OAKVILLE GROSS-ERY
The Dish
Earlier this week, RED Development announced that Oakville Grocery would take up some space at CityScape—that 1.8-million-square-foot mixed-use development in downtown Phoenix. Occupying a coveted ground floor space as the project’s official grocer, EATERAZ went searching for comment from the people who live downtown that could use such a store, but we couldn’t find any people who live downtown that could use such a store.
We did, however, run into one city employee who said, “I live in Chandler, and it’s just nice to know that when I get out of a Suns game, I will have a place to pick up some aged balsamic vinegar and artisanal crackers. After two hours of drinkin’ beer and eating hot dogs, I always crave a little Gruyere cheese and maybe a nice Gewurztraminer.”
We then asked a friend to visualize what life would be like if she lived in downtown Phoenix and had to make Oakville Grocery her place for everyday shopping, since there’s really nowhere down there to get life’s little essentials. She said: “I think overpaying about $1 to $5 for everything in that store is worth it, because it’s Oakville Grocery! … I mean, duh! I can totally see the relationship between the real Oakville, tucked between vineyards on a picturesque road in an old building with a few rose garden picnic tables out back, and this one, where the eleven people that live in 44 Monroe will shop. There’s really no difference between the two.”
We were also going to ask some guy named Steve Weiss for his comment, but he published it on Chow Bella’s blog here:
For the record, he said: “It works perfectly with an overpriced and chi-chi bowling alley. Cityscape is looking more and more like an effete out of time-frame out of control train.”
Wow, dude. Why do you gotta be such a hater?
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