Comments on: The grocery that time forgot http://satoristephen.com/2009/03/01/the-grocery-that-time-forgot/ sudden or expected Fri, 11 May 2012 16:15:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mariohttp://satoristephen.com/2009/03/01/the-grocery-that-time-forgot/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Mario Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:24:02 +0000 http://satoristephen.com/?p=1682#comment-2876 Patty's talking about Westside Market, at the corner of 110th and Broadway, which has excellent produce even in the winter. Should you want to head the other way, Gristedes (in my neighborhood) at 169th and Broadway also has a good selection, but Westside has a happy organic feel to it. You might want to try it out. Then there's the rumor that Trader Joe's might be opening up in the UWS. Patty’s talking about Westside Market, at the corner of 110th and Broadway, which has excellent produce even in the winter. Should you want to head the other way, Gristedes (in my neighborhood) at 169th and Broadway also has a good selection, but Westside has a happy organic feel to it. You might want to try it out. Then there’s the rumor that Trader Joe’s might be opening up in the UWS.

]]> By: PattyKhttp://satoristephen.com/2009/03/01/the-grocery-that-time-forgot/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 PattyK Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:12:16 +0000 http://satoristephen.com/?p=1682#comment-2872 Dude! Two choices that may be helpful to you. I lived at 112th St and Bdwy for several years before moving to LA. So I know two places that may be okay for you. It means shopping outside of where you live - but if you're already on your way uptown anyway...what's so bad about getting off the subway, walking a couple blocks to an awesome store, shopping and returning to the subway to go home uptown with great groceries??? This may be out of your way, but if it's easy for you to get off the subway at 130th and 12th Ave., THE FAIRWAY GROCERY STORE is primo guapo! Shop and then get back on the subway (or uptown bus) toward home. This supermarket is one of my favs in NYC. I used to live on 112th and Broadway and there was a small local neighborhood grocery right as you walked up the subway stairs at 110th and Bdway (can't remember the name) that was outstanding (though small). Well stocked. You would love it. Dude! Two choices that may be helpful to you. I lived at 112th St and Bdwy for several years before moving to LA. So I know two places that may be okay for you. It means shopping outside of where you live – but if you’re already on your way uptown anyway…what’s so bad about getting off the subway, walking a couple blocks to an awesome store, shopping and returning to the subway to go home uptown with great groceries???

This may be out of your way, but if it’s easy for you to get off the subway at 130th and 12th Ave., THE FAIRWAY GROCERY STORE is primo guapo! Shop and then get back on the subway (or uptown bus) toward home. This supermarket is one of my favs in NYC.

I used to live on 112th and Broadway and there was a small local neighborhood grocery right as you walked up the subway stairs at 110th and Bdway (can’t remember the name) that was outstanding (though small). Well stocked. You would love it.

]]> By: Kellyhttp://satoristephen.com/2009/03/01/the-grocery-that-time-forgot/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 Kelly Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:52:12 +0000 http://satoristephen.com/?p=1682#comment-2871 I think store owners/managers buy what sells and what the customers can afford. We might want nice cheeses and lots of fresh produce, but if the vast majority of customers do not want those things or can't afford them, then they won't get stocked. Another problem is we have raised a generation or two or three of people who only know processed food because that is all they ate growing up--mac n' cheese out of a box, hotdogs, canned green beans, and.....Happy meals. My kids had their fair share of processed food but we always balanced that with home-cooked meals with fresh vegetables as well as different kinds of food. Another problem is people aren't learning how to cook now that Home Economics is a thing of the past. Even though Home Ec wasn't always that great, at least it was something! Heck, there are kids who never learn how to use a knife and fork! I think store owners/managers buy what sells and what the customers can afford. We might want nice cheeses and lots of fresh produce, but if the vast majority of customers do not want those things or can’t afford them, then they won’t get stocked.

Another problem is we have raised a generation or two or three of people who only know processed food because that is all they ate growing up–mac n’ cheese out of a box, hotdogs, canned green beans, and…..Happy meals. My kids had their fair share of processed food but we always balanced that with home-cooked meals with fresh vegetables as well as different kinds of food.

Another problem is people aren’t learning how to cook now that Home Economics is a thing of the past. Even though Home Ec wasn’t always that great, at least it was something! Heck, there are kids who never learn how to use a knife and fork!

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