The San Francisco Bay Area is a mecca for foodies and wine lovers with upscale grocery stores in every neighborhood. Retailers such as Whole Foods, Mollie Stone’s, Draeger’s and Lunardi’s have multiple locations in the densely populated thirty-five-mile peninsula located South of San Francisco.

With warm lighting and neutral colors, Whole Foods in Redwood City creates a pleasant, inviting and calm shopping experience. They offer a variety of private label Italian products and Italian brands. Known for their health-conscious roots, Whole Foods dedicates an extensive space to gluten-free pastas such as Banza (not Italian) made from chickpeas, with red lentils and private label options with cauli ower, chick pea, corn or rice our.