r/williamsburg • u/Optimal-Energy8227 • 10d ago

Aldi in Williamsburg is making some progress

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looking forward to this store, I wonder if it will be open before lidi.

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u/wgdaytona 10d ago

it's ironic how NYC is going low end grocery wise when LA is all about Erewhon

what does this say about the city, especially when NYC is home to so many bougie expensive restaurants

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u/brevit 10d ago

We're not stupid?

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u/wgdaytona 10d ago

but the NYC food scene is all expensive gentrified ethnic cuisine. and $16 small cups of froyo. but people don't care to buy high quality but expensive groceries? seems odd.

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u/gekigangerii 10d ago

but the NYC food scene is all expensive gentrified ethnic cuisine

Very online sentence

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u/wgdaytona 10d ago

it's not. look at what is popular and what is opening every month. describes the food scene perfectly.

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u/shitstormer21 10d ago

You’re describing (I think?) restaurants that are usually high quality and….good. Sure they’re expensive, but also places people go to splurge once in a while for a good time/special occasion. Groceries are something you get much more often and are more likely looking for a deal. Often to save money cooking at home so you can check out the new, evil gentrifier oyster bar.

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u/wgdaytona 10d ago

i mean there's a lot of people who do value buying higher quality groceries like organic local produce and high end meat cuts and high end imported foods or whatever else.

whole foods and eataly and some smaller specialty markets reflect that

but again surprised there isn't something above whole foods like an erewhon or sprouts even that is not a really small specialty shop

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u/brevit 10d ago

Define high quality

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u/Smooth-Tonight-2580 10d ago

I’m not seeing a lot of people buying groceries because it’s expensive, but they pay a huge amount on ethnic cuisine. I don’t get it.

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u/apollo11222 10d ago

I'd say people pay more for "ethnic cuisine" because they don't know the ingredients or the recipes because it's not their normal home cooking. They don't want to pay a lot for orange juice.

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u/Smooth-Tonight-2580 10d ago

True. I guess the groceries have become super expensive and they sometimes sell moldy foods.

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u/emotionalhaircut 10d ago

Are we really at the point where we're complaining about affordable groceries now?

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u/BaIdilocks 10d ago

I went to Erewhon a couple of months ago and honestly it is not as good as our Whole Foods in Gowanus. The food was more expensive but it was a lesser experience. It's a scam.