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SteelCityIrish t1_j97h5jf wrote

Reply to comment by ChinaLouise in Meet me under the Target clock. by eamon2plz

So… finally a “grocery store” downtown? 🤣🤣🤣

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ChinaLouise t1_j97hmzb wrote

How long has it been there?

You'll probably say something like "several years" lol

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bobbycherry t1_j97na5j wrote

Target officially opened in the summer of 2022. The building also has a hotel (which opened in 2019) and several floors of apartments. There is still retail space open. Plus, Burlington is moving down the street and a Five Below is coming. New life for this Pittsburgh gem!

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ChinaLouise t1_j97seie wrote

Five below is coming downtown? Makes me want to actually cross a bridge

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thunderGunXprezz t1_j9849ep wrote

Surge pounder cans and cheap screen protectors? I'm fucking there!

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ChinaLouise t1_j98df80 wrote

I saw pregnancy tests at dollar tree once. One dollar pregnancy tests. Imagine that

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highonfuk t1_j9abx94 wrote

I got a pair of big ass headphones from five below in Robinson thinking if the sound sucks, whatever. They sound fucking great. Just as good as a pair that i actually paid good money for. Fuck. Totally down for five

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SteelCityIrish t1_j97iel6 wrote

Oh I don’t know, I haven’t been back in 13 years… but I also know there’s been a constant push to try since the 90’s.

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ChinaLouise t1_j97iof9 wrote

There was some kind of food 4 less or save a lot or something like that on the hill, but it was shut down before the pandemic. I think the closest actual grocery store would be either Oakland or south side. And south side isn't what it used to be

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SteelCityIrish t1_j97r7tk wrote

Right on. I always assumed the N. Side Giant Eagle was the downtown grocery support.

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PorkyWallace t1_j97offf wrote

There was a nice Shop N Save in the Hill District, built at a cost of $8 million. It closed in 2019 due to shoplifting, crime and the general negative effects of locating a nice store in a hostile neighborhood.

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tesla3by3 t1_j97v7up wrote

Salem’s is planning to open a store at that site sometime this year.

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dorothy_zbornakk t1_j989kmq wrote

that’s not true at all. it closed because the lease holder didn’t pay the property taxes on it. https://www.wtae.com/article/shop-n-save-in-pittsburgh-hill-district-will-close/26432615

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tesla3by3 t1_j995p27 wrote

The article says the owner of the property did not pay the property taxes. The leaseholder (SnS owner)was paying the rent as agreed, which includes the property taxes. It was the landlord who never sent the tax payments in.

I’m guessing this enabled the tenant to get out of the lease. If they really wanted to keep the store open they could have worked something out with the landlord.

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ChinaLouise t1_j97s4o0 wrote

Ok, so it was a Shop and Save. That's what I was referring to but for some reason though it was a discount grocery

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rangel01 t1_j98k680 wrote

There's goona be a new five and below next to it too.

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Whywaitwhat t1_j98oy61 wrote

Tbh it's not the worst selection. Prices are about right. 🤷

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SteelCityIrish t1_j98r9z7 wrote

I’m not complaining…

I remember N. Side G.E., S.S. G.E., Shop N Save @ Bloomfield Bridge, Center Ave G.E… now it’s been a while, so maybe I am forgetting things… but this was what you had from downtown.

Up to Mt. Wu if you wanted all that noise.

Like was there not a grocery at the lower end of Carson, a la 10th? Seems wild now…

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