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ChinaLouise t1_j97iof9 wrote

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

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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