2130 P Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Metro Market has been in the ground floor of the Westpark apartments at 22nd and P for over 40 years but is closing because (more…)
grocery stores
2130 P Street, NW
Thanks to Luke and Van for sending: “Metro Supermarket, the little big grocery store, that’s been discreetly holding it down on that drag of P street between Dupont Circle and 22nd street for many years, is closing. (more…)
photos by Casey Kelley
Thanks to Casey for sharing with us:
“The new Trader Joe’s opened in Brookland this morning (very *very* close to me) so I headed down & snapped a few photos. (more…)
Thanks to AJ for sending from Dulles. Anyone know the story?
Sweet City Ride is made possible by the Friends of the PoPville Society!
801 H Street, NE
Thanks to Jason for sending the ALDI opening date update: pushed back to next month: (more…)
The mid May projection was legit!!
The official word straight from Trader Joe’s corporate:
“Trader Joe’s Store in Washington (Brookland) to Open May 15th
Grand opening celebration to include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, samples and giveaways
On Thursday, May 15th, Trader Joe’s will open a new Washington (Brookland), D.C. store. The new store is located at 701 Monroe Street NE. This 11,000 sq. ft. store is across the street from the Arts District. There is a dedicated parking garage on 8th Street where customers get 90 minutes of free parking with validation at the kiosk in-store. (more…)
Petworth, yes, this is what the Petworth Safeway aka the Smelly or Stinky Safeway, looked like back in the day and my God did it stink (though super nice staff.)
After a friendly debate with her friend, a friend of mine requests that we put together the definitive list of Safeway nicknames. [Ed. Note: Before the internet ruled the earth we used to have to think of fun ways to entertain ourselves and one of those ways was naming Safeways!] Here is what the then definitive list looked like from 2009: (more…)
701 Monroe Street, NE
Thanks to Kim for sending the latest Trader Joe’s action earlier this afternoon!
Stay tuned for a mid-May opening…
Continuing coverage of the Brookland Trader Joe’s shall continue.
801 H Street, NE
Thanks to Jason for passing on the latest: “Aldi H Street (opening May 28th)” (more…)
Yesterday we shared some avocados and got a bit giddy about the prospects for a mid may opening. Thanks to Matt for sending these great photos: (more…)