Following along the lines of yesterday’s city sign, I thought I’d continue the theme with this supermarket sign located at 1231 11th Street, NW in Shaw. Any fans of this spot?
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grocery stores
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This one from Sanjay Suchak made me chuckle because he titled it, “I assure you it is NOT”.
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I seem to recall folks are not huge fans of this Safeway. From an email:
Petworth Action Committee
with
Councilmember Muriel Bowser
Community Meeting
Thursday, March 19th
6:00PM
Spring Road Mental Health Center
(in the Chapel)
1125 Spring Road NW
Agenda:
· Petworth Safeway Concerns
· Community Services:
MPD – to address community concerns and to help establish an action plan to address short and long term goals
DPW – to address parking issues
DPR – to address Raymond Recreation renovations and the plans for a new recreation center
DCRA- to address an influx of rooming houses and the negative impact it is having in Ward 4
Update on Development projects in our community: Jair Lynch Development Partners – 3910 Georgia Avenue Adrian Washington- Neighborhood Development Company, LLC- 4100 Georgia Avenue
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photo by baobee
So says a reader (in the comments section of yesterday’s rant or revel) who is going to potentially make a lot of folks very, very happy.
“I was just there and the cashier asked me what my zip code was — when I said 20010, she said “Yeah, that’s mine too. It would be nice if we had one of these in our neighborhood, wouldn’t it? That’s what the survey is for.” Which I took to mean that they are thinking about opening up a TJ’s in another part of DC and looking to see where their customer base lives. I don’t know how long they will be surveying customers, but if you want a TJ’s somewhere in POPville, it couldn’t hurt to head on down to Foggy Bottom and tell them where you live! (Sorry if I’m overly excited, but my cats like their cat food and the trek down to Foggy Bottom every other week kind of sucks. Ah, a girl can dream…)”
Would you be stoked to get a Trader Joe’s or will you be sated by an Ellwood Thompson’s coming to the DC USA project on 14th Street?
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“Steaks and other fine foods”. Too good. Too good.
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I mentioned a few weeks ago that the YES! Organic Market on 14th Street had finally opened. Well, I checked it out and it looks fantastic. Anyone stop in yet? How do you think the prices compare to other grocery stores? They had me at Clementines…
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“I’ve just learned Yes Organic has scheduled a private opening ceremony Monday, November 17th from 3PM.
In addition, CVS is also scheduled to open Monday at 8AM.”
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Lots of folks have been wondering when this store, in the Hoffman building on 14th between V and W, will open up. Well they got there signs up and the inside from what I can tell looks pretty far along so hopefully they’ll be open pretty soon.
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The Sexy Safeway
In Washington, DC, we have the peculiar habit of nicknaming our Safeways. We don’t nickname our Giants, our Harris Teeters, our Trader Joe’s, or our Whole Foods, just the Safeways.
Oh yes, he did. Mayor Fenty announced on National Public Radio, on Friday September 12th, 2008, during the opening of DC’s first new Safeway in a decade, that this one is to be called, “The Sexy Safeway”. I ran into my friend, Angela, who works nearby the Sexy Safeway and asked her if it was true. She had indeed been to the new Safeway and she verified (you have to imagine this in a British accent) that, “Yes, it’s very Sexy. It’s sexy because it’s a lot like Whole Foods.” (By the way, it has come to my attention that I can’t write the phrase “Sexy Safeway” without humming The White Album.) I went to check it out for myself over the weekend.
The Sexy Safeway is located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood at 5th and L St NW, in a corner of the building that houses the new City Vista condominium. As a real estate broker, I’ve sold several condo units in Penn Quarter and Mount Vernon. The buildings themselves are great, but the biggest complaint that people living in that neighborhood have had for years is that there were no grocery stores in the vicinity. Story continues after the jump. (more…)
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I learned that they are doing an environmentally friendly deconstruction. I’m told that they “are currently “deconstructing” the building as opposed to demolishing it, with the intent to recycle, reuse, or otherwise divert the debris from the landfill.” Pretty cool. It also means we are one step closer to John Andrade’s new bar – Meridian Pint. Sweet.