Whole Foods at Third and Fairfax Is Moving Next Door, and Getting Bigger

The 63,082-square-foot flagship opens Nov. 11 at Bloom on Third, across from the Original Farmers Market, replacing a store open since 2002.

The Whole Foods at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue is moving next door, and it's picking up about 22,000 square feet on the way.

The new store, a 63,082-square-foot flagship in the Bloom on Third shopping center at 355 S. Ogden Drive, opens at 9 a.m. Nov. 11, What Now Los Angeles reported Friday. It takes over from the Fairfax store Whole Foods has run since 2002, a 41,000-square-foot space, according to the Beverly Press.

That's roughly half again as much store, on the same corner, across Third Street from the Original Farmers Market.

The headline addition is a bar. Whole Foods' announcement describes a new taproom pouring glasses of wine and draft beer, with a new charcuterie counter next to it sending over cheese and meat boards. Elsewhere, the beverage department is set to carry more than 780 wines.

The addition drivers will notice is a parking structure of its own, with more than 600 spaces, the company said. The store will be open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

Whole Foods is leaning hard on California in the pitch. It says the store will stock more than 1,900 items from over 400 suppliers in the state, down to smoked salmon from the Santa Barbara Smokehouse and caviar from Tsar Nicoulai.

The building on top of all that took far longer to arrive than the groceries. Holland Partner Group first proposed a 26-story tower on the old Kmart site at the east end of the Town & Country Shopping Center in 2018, the Beverly Press reported. After pushback from residents, businesses and then-Councilmember David Ryu, it came down to eight stories and won City Council approval in 2022.

The result is The Daphne, 311 apartments stacked over the new store. "We started the entitlements in 2018. It's ultimately been an eight-year process," George Elum, a managing director for Holland Partner Group, told the Beverly Press.

Opening day comes with prizes for the line. The first 300 people in line get a limited-edition 3rd & Fairfax tote and a coupon for up to $100 off, and the first 100 also get a mini tote, according to the company. U.S. veterans can get a free brown butter chocolate chip cookie at the customer service counter. The taproom has DJ and wine-tasting afternoons set for Nov. 14 and Nov. 21.

The store Whole Foods leaves behind is the next door to watch. Regency Centers, which owns the shopping center with the Arba Group, said in October 2025 that it was leasing that space to a "national retailer," the Beverly Press reported. A spokesman wasn't ready to say which one.

Source: whatnow.com, retrieved October 9, 2026. Other sources: beverlypress.com, wholefoodsmarket.com, beverlypress.com (2).