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Support our only truly urban grocery store
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Columbusite
Minneapolis
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Posted 4 years ago # -
CDS sherman
East Franklinton
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well the one on bethal has a lot...lol not very URBAN if you ask me...
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CDS sherman
East Franklinton
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the IGA on parsons was pretty urban...
Posted 4 years ago # -
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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Drew wrote Now, for the only true urban grocery part... are you saying that because you have to park in a parking garage vs a parking lot?
There are certainly a few Krogers that are at least closer to downtown...
LOL...I thought the same thing. Columbusite is even turning me off with all of this "true urbanite", and "truly urban" speak.
It also makes me wonder if I'm "truly" cool enough to live downtown and walk do my grocery store across the street. I wonder if I should get in my car and drive to Sunflower Market so I can be "in". Maybe I should be the "ultimate urbanite" and take two transfers on COTA to get there.
People should want to live downtown because of the lifestyle and amenities, not so they can fit in. :?
Posted 4 years ago # -
BUTerrier
Grandview
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They also have $5 coupons for purchasing $25 or over. this was great for vitamin water if you drink that. They have the bottles for 1.29, if you buy a case you get 10% off and then $5 off of that price. that is about .91 per bottle which is a great deal if you drink vitamin water.
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jpunkster
German Village
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I have yet to see anyone give any credit to Giant Eagle for their part in keeping grocery stores in urban neighborhoods... When Big Bear closed they left outdated big box spaces in GVill, VVill, and Grandview - Giant Eagle bit the bullet and took the stores when no one else really cared. While they've been restricted from too many improvements (except Grandview) because of lot size and parking, they really embraced the residents of the neighborhoods.
The fuel perks are nice too.
Posted 4 years ago # -
jpunkster
German Village
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I walked to mine in German Village all the time, never needed a car and never drove one there (the same goes for all of my neighbors who I would run into frequently while shopping). Besides Grandview (which does have a sizeable footprint), they are relatively small stores smack dab in the middle of dense neighborhoods. If Giant Eagle hadn't have opened in those locations where would those local people have gone for groceries - in their car someplace would be my answer.
Now that I'm on the north side of German Village I walk to Kroger (leaving my car behind my house). I observe many, many people walking over as well. It is a much more suburban type of store (check-minus) but at least it was built in an urban area (check-plus).
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BUTerrier
Grandview
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Of course you can walk there, people that live around Polaris can walk there too, does that make it urban? The threadstarter is right Sunflower is the only "urban" grocery store. They have validated parking in a garage, for those of us who do drive, and buy groceries on a weekly basis not daily. The footprint is very small instead of the massive amounts of land the other stores take up. I can walk to tons of places in grandview, do i consider grandview "urban"? Hardly. I shop at the one in grandview, and the only people I see walking are people who look like they cannot afford cars. Urban grocery stores are very similar to sunflower, these are what grocery stores look like in chicago or nyc. Peoeple buy groceries for 1 or 2 days at a time. Besides sunflower I would not necessarily classify any grocery store as urban here in columbus.
This is the whole foods on Huron in Chicago, this is what i consider an "urban" store, the rest are just suburban style stores in urban areas. Notice the parking garage so those who do drive still may do so, same with sunflower.
Posted 4 years ago # -
drew
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The parking lot of the GV Giant Eagle never stopped me from walking there. If parking lots = not urban, then Columbus currently has no urban core!
For those who truly live in what I'd call the 'urban' parts of the city it would require a drive to get to Sunflower wheras there are walkable groceries much closer to downtown.
Still would be nice to have a grocery in downtown proper.
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BUTerrier
Grandview
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It is not about having parking lots, just look at the stores, you can clearly tell a different in giant eagle in german village and that whole foods in chicago. I do not understand how you guys do not see this difference. Columbus is great, and is making great strides, but let us be honest, there are certain things it does not have and urban stores like the one pictured is one of them.
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jpunkster
German Village
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BUTerrier wrote
This is the whole foods on Huron in Chicago, this is what i consider an "urban" store, the rest are just suburban style stores in urban areas. Notice the parking garage so those who do drive still may do so, same with sunflower.
Until we can amass two million more people in downtown I think you're going to have to settle for suburban style urban grocers. If I can walk to it and it feels like part of a dense neighborhood than that's all the urban I can ask for.
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BUTerrier
Grandview
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jpunkster wrote
BUTerrier wrote
This is the whole foods on Huron in Chicago, this is what i consider an "urban" store, the rest are just suburban style stores in urban areas. Notice the parking garage so those who do drive still may do so, same with sunflower.
Until we can amass two million more people in downtown I think you're going to have to settle for suburban style urban grocers. If I can walk to it and it feels like part of a dense neighborhood than that's all the urban I can ask for.
I disagree, as the thread starter pointed out we already have the Sunflower market. It is not as large as many of these fullsize stores and does not ahve the selection, but I could easily see something similar to it being built in downtown or maybe the short north or even the arena district during the next few years or so.
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