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Attention all downtown residents or office jockeys who at this very moment need, say, a dozen eggs, a gallon of milk, or some Band-Aid brand bandages: The 2nd Street district's newest tenant, Royal Blue Grocery, will celebrate its Grand Opening this morning at 10:30 AM with a ribbon cutting by Mayor Will Wynn.
For downtown dwellers who might not always feel like traversing the Whole Foods food theme park, Royal Blue Grocery's footprint, at only 1000 square feet, might just be the answer to your traveler's lament. Don't get us wrong, we love Whole Foods, but recent Bodega-style corner shops like P&K Market and the like remind us that, yeah, we don't always need to walk 100 paces to choose among 25 nut butters or 26 varieties of tofu to have a good lunch.
Royal Blue Grocery
247 W. 3rd St
Open daily from 7:00 am to Midnight
512-499-3993
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Finally! A grocery store downtown!! Hooray!
Do you mean 10,000 square feet? A thousand sq. ft. is 20'X 50', about the size of a typical 1 BR apartment.
Nope. I wrote what I meant. 1000 sq. ft. It's going to be cornershop style.
Don't get us wrong, we love Whole Foods, but recent Bodega-style corner shops like P&K Market and the like remind us that, yeah, we don't always need to walk 100 paces to choose among 25 nut butters or 26 varieties of tofu to have a good lunch.
Um, what about Wheastville? It's cozy, and it's been around for 30 years. It also has the added bonus of being co-operatively owned.
Stop the presses! Yuppie corner shop opens below yuppie loft/condos!
Wheatsville sucks - fails the Lucky Charms test and any number of other sensible ones.
The perfect urban grocer is the Fresh Plus in Clarksville. (Yes, some derisively mock their produce, but they have the basic staples AND they have all of the basic needs covered, even if you're an evil consumer of processed foods).
The FP in Hyde Park on the other hand sucks. Not as bad as Wheatsville, but pretty close.
This store makes no sense. Everything is gourmet/insanely overpriced. Even though it's a stones throw away, I do not shop there. Word to the wise Royal Blue, make this place affordable, accessible, dare I say it..ordinary, carry normal everyday produce and product. If not, the instant somebody downtown does, you're going out of business.
Fresh Plus Clarksville is awesome!! But I will try this place out. Sounds a lot like the little place on South Congress --whatsit-- Farm to Market?