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The Dish on the Washington Power Dining Scene (Original Post) elleng Oct 2016 OP
Very interesting article. Thanks for posting elleng.. monmouth4 Oct 2016 #1
You're welcome, monmouth4. elleng Oct 2016 #2
I was thinking the same thing. HA! monmouth4 Oct 2016 #3
and then I posted this! elleng Oct 2016 #4
Excellent. Bookmarking..n/t monmouth4 Oct 2016 #5
That reminds me: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2016 #6
WOW! Impressive! (YOU, that is!) elleng Oct 2016 #7
Why? mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2016 #8
I appreciate the logistics, and love Metro rail. Ft. Totten was a close Metro stop elleng Oct 2016 #9
The Walmarts in DC are only a few years old. The one near Gonzaga mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2016 #10
I've never shopped at Walmart, elleng Oct 2016 #11

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
6. That reminds me:
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 12:51 PM
Oct 2016

I gotta get up to the Walmart on Riggs Road NE and get me another one a' them five-pound sacks of grits.

Full disclosure: yes, the Walmart on Riggs Road NE, which is a three-block walk from the Ft. Totten Metro station (you can also take an R1 or R2 Metrobus, if you don't want to walk that far), sells grits in five-pound sacks. Guess which hot cereal I had for breakfast this morning? Walmart also sells mustard greens, but they were out the last time I was there.

Metro makes this Walmart a local store for me. Really. I walked back to Ft. Totten lugging my groceries, got on a southbound Yellow Line train, and the next thing you know, I was in Alexandria.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
8. Why?
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:05 PM
Oct 2016

Seriously, with the Metro, this is one of the most convenient grocery stores to me.

I leave work. I take the Red Line to Fort Totten. Get off. Walk or take the bus an entire three blocks. Buy groceries. Walk or get on bus; go three blocks back to Ft. Totten. Get on Yellow Line train, or take Red Line to Gallery Place. "Dee-doo, dee-doo; doors closing." The next thing you know, I'm at my Metro station in Alexandria. Get on DASH bus and go home.

Driving I have to do: zero.

elleng

(130,156 posts)
9. I appreciate the logistics, and love Metro rail. Ft. Totten was a close Metro stop
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:11 PM
Oct 2016

to our DC house ('few' years ago!) upper 16th St! Impressive? Walking with the 5 lb bag of grits!

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
10. The Walmarts in DC are only a few years old. The one near Gonzaga
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:17 PM
Oct 2016

is closer to work, but it is smaller. The one on Riggs Road has a much bigger selection.

elleng

(130,156 posts)
11. I've never shopped at Walmart,
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:22 PM
Oct 2016

never had an issue with food shopping, Giant and Safeway, of course, but always with auto except my first years in DC, SW, @ waterfront, walked 2 blocks from apartment. After that, no way to walk with groceries for growing family! Husb did walk to Safeway once, after big snow in '87 (I think.)

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