Gothamist: Trader Joe's Brooklyn Opens Next Week

JMH

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:45:41 -0500

This would be useful if I could afford to live anywhere near there.

wowthatsucks

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:58:04 -0500

Two-buck chuck is wine?

woodendesigner

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:52:43 -0500

I don't know why everyone is griping over not having wine. There are several really good wine shops in the neighborhood with a great selection and price range. I am in agreement that Sahadi's is better. There are some cool things about Trader Joe's but if you look at some of the products you would not believe where they came from. They sell bottled water and cheddar cheese from New Zealand. Do people really need New Zealand Water? WTF!!!

RevWaldo

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:15:01 -0500

In the same vein, the mondo kosher supermaket Pomegranate is now open in Midwood.

Joclyn

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:04:34 -0500

Why no wine?

citylion

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:58:18 -0500

Hmm, mixed feeling here. On one hand, it'll be convenient for quick pick ups on the bike ride home from Manhattan. But on the other hand, the food coops in Brooklyn, like the park slope and Flatbush ones, are pretty inexpensive and have saved me the traveling into the city. I wonder if the smaller scale natural product stores will be effected negatively and how they feel of their new neighbor...

evidiot

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:54:24 -0500

They should be opening another location in Manhattan. It's been 2 1/2 years of lines around the store and lines out the door in Union Square (TJ's, for the record, is the closest grocery store to my apartment). If they haven't been able to figure out how to open another Manhattan store in a viable location and turn a profit, it's hopeless.

NannyState

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:41:13 -0500

Charles Shaw wine is the nastiest cheap plonk I've ever tasted and they use processed cheese in many of their sandwiches. TJs is way overblown.

Headzo

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:50:30 -0500

How could this possibly reduce the lines at the Union Square location?

Gothamist_Cynic

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:48:09 -0500

who cares about wine. hopefully this will help decrease the lines at the union square location.

sarahlucy

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:47:05 -0500

yeah, they're not legally allowed to sell wine.

lanciano

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:10:57 -0500

what? no wine store?!?! is there no end to the bad news today? that's the best part of Trader Joes. and yeah, sahadi's is the bomb.

las2381

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:06:34 -0500

no wine at all... how stupid

Rfive

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:06:20 -0500

Sahadi's kicks ass. F*ck trader joe's.

sarahlucy

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:59:21 -0500

my roommate's gonna be working there, it does indeed open the 26th

aprilnyc

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:55:20 -0500

I prefer Sahadis.