"Great baked foods, great variety of cheeses, but I purchased their variety of raviolis from the pasta bar along with two sauces made in house to serve these with, and for a separate meal their Turkish lamb kofta kebabs in the meat department and both were HORRIBLE! The only edible raviolis were those filled with Ricotta, the sauces were very bland, the rest of the ravioli made us gag they were that bad tasting. Now, granted my family makes kebabs almost weekly I was a bit venturous buying kebabs prepared in a US chain super market. We make kofta all the time, some times Turkish, some times Lebanese, some times Azeri/Armenian but these were absolutely disgusting that we threw everything out. They literally have red pepper, spices, salt, pepper... but tasted like a bad combo of pepper and gamy meat that it had too strong of a bad taste we had to rinse our mouths out with vinegar and water.... I suggest the staff reduce portions of the minced pepper, and when you prepare the meat include other spices and knead these in first, then knead in a reasonable amount of red bell pepper, and try baking or grilling one and sampling they should taste great off the skewer without having to dress up with tahini, pickles, turnips, parsley ... the current ones are far too bad tasting to eat off the skewer. I have a family of 4, and everyone had a horrid look on their face when they bit down .. there was a race to the sinks, and even after most rinse their mouths out, even hours later they had to rinse again with vinegar. These are not how Turkish kebabs ever taste, not in a single Provence any where in Turkey. This is what happens when they are made in Cary NC. Another time we bought a whole fish but had to return to the store because after we cut the fish open it was full of live parasitic worms... When I am near a Whole Foods I will buy a select variety of beverages, baked foods, but I am staying away from their prepared foods, pastas, meat, and seafood departments. Also, you can many times the quantity and quality of spices for far cheaper in other area markets."
