is trader joe's noise?

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OK AS LONG AS WE CAN SERVE THE UNCHICKEN NUGGETS AT THE RECEPTION

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link

ALSO THE FROZEN CHOCOLATE COVERED BANANAS

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:02 (nineteen years ago) link

DUDE TRADER JOES HAS PEOPLE IN HAWAIIAN SHIRTS AND CHEAP VEGGIETERIAN FOOD THEREFORE IT'S JAM WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF PARROTHEAD

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link

The bathrooms are so much nicer than you'd expect.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link

trader joe's frozen pad thai is not noise because it is gross and watery.

trader joe's frozen veggie burritos are probably noise.

trader joe's powdered chai mix is definitely noise.

whole foods is for people making over $180,000 a year, i think. although i get cheese there sometimes.

i would really love to go to a trader josé's.

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Trader Joe's is definitely noise.
Soy Nuggets are all I eat.
The Pad Thai does suck but I suggest pan-frying it for a more delicious experience.
whole foods is for sissies. with a lot of money.

― Holly (an appletross), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.berkeleybowl.com/

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I wish I was a sissy with a lot of money. :(

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I like the different ehtnic Trader Joe's, like Trader Giotto! and Trader Jose! and Trader Ming!

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link

yes, the ethnic joes are terribly clever.

― Holly (an appletross), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link

What are you people talking about?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link

like if there is a pasta sauce or other italian item it is called trader giotto (italian for joe) or jose if its spanish... i'm not sure why they chose ming for asian... ming sounds nothing like joe, but yeah. also, they have hummus and greek stuff and just call it joe's so it's sort of inconsistent.

― Holly (an appletross), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link

FOR SHAME

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:27 (nineteen years ago) link

SOY NUGGETS PWN.
COSTA RICAN FAIR TRADE COFFEE PWNZ.
CHUNKY STYLE NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER FOR $2 PWNZ.
LENTIL SOUP PWNZ.
MIXED NUTS PWN.
CLERKS IN HAWAIIAN SHIRTS KISSING MY ASS PWN.

I CAN GO ON FOR DAYS. TRADER FUCKIN JOES.
(THEIR SALSA KINDA SUX THO)

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 04:37 (nineteen years ago) link

I dunno if it's the same everywhere, but the clerks at Trader Joe's are ridiculously friednly.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 05:26 (nineteen years ago) link

hooray for the trader joe's thread.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 06:43 (nineteen years ago) link

this thread is sooooo ILE!!!

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 10:09 (nineteen years ago) link

MET FOODS = SO FUCKING HARD YO

http://www.soundcircuit.com/artists/profiles/images/big1.jpg

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

All of the Trader Joe's employees remind me of nickalicious. Even the women!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link

oh god.. met foods.

what about key foods? the one on avenue a and 3rd, my old local, was like night of the living baseheads unless it was a weekend day. even then, you had to watch out for the middle-aged sort-of trannie/it's pat kind of person who would get very angry if you didn't want his/her leftover coupons.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link

huh, I bought some tofu pups at that Key Foods once, no problem.

My Met Foods, Biggie's old haunt, isn't that bad but they're kinda inconsistent with keeping things in stock. Like they started stocking my favorite salsa, but haven't restocked it in two weeks.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link

YO PEOPLE IT'S KEY FOOD. FOOD. NO S.

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link

WHERE IS TRADER JOE'S EXCEPT LONG ISLAND?

I got Tops around the corner. Sometimes pricey, sometimes not! IT IS ALL ABT SEARCHING.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.traderjoes.com/locations/index.asp

hook it up!
m.

― msp (msp), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 19:52 (nineteen years ago) link

STRONG ISLAND/WESTCHESTER.

I HEARD RUMBLINGS ABOUT AN NYC ONE.

TAKE THAT HO'FOODZ.

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

TRADER JOES ON LI IS IN MY HOMETOWN, HOLLER!

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link

PLAINJEW.

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.traderjoes.com/i/tj/maps/555.gif

― cutty (mcutt), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link

YOU CANT SEE YOUR MOTHER'S HOUSE ON THERE.

I CAN DRAW A MAP IF NEED BE.

HOLLA @ EDNA.

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link

http://soccerpatch.com/NY/P_PlainviewNY.jpeg

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:26 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.strongisland.com/radio-login.htm

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link

WHERE ON LI IS TEH DDB/CUTTY TAGTEAM FROM?

my BOYZ (jared & bryce & j0hn d4ciuk & parry & greggy weggy) are from Huntington Station.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link

"greggy weggy"

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 10:01 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.webm8.co.uk/riddler/mp3rap/public_enemy-welcome_to_the.jpg

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 12:03 (nineteen years ago) link

i had the cassingle.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link

"PUBLIC ENEMY INVADES THE 90's WITH STRONG ISLAND JEEP BEAT TROOP!"

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:22 (nineteen years ago) link

i would like that 12".

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 15:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Dave's Insanity Sauce = Noise
http://www.chilefoundry.co.uk/images/DG-insanity_sauce_sm.jpg

― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 22 September 2004 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

MY VOYAGE TONIGHT WAS A SUCCESS

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 November 2004 05:27 (nineteen years ago) link

MY VOYAGE TO JOE-LAND, THAT IS

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 12 November 2004 05:28 (nineteen years ago) link

HURRAY.

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 12 November 2004 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link

three months pass...

February 18, 2005 in Food and Drink (incl. Restaurants), Music, Vanderbilt Ave. | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Trader Joe in the ProHo

Newhome1_02Victoria writes: "... my husband and I read your site all the time. We'd love for a Trader Joes to move into Prospect or Crown Heights. There are all those warehouses on Dean, Bergen, and Sterling (past Washington). Any ideas about how to bring Trader Joe's to our neighborhood?"

The story is that Trader Joe's is looking for a storefront somewhere in Brooklyn but, a spokeswoman says, "we need to find a deal that makes sense for us."

According to the Daily News article, "Trader Joe's is still considering how much parking it will need ... 'We're trying to be open-minded' ..."

― Ian John50n (orion), Friday, 25 February 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

Anyone go to the Trader Joe's in Union Sq?

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: (ex machina), Friday, 17 March 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link

it's closer to 3rd ave though, right? i haven't been there yet, but maybe i'll stop by tonight.

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Trader Bros, more like!!!

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

LINE OUTSIDE THE STORE BROS.

― ddb (ddb), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

trader hos

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

this thread is sooooo ILE!!!
-- cutty (holle...), September 21st, 2004 7:09 AM. (link) (admin)

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link

What is Trader Joe's? Is this the first of its ilk to open in Manhattan? If so I think I'll avoid it for about a month, which is too bad because everyone seems to love the place.

― Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

http://traderjoes.com/

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 March 2006 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

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i've also been digging the whole grain frozen waffles.

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link

every time my parents visit relatives/friends in the nova area, they stock up on trader joes before coming home!

― tehresa (tehresa), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link

sunflower seed butter!!!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I AM EATING TJ'S CHILI SO CHEAP AND GOOD

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 17 March 2006 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link

Sunflower seed butter is definitely yummy.

Before TJ's came to Chicago proper, I used to drive out to the suburbs to stock up.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 17 March 2006 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link

im eatn their salted chips :D yumm

― MIKE NAVARRO (MRSPOOPYPANTS), Saturday, 18 March 2006 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link

thumbs down on the saag paneer in a box

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 19 March 2006 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link

fuck trader joes but i cant give up those salsa chips

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 19 March 2006 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link

I've never been to a Trader Joe's!
I get my sunflower seed butter at a regular health-food store a few blocks from my house (in CANADA).
Also:
saag paneer in a box sounds pretty wrong.
salsa chips sounds damn right.

― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Sunday, 19 March 2006 01:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahahaha New Yorkers talking about Trader Joe's is funny to me.

West Coast Trader Joe's has become the bastion of really obnoxious daytime child guardians coming in with childs/pets in purses, pretending no one else is in the aisle and storming their way to get shit, knocking everyone else shit over, making excuses for it while the employees have to clean up the Trader's Joe's 32 ounce clam juice or whatever, and hearing the employees ding the bell every time more than 2 people might be actually waiting because then the mom or Mr. mom will complain to the manager for having to wait, but hey they have $3 wine, and have veggie corn dogs.

Trader's Joes West Coast Edition = NAAAWT NOIZE AT ALL (AT LEAST NOT GOOD NOIZE)

― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Basically, NYC Trader Joe's = west coast Dairy Queens...

relatively new = much better planned and pleasant I imagine, for what it is.

― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

being a killjoy: noise or not noise?

― s/c johnson wax (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 19 March 2006 15:04 (eighteen years ago) link

although i love tj's, the newish one by my parents' house is filled with customers like that. i'd estimate they make up about 80% of the clientele. the last time i was in, my line was held up for ages because the extremely wealthy-looking elderly couple in front of me made the cashier then a manager go over every item on their bill because they believed they'd been overcharged. they kept saying, "there's no way we've spent that much." mind you, they had a cart filled to the top and several cases of wine and their total was under $100. as i left i saw them loading the bags into a mercedes suv. it was a "GRR" moment. still, love those unchicken nuggets!!

― lauren (laurenp), Sunday, 19 March 2006 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link

soy pretzels and tj iced tea is good

― o -- (eman), Sunday, 19 March 2006 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link

donut otm

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 19 March 2006 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link

being a killjoy: noise or not noise?

*gets out false teeth and cane*

I remember the days as a kid where the only Trader Joe's you could go to in this town, or maybe country, was right in between Westwood and Santa Monica on Pico Blvd., and the only things they stocked them were corn chips, fruit baskets, and specialty soaps.

and WE LIKED IT!

― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Sunday, 19 March 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link

the one in reseda has been there at least since the early 80s

― chaki (chaki), Sunday, 19 March 2006 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link

The TJ's in Santa Monica is #6. The original is in Pasadena. I think there's close to 500 now.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 19 March 2006 21:59 (eighteen years ago) link

i went to the flagship whole foods in austin today. fucking amazing. i want to live in beer alley.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 20 March 2006 00:37 (eighteen years ago) link

wild oats kicks whole foods' ass!

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 20 March 2006 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link

are fanny packs noise?

― Jack Cole (jackcole), Monday, 20 March 2006 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link

only when worn by bike messengers.

― stockholm cindy is a guy with a belly button piercing (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 20 March 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link

2 buck chuck = so deeply n01z3

― autovac (autovac), Monday, 20 March 2006 16:10 (eighteen years ago) link

oh is it ever!

FUNZONE: Cheap thing of TJ's Chili, some bread, and a bottle of Cab. HEARTY EATIN' AND DRINKIN', NO DOUBT

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link

mad sodium in all that shit, but tastye as fuck

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

oh for sure, but when you're a HUNGRY MAN who wants to be full AND drunk for under $8, there's no beating it.

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link

uh the east coast ones are exactly like this too. They're just not as bad with it as, say, Whole Foods.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll confess that, if I got rich, I would be spending money at WF and its pals like lohan in a bulimia store. Who cares if there's cougars and trixies all over the place. CHEESE AND WINE, DUDES. FUCKING TUNA STEAK FOR MILES. VEGGIES!

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

i like your style, gbx.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Rainbow:Aquarius::WholeFoods:Amoeba

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

So can we agree that if you love delicious, delicious food you will want to camp in the aisles? Because I'm wishing for a much more substantial lunch than I'm actually having and all y'all are MAKING ME HUNGRY.

― Laurel (Laurel), Monday, 20 March 2006 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link

i am hungry.

― R.I.P. Concrete Octopus ]-`: is a guy with a belly button piercing (ex machina), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link

ian: \m/

― gbx (skowly), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

joe's before hos

― stockholm cindy is a guy with a belly button piercing (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 20 March 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

are all the LA no1se b0ardars safe?

― del griffith, Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link

I think there’s only one ilx homie in silverlake

― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:54 (five years ago) link

Although I don’t live over there these days I was in that store 2 weeks ago on a Saturday afternoon!

― buzza, Sunday, 22 July 2018 07:39 (five years ago) link

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