I've lived in the Baltimore area for about 4 years now, I do all my edible shopping at Whole Foods Market (WFM). I've been to WFM's in VA, DC, MD, NJ, NY, MA, ME. By far this is the smallest WFM I've seen. Nothing wrong with it but it does lack choice, they have limited organic produce in stock and it runs out quickly and is replaced by conventional produce. The one in downtown Baltimore isn't that big either but bigger than this one. If you want to go to a large WFM with complete variety and options, go to Columbia, might be far for some folks living north of Baltimore but worth the visit for once.

as someone who has been around the states and visited dozens of whole foods throughout the USA, i can say that this is the worst whole foods that i have ever seen in my life. The selection of products both produce and packaged food is embarrassing. Their "salad bar" has more meat and dairy than actual vegetables and food and the dishes that have vegetables in them are almost always topped with tons of meat and dairy. And personally when i go to a whole foods i'm expecting some nice vegetarian and vegan options. Also if you look at other whole foods around the states you will see not just a salad bar but there will be pizza, sandwiches, burritos, smoothie bars and tons more. This whole foods has one terrible salad bar. one terrible hot food bar. one sushi bar lacking many options. and a kitchen which doesn't take special orders (and is layered with practically nothing but meat and dairy) i would not recommend this whole foods to anybody. go elsewhere. there are better health food stores in baltimore. and if the people who work at whole foods are reading this i suggest you look at whole foods outside of baltimore and try to make yours a little better.

While their produce department does not equal a Farmer's Market with locally grown produce, it is still better than any other chain grocery store, at least in Baltimore. That includes Wegman's, Giant, Safeway, Fresh Market, Eddie's, Graul's, etc. And like any other store, how healthy the selection depends on what you put in your shopping cart. There is certainly less junk food available. Meat and fish is sourced with documentation. Their wild caught fresh fish is very good. Staff are friendly and helpful. They're not as great with special orders - they often drop the ball there.

There was a mention of a robbery in another review, and more recently, the Starbucks here was robbed at closing by 2 armed thugs who locked the workers inside. I'm mentioning this, because it feels like a very safe and upscale area, but ... I like the breads from the bakery, but there are flies and mosquitoes in the cases sometimes. So today I didn't get the bread of course ... a big fly was walking all over the loves of bread in the case. I find it difficult to get to the produce many times because the people in charge of restocking block access to it often, and seem many times to be purposefully doing so ... I mean, they way they do it. This has happened in the milk isle too, and I almost called the guy out on it because he was so belligerent. As a matter of fact, I can't recall ever shopping there when there actually was unimpeded access to produce or the milk isle. One time a saw a customer who was so rude she made the cashier cry. There is actually very little organic produce. Mom's Market carries only organic, so it's much easier to shop there.

I love this store. The staff is friendly. The products is fresh. I had no problems finding all my items.