I hate Trader Joe’s. They have bought the property of one of my favorite Mexican restaurants in West L.A. (TiaJuana’s on Olympic). TaJuana’s has been there for 30 years or so, and has delicious home made tortillas and a wonderful family atmosphere. TJ’s is coming in, and the restaurant will close on November 4. 
(Actually, better Trader Joe’s than condos or something. But couldn’t they have bought the lot across the street?!)
Don’t hate the player, shelbo, hate the game. TJs really tries to be part of the community it’s in… just give it a chance.
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.]
Funny, I never noticed in SoCal. FWIW the ones I went to were Culver City, West L.A. (National), West L.A. (Sepulveda), Westchester, Manhattan Beach, Torrance-Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Orange, and Santa Ana. Maybe one in San Diego too. Up here I’ve been to the one in Everett and the new one in Bellingham. I can’t remember ever using the four-wheel-steering carts. I think I’d notice, but I could be wrong. And since I often rode a motorcycle, a lot of the time I’d use my backpack as my ‘shopping basket’.
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You occasionally get a funky cart in San Dimas or Monrovia. But I got lucky today.
Came back with many goodies: crab cakes which I heated on the stove in a pan for lunch; reduced guilt chips–very good; rice crisps with salt and pepper, also good; Garden patch veg. juice; milk; my favorite multigrain pretzel nuggets mentioned earlier; hearts of Romaine for salads; Bruschetta; frozen Tilapia; clover honey; 99-cent marinara; peach sauce–gotta get it while it’s on the shelf, because sometimes it isn’t; green tea; bite size shredded wheat.
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou]
You fuckers. We still don’t have any Trader Joe’s in Florida!
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It’ll happen. They’ve made their way down to Atlanta. I bet they’ll open stores on the I-4 corridor in 2 years, max.