Okay, fine, so the Thriftway is grubby, badly stocked and more than a little
twilight-zonish. It's also convenient, which is something that UCity is
sorely lacking these days. I don't want to have to walk all the way down to
the Fresh Grocer for things I could walk two blocks to buy. It's bad enough
we lost the convenience store at 40th & Locust, with the nearest Wawa being
at 38th & Spruce. That seems much further when you're in the grip of a
craving.
Fresh Grocer is bright, clean and open all night. Yes, it is. And how many
of us want to walk through the neighborhood, improving though it may be, all
night? The Thriftway is open until 1 a.m., and that's already later than I
want to be walking around, carrying bags and looking like a target.
Most of the conveniences of the Fresh Grocer don't apply to me, and don't
apply to a lot of other residents of the neighborhood, either. Whether or
not it was intended this way, Fresh Grocer comes off as aimed at more
"upscale" residents, and "upscale" at this point is still outnumbered by
"downscale" and "midscale."
Here's hoping that there are new owners, and that they clean the place up
and let us have a choice of where to shop.
Karen Heenan
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