Somerville’s first Trader Joe’s to open in 2017

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

From the Globe:

Come next year, Somerville residents won’t have to go far to pick up a bottle (or two) of their favorite Two Buck Chuck.

Next summer Trader Joe’s plans to open its 19th Massachusetts location at 133 Middlesex Ave. near Assembly Square Marketplace, the grocery chain said Friday.

It’s Trader Joe’s first foray into Somerville, whose next-door neighbor Cambridge currently boasts two branches.

In addition to TJ’s fresh-baked breads, Arabica bean coffees, and its many frozen entrées, Somerville foodies will have another reason to smile: the 12,500 square-foot grocery will also carry beer and wine.

Just five of Trader Joe’s Massachusetts stores sell such libations; three of them—Brookline, Peabody, and the Foxborough Trader Joe’s at Patriot Place—carry liquor in addition to beer and wine.

– http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/05/20/somerville-first-trader-joe-open/rrQ0nXX08TtkyNfoA561WK/story.html

Comments

[blondeamazon.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the parking was a major issue as well, but didn't realize they were building a garage. That is about the only sensible thing that can be done in that area right now.

[ron_newman]

Aren't there already plenty of garages? Plus an Orange Line station.

[teko.livejournal.com]

There's a large central garage (which is free, and actually really nice, with lovely indicator lights above the spaces, so you can tell with a glance if there's any open spaces in a row), but the future TJ's parking lot is conveniently right between that row of stores and the main 'restaurant row' of Assembly Square, with the movie theater right nearby, and it's the first parking area you see if entering from Rt. 28. So it's nearly always full.

What they likely need is better parking signage, i.e., "400 free parking spaces THIS WAY!" as you enter the area.