Whole lotta store

The third-largest Whole Foods store in the world opens May 20 in Lincoln Park, introducing Chicagoans to a riverwalk, seven neighborhood-themed eateries, mix-and-match cookie and trail-mix stations, and express checkout lanes with a screen directing shoppers to the next open cashier.

"We asked, 'What do we want this store to be?' We decided we wanted it to reflect all of Chicago in one place," said Rich Howley, store team leader, during a store tour for the Sun-Times.

The new 75,000-square-foot store at Kingsbury and Sheffield is two blocks south and more than double the size of the neighborhood's existing Whole Foods store at 1000 W. North Ave. that it will …