New York City's first Trader Joe's is opening at 9 a.m. on March 17th -- St. Patrick's Day. Located in the Palladium building at 142 East 14th Street, it's only a block from Food Emporium and Whole Foods.
The Palladium is a college dorm, and yes -- they will be selling "2 Buck Chuck." Due to New York City Liquor laws, there is a separate "Wine Store" located on the other side of the Palladium entrace (the main store will sell beer). A worker on the site said they might even offer delivery in Manhattan (is this a first for Trader Joe's?). The combined size of both stores will be between 12,000 and 15,000 square feet, according to a store employee.
The main store will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, and the Wine Store will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday (12 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday).
Here's the location of the store (map courtesy Google Maps):
Here's the sign announcing the opening:
Here's the front of the Palladium building. The main store is on the left, and the Wine store is on the right. The entrance to the Palladium is in the middle.
The entrance to the main store, taken during construction:
The entrance to the Wine store:
Finally! I will not have to go to Scarsale or LI. Congratulations. I'll get there as soon as I can.
Posted by: nadia l. judson | March 17, 2006 at 02:28 PM
Fabulous! I was there this afternoon. While the line to check out was ridiculously long, it moved very quickly. And, as crowded as it was, the atmosphere was great! I just moved to NYC in October, and oh how I've missed Trader Joe's. My life is once again complete with the opening of the new Union Square TJ's. Now they just need to open a store in Brooklyn...
Posted by: Ally | March 17, 2006 at 06:14 PM
Hey now!
I'm in Cambridge, MA and just found out that TJs discontinued the "Peanut Butter joe joe's" (due to low sales and replaced it with a choc/vanilla stripe cookie!!!) Is this storewide? They are by far the best sweet there. The PB Oreos are PB Creme which does not even come close. I cannot believe I'm saying this but I want to form a petition to get these back! If you know anything please email me at SOMERCAMB at YAHOO or my SPAM email. cheers
paul
Posted by: paul | March 23, 2006 at 10:30 AM
sorry for the repost..i meant to put in my Spam email too
Hey now!
I'm in Cambridge, MA and just found out that TJs discontinued the "Peanut Butter joe joe's" (due to low sales and replaced it with a choc/vanilla stripe cookie!!!) Is this storewide? They are by far the best sweet there. The PB Oreos are PB Creme which does not even come close. I cannot believe I'm saying this but I want to form a petition to get these back! If you know anything please email me at SOMERCAMB at YAHOO or at Please.Email.Me@tempinbox.com cheers
paul
Posted by: paul | March 23, 2006 at 10:32 AM
Paul:
Go to your local Trader Joes and ask a crew member to email the buyer directly. If enough customers make their voice heard, discontinued products will sometimes return. I myself wrote the buyer about the Gardeners Handcream-- discontinued last month-- I wrote lamenting it was the only lotion with an SPF-- lo and behold, a few weeks later it came back.
I don't want to get your hopes up, but TJ's is really good about listening to their customers.
Posted by: Mojo | March 24, 2006 at 04:39 AM
thanks MOJO. i have had my local TJs email them...i found some stores that still have them since they are even LESS popular at those stores, but i don't want to buy too many that they will go rancid etc. if i had a freezer i'd be all set. how did you find the email for the buyer? aren't those secrets kept away from the public?
Posted by: paul | March 24, 2006 at 10:11 AM
Lots of heavy breathing but no action!
I keep hearing talk of TJ's coming to
atlanta, but nothing on this site. Anyone
know about it?
Red
Posted by: Red | April 02, 2006 at 06:49 PM
I am moving to Brooklyn from Arcadia, Ca (next door to Monrovia where trader Joes is headquartered...) June 9th and I can't tell you how excited I am that there's gonna be a Trader Joe's. 5/6 stops on the subway and I'm there. Thank God! A piece of home that makes me happy.
Posted by: Jen Brown | May 23, 2006 at 11:56 AM
I've been a regular at this store since they opened. I love this place! Such great food, such low prices, such nice people.
If only they'd open a store in Brooklyn ...
Posted by: Annulla | May 26, 2006 at 07:54 AM
My family and I just moved to Florida after living in NY for over 30 years. We have been such fans of TJ's that when we left we stocked up on several of our favorite products. Now we have run out and are in desperate need of certain things. Do u think that TJ's will ship out some goods??
Posted by: Jackie | December 03, 2006 at 11:09 AM
My friends would like to purchase wine.
We would like to know the closest store to the Cherry Hill NJ area ane the directions.
Also Deleware and Maryland is close to here.
Can you please respond. Thank You
Posted by: Jenni Bee | April 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM
I LIVE IN FLORIDA, ON MY LAST VISIT IN NY I BOUGHT A Gluten-Free FEE CRACKRES'MADE UNDER YOUR NAME SAVORY THIN MINI CRACKERS.
(8oz BAG)
CAN I BY MORE OF THAT PRODUCT AND HAVE IT SHIPPED TO ME IN FLORIDA ?
HOW MUCH IS A CASE AND HOW MANY ARE IN THE BOX. I HOPE YOU HAVE MORE Gluten-Free PRODAUCT
THANK YOU RANDEE GILO1@JUNO.COM
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Posted by: wollon | April 29, 2009 at 03:21 AM
Indeed a very beautiful city. But why are you all about alcohol?
Posted by: Sashya | December 20, 2009 at 02:28 PM