bighugegiantmess t1_j6c0nl9 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 6:29 AM

Yeah, don’t. I live in Philly, and work in Norristown with the homeless population. Drugs and theft are a huge problem, and in a town that small, it’s disproportionate. In addition to that: A pretty big lack of good grocery stores, hardware stores, pharmacies, restaurants… anything.

verdantx t1_j6dwqnz wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:42 PM

I think Norristown has some good restaurants. I like Emiliano’s Carnitas.

bighugegiantmess t1_j6dxyfh wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:50 PM

Agree, I guess I should have said options are limited.

k2j2 t1_j6eonr3 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 8:41 PM

So good!

JeffRosencock t1_j6gjooy wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:58 AM

The Zep sandwich from Lou’s is great

danstecz t1_j6eezmm wrote on January 29, 2023 at 7:41 PM

The owner of the Dekalb IGA also owns the IGA in Germantown and if the IGA there is as bad as the IGA in Philly (which I heard it is) then I would not even think about shopping there.

Jolly-Cheek5779 t1_j6g21z2 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 1:56 AM

Omggg 😒 it all makes sense. I drove past it recently (Germantown native moved to KOP) and was like ew I hope it’s better than ours. #bringbackpathmark

danstecz t1_j6gawqu wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:56 AM

Yeah. It sucks because everyone was excited that Chelten Mart opened. There was even a worker asking for feedback in the Germantown Facebook group. After a while it was apparent the owner didn't care about the rotten fish smell, the outdated products, the crazy bag policy, etc. I actually started missing the old Fresh Grocer even though all the registers had Weights and Measures Rejected stickers on them or cashiers that would be on their phones while checking you out.

Weavers Way is coming to the old JEVS building but not many can do a full shopping there.