edit