AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
I like that place a lot. You can go to the Home Depot and the Liquor Store in one stop.
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I like that place a lot. You can go to the Home Depot and the Liquor Store in one stop.
RJR123
Active Member
And pick up fresh linens at Linens 'n Things
Admiral Beez
Superstar
My sources tell me that a Sobeys is planned for Regent Park.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
I have a policy of never shopping in stores that use " 'n' " or " 'r' " in their names.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I'd go, to check out the " 'n Things".
beaconer
Active Member
Sobey's Front and Princess - Will be 24 Hours..
According to the signs they now have installed on the building, the Sobey's will be 24 hours and have a pharmacy..
From the looks of it, they look to be opening real soon..My guess would be within the month.
They have the front and back signage and awning up, banners on the side of the building, and the shelfs look stocked with dry product.
According to the signs they now have installed on the building, the Sobey's will be 24 hours and have a pharmacy..
From the looks of it, they look to be opening real soon..My guess would be within the month.
They have the front and back signage and awning up, banners on the side of the building, and the shelfs look stocked with dry product.
PukeGreen
Active Member
Sobeys and neighbours
For sure... lots of progress every day on the Sobey's, I might even guess they'll be open in less than a month. A week or two, maybe? I like the look so far, but I wish they had continued the grey metal squares across the entire front instead of leaving some brick there -- I like brick, but it sort of looks half-finished. But now I'm just nitpicking. This will be such a vast improvement to the neighbourhood, I can't wait. I think it will be the death of that little Canadian Deli place on Princess, though.
The new Starbucks a few blocks west of there, at Front and Frederick also looks ready to open any day now. All the doo-dads are on the shelves and the staff were getting brainwashed, er, trained earlier this week.
Oh, and that little cafeteria place across the street from the new Sobey's (I think it was called something weird like "The Greenth") went belly up a few weeks ago. I was thinking (wistfully) that this would be a good spot for a Tim Horton's: I know there were some rumours about one opening in the base of the SAS building, but those relevant building permits seem to have disappeared from the building permit website, and there's been no sign of any construction there, at least when I walked by last week. Anyone know if this fell through?
For sure... lots of progress every day on the Sobey's, I might even guess they'll be open in less than a month. A week or two, maybe? I like the look so far, but I wish they had continued the grey metal squares across the entire front instead of leaving some brick there -- I like brick, but it sort of looks half-finished. But now I'm just nitpicking. This will be such a vast improvement to the neighbourhood, I can't wait. I think it will be the death of that little Canadian Deli place on Princess, though.
The new Starbucks a few blocks west of there, at Front and Frederick also looks ready to open any day now. All the doo-dads are on the shelves and the staff were getting brainwashed, er, trained earlier this week.
Oh, and that little cafeteria place across the street from the new Sobey's (I think it was called something weird like "The Greenth") went belly up a few weeks ago. I was thinking (wistfully) that this would be a good spot for a Tim Horton's: I know there were some rumours about one opening in the base of the SAS building, but those relevant building permits seem to have disappeared from the building permit website, and there's been no sign of any construction there, at least when I walked by last week. Anyone know if this fell through?
There's a weird rumour going around that Sobey's is also opening on George between Adelaide and Richmond. That would be rather close to the Front Street one. I'll try to confirm this.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
Interesting. Maybe their thinking is that Front and Princess is too far for the residents of VU, and King George Square, Spire and me?
RJR123
Active Member
I'll happily make the trek from Spire to Sobey's at Front and Princess, if it allows me to avoid Dominion.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
I was in Dominion last night, and was aching for the Sobeys to be open.
RJR123
Active Member
Was it because of the rude staff, lack of shopping carts, product not in stock, long check-out lines, or product being sold past it's best-before date?
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
Yes.
PukeGreen
Active Member
Ah, the joys of the Market Square Dominion. How I will miss being loudly chastised by a cashier for buying 7 items in the 8-items-or-less line (yes, figure that one out). How I will miss dumping my sour milk down the sink every week, 2 days before its best-before date. How I will miss carrying greenish, rotting meat back to the store for a refund several days before its supposed to expire. How I will miss sorting through the bacon to find one package that is not expired by at least several weeks. How I will miss that authentic 1980s Eastern European communism experience of staring longingly at empty shelves, waiting for my favourite products to be restocked, knowing that even if they are, they will likely sell out again before my next visit...
Most of all, I will miss doing all this under large, taunting banners that proclaim "We're Fresh Obsessed!"
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
They only restock the shelves after the sale is over.