SteelCityIrish t1_j97h5jf wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:05 PM

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

ChinaLouise t1_j97hmzb wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:09 PM

How long has it been there?

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

igloojoe11 t1_j97mw9d wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:45 PM

It opened last June, I believe.

bobbycherry t1_j97na5j wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:48 PM

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!

ChinaLouise t1_j97seie wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:24 PM

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

thunderGunXprezz t1_j9849ep wrote on February 19, 2023 at 11:53 PM

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

ChinaLouise t1_j98df80 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:04 AM

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

highonfuk t1_j9abx94 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:44 PM

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

bobbycherry t1_j97u0r5 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:36 PM

Yep! The City Paper had a brief mention in July, following the opening of Target.

hineybush t1_j97kodk wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:30 PM

it opened up within the last two years afaik

ChinaLouise t1_j97lcqz wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:34 PM

Thanks

michaelchuck88 t1_j97mz6o wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:46 PM

It was around June-August of last year

SteelCityIrish t1_j97iel6 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:14 PM

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.

ChinaLouise t1_j97iof9 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:16 PM

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

SteelCityIrish t1_j97r7tk wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:16 PM

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

PorkyWallace t1_j97offf wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:56 PM

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.

tesla3by3 t1_j97v7up wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:45 PM

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

dorothy_zbornakk t1_j989kmq wrote on February 20, 2023 at 12:33 AM

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

tesla3by3 t1_j995p27 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:07 AM

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.

ChinaLouise t1_j97s4o0 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:22 PM

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

rangel01 t1_j98k680 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:58 AM

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

Whywaitwhat t1_j98oy61 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:37 AM

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

SteelCityIrish t1_j98r9z7 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 2:56 AM

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…

BumperRobinson t1_j99gaxt wrote on February 20, 2023 at 7:07 AM

It's been wiped clean lately

kindofkelly t1_j98b87o wrote on February 20, 2023 at 12:46 AM

they’re opening a five below next door to target eventually too… big happenings lol

Jazzlike_Breadfruit9 t1_j98ctkn wrote on February 20, 2023 at 12:59 AM

I am sure that will attract a lot of people to downtown /s

BumperRobinson t1_j99g8yf wrote on February 20, 2023 at 7:07 AM

I'm a lot of people

hybrid_throwaway_ t1_j98jaun wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:51 AM

not gonna lie, when they open that five below i'll definitely be going there often lol

69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9b6h2n wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:22 PM

It's for the people who live and work down there.

UselessLezbian t1_j9a8ff2 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 1:12 PM

We live in as far south as you can get and still be in Allegheny, and my mom and I did make it a point to stop at the downtown target. 😂 She has a lot more memories of everything it was before, and wanted to check it out.

kindofkelly t1_j9d16bg wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:51 AM

i mean…. imma go there and spend all my money on blind bags during my lunch breaks so

Meet me under the Target clock.

ChinaLouise t1_j97fqq5 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 8:56 PM