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September 15, 2006
Beautiful Renovation
Safeway spends tens of dollars renovating the front of their 17th Street location. Isn't it beautiful???
We really need a Wegmans here in DC. They started in my hometown of Rochester, NY. One of the best things to come out of that city.
Posted by durban bud at September 15, 2006 11:14 AM
Comments
OMG - I luuuuuuuuuuuuv Wegmans. Wish I had one near me too -- the closest is just a little too far for grocery shopping (40 minutes).
Posted by: stina at September 15, 2006 01:22 PM
I know you ain't raggin' on my Safeway! Don't make me show you how much better things are than they used to be. Field trip to Ghetto Giant!
Posted by: Carl at September 15, 2006 03:14 PM
I miss Food Lion and Harris Teeter...
Posted by: matt at September 15, 2006 03:50 PM
I used to work next to a ghetto giant in Van Ness. The mice and rats would run across the aisles when they thought you were not looking - lovely
But they renovated that one now and it is nice as shit. The mice and rats like the renovation too..
Posted by: Steve at September 15, 2006 04:00 PM
Take note of the former alcove in front of the bike rack. The depression, which has since been filled in, was just deep enough to allow the front tire of your bike to fit while putting it over the top of the rack. Now you can't, and the only places to safely secure your bike are on the sides of the rack. That is when there aren't employees taking a smoke break on the rack who get offended when you want to lock your bike up there.
People who install bike racks are rarely bicyclists, and often idiots.
Posted by: jimbo at September 15, 2006 04:40 PM
Ah yes. Wegmans. I always stop at the one in Williamsport, PA on my way back home to Victor.
Posted by: Brian at September 15, 2006 04:44 PM
Ah yes, Food Lion, the trashiest white trash receptacle of "food" and its imitations. Harris Teeter is far more acceptable, although I'm sure it too is evil and union-busting in that lovely Southern way.
Posted by: carl at September 15, 2006 10:18 PM
Food Lion Matty? Ewww - they can't touch Harris Teeter - I wish they would build a Wegman's in DC or in like Springfield, VA at least... I will say I like working in Springfield since everything is cheaper there - not just b/c it is VA but b/c it is less affluent than the rest of Fairfax... so groceries at the Giant there are really cheap!
Posted by: TOS at September 16, 2006 09:44 AM
Why don't you take a field trip to the Wegman's in Fairfax? I go every so often. Also, Harris Teeter in Arlington is pretty good too. There just isn't enough space for a Wegman's in DC.
Posted by: tom at September 16, 2006 11:48 AM
Was cool meeting you this weekend.. I don't believe I had a conversation with a Rochesterian and did not mention Wegmans. Of course it's what I miss most about Rochester.. that and Nick Tahou's.. and the old Eastview Mall radio commercials.. and Cole Muffler.. and 98PXY (Scott Spezzano went to my high school). And a million other things...
Posted by: Paul at September 18, 2006 09:50 AM