Gothamist: Trader Joe's Joins Union Square Area Food Nexus

teddy

Wed, 31 May 2006 17:27:50 -0500

If you have taste buds you will not like two buck chuck. No one should be sold as "It's good for its price."

marker

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:19:00 -0500

don't forget the chelsea market - love that fish store. And the vegetable store. And the cat in the flower store. And the photos. HAte the wine store. Love the cakes. Love the bread. Love the cooking supply. Hate the meat (store).

Ethan

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:18:57 -0500

Someone made a store, just for me, Food Emporium, Food Emporium, Someone knows my kind of quality, Food Emporium, Food Emporium! Someone got the message, That people like things better, Even when they're shopping for The simple things... [This week at Food Emporium, blah, blah, et cetera]. (Disclaimer: I don't shop there, and my feelings are neutral on its prices/quality. Also, the last verse does not really make sense, but I'm pretty sure the lyrics are accurate. I just listen to too much radio).

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:28:07 -0500

The downside - and part of the fun - of Trader Joe's is that they only have what they have. You can't count on the same thing being there the next time.

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:26:38 -0500

Gee. I remember it as, "Recipe for fun is in the D'ag, D'ag bag."

Tim N.

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:02:48 -0500

Love that D'agostino, love that Dag Dag Dag New York's winning food is in the Dag Dag Bag Love those veggies Love those meats (Enough-ah-dis lovemaking, whaddya say we eat?) So please, Mr. D'Agostino Move closer to me... I never quite got it, but the store was great. Now that the BH store is gone, it's Fresh Direct for this omnivore. That and the Green Market.

Toby

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:00:31 -0500

Trader Joe's has some really good prices on stuff. In other cities they blow Whole Foods and some supermarket chains out of the water with their prices. They have some very good private label foods too. This is a very good thing!

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:49:56 -0500

Love that D'agostino . . . (But at A&P, they watch their Ps and Qs.)

janelle

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:37:06 -0500

there is a grocery store in my neighborhood that i think uses colored lights in the meat and produce departments to make things look... better? almost anything has got to be better! thank goodness for freshdirect...

Vin

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:33:46 -0500

I grew up with Mr. D'Agostino moving too close to me...

miss

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:30:56 -0500

i couldn't think of the Food Emporium jingle but instead reached in my brain and grabbed.. the Empire carpet phone number jingle?? i didn't even know i had that in there! Thanks a LOT! :(

southern belle

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:25:30 -0500

Winn Dixie wants to be a part of your day, a part of your day ... oh, wrong state

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:50:24 -0500

Yes, but now Shop-Rite does the can-can . . .

garth

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:46:43 -0500

"someone made a store just for me... food emporium! food emporium! la la la la guarenteed! food emporium! food emporium!" damn, i can't even remember all the words but thanks to you tien, i'm going to have that damn jingle stuck in my head all afternoon... but tj's on 14th is for reals now? nice. food emporium! food emporium! what an awesome jingle.

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:22:27 -0500

"Did you just compare Whole Foods and Trader Joes to Citarella's and Zabar's? What an insult to New Yorkers who turn to this site for New York news. Whole Foods and Trader Joes is about as New York as the St. Louis Arch while Citarella's and Zabar's are institutions in this city." [1] Posted by: Benjamin | January 18, 2006 01:59 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are great! And more encompassingly utilitarian than Citarella. (And Zabar's is uptown.) ______________________________________________ Whoa!!! Two Buck Chuck, finally available in NYC! [2] Posted by: S | January 18, 2006 02:08 PM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Do they still have Two-Buck Chuck? That would be surprising (but cool), since it was, I think, a closeout. Re. Food Emporium -- just an expensive A&P.

Vin

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:22:19 -0500

Nothin beats C-Town for bang for your buck, why don't gothamist wayfare C-town in Manhattan?! Also Pathmart by the bridge is a close second.

tien

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:18:16 -0500

but you can't beat food emporium's jingle.

CM

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:14:30 -0500

i don't know what the western beef in that area was like, but the one on West End Ave is the absolute pits.

Andrew J. Lederer

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:13:24 -0500

I saw a mouse running through that Western Beef once. It looked very fresh.

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:04:40 -0500

Poor peons show at Food Emporium? FE is insanely overpriced. I spend less money when I go to Whole Foods.

Jen

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:03:05 -0500

Food Emporium totally overcharges (I'm a Fairway shopper and Fairway is usually less expensive) and is so gross! Food Emporium may seem proletarian, but it's not that great. I think the FE on Greenwich in Tribeca is pretty decent, though. I wouldn't compare Whole Foods to Fairway, but in terms of having big grocery stores where you can get a great variety of food - including organic - than most stuff is game. I mean, Garden of Eden stinks too, but whatever.

anonymous

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:50:37 -0500

"didn't add Food Emporium, which we wouldn't really consider a food store" I guess it's just us poor peons who shop there, instead of the hip upscale Gothamist food shoppers?

Michelle

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:41:11 -0500

I hate these supermarket rumors! Someone asked if I had been to the new Whole Foods on Houston, and after I said I didn't think it was open, they assured me it was... Sunday morning, sure enough, Whole Foods: still closed. Then following these Trader Joe's rumors, walked up to Union Square... and it's still 3 months away?! I cannot win.

smitty

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:24:25 -0500

trader giotto's is the best too. I love the frozen pizzas! and the chocolate covered bananas!

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:18:54 -0500

Oh Benjamin, did we wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Don't knock the father of Two Buck Chuck until you've tried it.

S

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:08:18 -0500

Whoa!!! Two Buck Chuck, finally available in NYC!

Benjamin

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:59:10 -0500

Did you just compare Whole Foods and Trader Joes to Citarella's and Zabar's? What an insult to New Yorkers who turn to this site for New York news. Whole Foods and Trader Joes is about as New York as the St. Louis Arch while Citarella's and Zabar's are institutions in this city.