Comments on: DSW Coming to Former Borders Book Store in Friendship Heights

By: actually

actually — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:02:56 +0000

I’m not sure that distinction is accurate. After all, Neiman Marcus (aka Needless Markup), Saks Men and Roche Bobois are on the DC side, as are a few other high end retailers in Mazza

By: samanooo

samanooo — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:55:54 +0000

ooh that will definitely be exciting!

By: theheights

theheights — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:15:43 +0000

Rodman’s is great. The beer selection is really good & the prices aren’t too bad (for DC). Whenever I need some international foods, I head over there & usually find what I wanted and more.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:59:58 +0000

The basement shopping area is well hidden. I shopped the upstairs for years before discovering it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:59:30 +0000

There are some very good reasons for this. (Hint: $$$$)

By: Rodman's Lover

Rodman's Lover — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:52:25 +0000

Rodman’s is amazing. Great wine and beer selection (but most interesting beer isn’t chilled). All types of packaged international food, including black currant soda made by monks in Ukraine (seriously). The downstairs has a cheap and friendly pharmacy, and a vast assortment of house wares and home aids for the elderly. The produce isn’t very good though, but with two Wholefoods less than a mile away, I can live with that. Plus I love roaming with elderly white folks pushing grocery carts brimming with wine.

By: dc_chica

dc_chica — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:40:59 +0000

lol – this reminds me of a post on another blog last week about city council members wanting a tax break to lure a high-end retailer to the Georgetown mall instead of having it go to a low end retailer like (heavens-forbid!) Target. I think a DSW in Friendship Heights is a good thing and will nicely complement my occassional World Market/Loehmann’s shopping trip. By the way, someone was telling me about Rodman’s and it sounds fantastic – has PoP ever profiled it?

By: AMDCer

AMDCer — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:23:32 +0000

Glad to hear it – I need a basic shoe place in the city now that Filene’s is gone. Isn’t it *Designer* Shoe Warehouse? Is it coming to DC USA, too?

By: Denizen of Tenallytown

Denizen of Tenallytown — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:14:57 +0000

Yeah, I noticed that as well. But keep in mind all the high end retail on the Chevy Chase side was added relatively recently. There’s also some high end retail in the Mazza Gallery.

DSW will be a great addition. Now I wonder who is going to take over the old Filene’s space… That’s a lot of sqft. Eataly? (No, not really.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:45:15 +0000

Funny that this strip of shopping is all discount shopping on the south (DC) side of Western Ave, and all high-end/luxury designers on the north (MD) side of the the street. Interesting visualization of the border line.