A reader reports:
“Safeway had another pipe issue this morning. Water every. Main floor and in the parking garage areas are flooded. Only one stair way from the parking garage to the main store is open.”
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1209 10th St NW REAR in Blagden Alley
Last week we learned about plans for a Localteria in Blagden Alley. The owner sends me an update via email:
“We opened Localteria today in Blagden Alley, 1209 10th St NW REAR. We don’t have all of the items in yet, but it’s still surprising to see what a variety of foods and beverages our neighbors are making.”
Hours are 11 to 11 and midnight on weekends. And standby for beer and wine when they get a liquor license.
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UPDATE: @gchowdhry tweets us just after 7pm:
“@PoPville FYI the Safeway is closing due to the burst water line. Announcement just came over the loud speaker.”
@ktstritz tweets us the photo above:
“It’s snowing. The Petworth Safeway is flooding. #stateofemergency”
JH emails us the photo below:
AP emails us the video below:
“So on top of the crowds at the new Safeway in Petworth, a pipe just burst in the garage and in the store. This is the scene downstairs. If that freezes, at least a dozen cars are going to have a nightmarish time getting out.”
A new venture from the former Blagden Alley Waffle space – a “locateria”. I’m told it’ll be like a corner store featuring all local items. Not sure of the opening date but I’ll definitely update when more is known.
1209 10th St NW REAR in Blagden Alley
Poem going up outside:
When we spoke about Park Chelsea on Monday a reader wondered about the Whole Foods. It’s coming right next door the Chelsea but is currently a big a whole in the ground. It’ll also have 336 apartments:
The target opening date is early 2017. The rendering:
806 H Street, NE
@OldCityCrossFit tweets us at 4pm:
“Crash in H St Market. Doesn’t seem like anyone was hurt. Crazy things on #HStNE”
@mvelkin tweets us:
“When you can just buy an onion from @Safeway [14th and E SE!] and plant it in the ground yourself! @PoPville”
3830 Georgia Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I was shopping at the Safeway and there were a bunch of people gathered around getting ready to shoot a TV show. They wouldn’t tell me which show it was of course… Does anyone in the know have an idea what it might be? I’d love to know!”
Ed. Note: Another reader says:
“Petworth safeway is closed for an event from 10-2 today, with floor to ceiling black drapes at the entrances.”
1916 14th Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Back in April, when it opened, I asked about the hours of the Trader Joe’s on 14th and T. It has opened at 9am rather than 8am. As someone who lives near by I like to hop into a grocery store on my way to work for fruit, lunch, etc. Walking to work today I notice that the Trader Joe’s looked open and the sign on the door had the 9 removed but no new time list.
Sure enough I just looked at the website and it lists the hours as 8AM – 10PM. I spoke with a staffer; he said they started opening at 8am on January 2nd.”
7th and O Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I was there on Thursday (Jan. 1) and the store was completely out of ground beef other than the 3.5 pound packs of 80/20 beef. When i asked a store clerk if they had any in back, she informed that they had not gotten ground beef for 3 days.
And the week before that, my husband went to the same giant and they were out of chicken breast.
These items seem like fairly basic things one would expect to find in every grocery store. As this is still a neighborhood in transition, I would imagine not every person who shops there has the luxury or time to go to another store that is further away to get basic items like chicken or ground beef.
In addition, I also witnessed a Giant worker sniffing the meat in the case and selectively choosing which packets to put on a cart and take away from the case.
This is very concerning, especially for a store that was touted as a great improvement over the last store. I have found almost every time they don’t have some fairly basic items. The front of the store is great and outside is very appealing, but once you get into the interior of this Giant, it seems like its just the same old challenges that occur at almost all the grocery stores in D.C.–limited stock and low quality produce.
Have other people had negative experiences at the new Giant on O Street?”