The Shops at Columbus Circle is an upscale

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, next to the southwestern corner of

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. The mall also has several restaurants such as the

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, the East Coast flagship of

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. When opened, the Whole Foods Market at Columbus Circle sold liquor from an attached room near the cash registers away from the main shopping aisles. However, this configuration was in violation of

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's liquor licensing laws, which require grocery stores to have a separate street entrance to their liquor departments, ostensibly to avoid minors from buying liquors. In 2005, Whole Foods settled with state authorities and closed its liquor operations at Columbus Circle, hoping to transfer its license to a new location it would be opening on the

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. The space formerly used for liquor now sells Whole Foods' ECO line of

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clothing, Whole Foods' health line Whole Body, and a restaurant, On Tap.

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