A Very Brooklyn Whole Foods Opens In Brooklyn (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: A Very Brooklyn Whole Foods Opens In Brooklyn

Brooklyn's first ever Whole Foods opened Tuesday morning. The new store, at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Gowanus, is, well, very Brooklyn: Vinyl records, local craft beers, a rooftop bar, and of course, lots of kale.

Large crowds of Brooklynites eagerly waited to enter:

Then they rushed inside:

Of course, Marty Markowitz was there:

Here's the vinyl record store:

Park Slope Food Co-op might be getting worried:

A Whole Foods employee got creative with the fish display:

This guy's going to hurt someone.

Naturally, people made fun:

remember before gentrification ruined Gowanus, when we used to all fish for our food directly from the canal

— Tim Donnelly (@timdonnelly) December 17, 2013

There was some BREAKING NEWS:

You've had a good run, Brooklyn.

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