London, Harrod's

We visited Harrod’s Department Store in London, which must be one of the most interesting department stores in the world. Harrod’s covers a square block, is several floors high, and they not only have everything to buy at generally high prices, they promise the best possible service. They are especially famous for their meat market and other food stands.

We would say that the Galleries Lafayette on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, and the Kaufhaus Des Westens, (known as “KaDeWe) on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin rank with Harrod’s as three of the best we have seen in Europe.

In each of these stores, in addition to many floors of excellent quality department-store-products of every category, the “food” floor is filled with food of all persuasions. Counter after counter are filled with fresh meat, seafood, cheese, and dozens of kinds, shapes and sizes of bread. The fresh fruit and vegetable section goes on forever. Aisle after aisle is lined with fancy canned and baked goods from countries everywhere.