A thinkpiece about why Trader Joe’s isn’t on Twitter.
Trader Joe’s No Longer Offering Health Benefits to Part-Timers
Trader Joe’s fans are now going to have a harder time defending the store’s “great treatment” of workers. Famous for providing health benefits to even part-time employees, the company announced that all those who work under 30 hours a week will no longer be eligible for company-provided insurance in the new year.…
No Nut is Safe: Peanut Butter Recall Expanded to Include Almond, Cashew Butters
Sunland Inc., based in New Mexico, has expanded a recall of its products to include peanut, almond and cashew butters, as well as tahini and "blanched and roasted peanut products." The initial recall began last month, after several people became sick with salmonella from peanut butter bought at Trader Joe's and made…
Opera Singer, Doctor Brawl over Pad Thai in Manhattan Trader Joe's
Oh, Law and Order, you left us too soon! If only you had been around to thinly fictionalize the tale of the opera singer and the family practitioner, fighting over frozen pad thai at the Upper East Side Trader Joe's.
• Just in time for the cold wave, a list of bars with heated outdoor spaces. [GS]
• Great Jones Cafe is the latest restaurant to sustain fire damage. [Eater]
• A report from last night's preview of OBAO, Michael Huynh's latest spot. [SE]
• Trader Joe's has signed a lease at Sixth Avenue and 22nd Street. [NYO]
•…
Paul Dano: 130 Court Street
June 15 @ 1 pm Saw Paul Dano at the Trader Joe's in Brooklyn. I followed him into the snack aisle and then he left without buying anything. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]
Another Defeat for Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis is the billionaire owner of the Gristedes supermarket chain. He was also seriously considering a bid for mayor, at least when it looked like he wouldn't have to go head-to-head with Michael Bloomberg. Oh, how Catsimatidis's fortunes have changed since then. In September, a federal judge ruled that…
Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
That didn't last long. The faux Trader Joe's in Manhattan — "Trader John's" — has already been covered up. Gristede's, the chain that came up with the genius idea, was sued last week. [VanishingNewYork]
Trader Joe's Sues New York Knock-Off 'Trader John's'
Shockingly, a lame attempt to replicate the cheap-wine-and-snacks formula of Trader Joe's under the name 'Trader John's' in Manhattan has resulted in a lawsuit.
Former I-Bankers Guide You Through Hidden New York
So, have you been keeping up with these two
laid-off 20-something investment bankers who are now giving you their unfiltered perspective online at Bankergonebroke.com? With their newfound free time, they turn up about life in the gritty city: "Trader Joe’s at 14th St and 3rd Ave is an oasis in the desert of the…
The Best Pizza, A New Trader Joe's?
♦ The Observer picks its favorite pizza joints around town. [NYO]
♦ Andrew Carmellini has a new restaurant in the works, although he isn't sharing too many details. [GS]
♦ Trader Joe's may open a store on 72nd and Broadway next year. [GS]
♦ The meltdown is having an impact on the restaurant biz. Duh. [Time]
♦ The …
Sheridan Square Ends, Trader Joe's Begins
♦ It's only been a few months since it opened, but Sheridan Square has already closed. [Eater]
♦ Hand over $50 to the Obama campaign and you can watch the debate at The Box tonight. [NYP]
♦ Taavo Somer and Ken Friedman on cutting out half the menu at the Rusty Knot. [DBTH]
♦ There are actually bars in the city…
Eating at JFK, Wagyu Beef, and a Peek at Archipelago
♦ A look at the restaurants inside JetBlue's new terminal at JFK. [Eater]
♦ Masaharu Morimoto explains why why Wagyu beef is so special. [GS]
♦ Photos of Archipelago, the new Japanese-French restaurant by Hisanobu scheduled to open on Monday. [GS]
♦ Don't get too excited about a Sam Talbot restaurant in Chelsea…
The Death of Bottle Service, Bizarre Foods
♦ Does the financial meltdown mean the end of bottle service in New York? [DBTH, Gawker, GNML]
♦ A new study shows that Food Network hosts are pretty lousy at following food safety guidelines; Paula Deen, FYI, is the worst. [Super Chef via Eater]
♦ Death & Co.'s David Kaplan has gone to court to stop his building's…
Actually! You know what's really great? The story in this week's New York mag about the crew who works at Trader Joe's on 14th Street. "Today's crew includes a filmmaker, an actor, two fashion students, two painters, a film-production intern, and a martial artist. They're mostly college graduates—University of…
Girl, I Do So Know What You Did This Summer
As summer overdoses and dies, so do our excursions to Fire Island. And so this is our season finale, as it were, of Rod Townsend's adventures among the gays, recording the conversations of their native environment. See ya, gays!
BAGGAGEGAY removes the Travel Companion. BLONDEGAY passes the three, carrying bags…A Good Houseguest Brings "Stuff" For The Weekend
Rod Townsend records the gays in and around their natural environment of Fire Island and reports back. Wanna hear something shocking? Summer's almost over already. OMG, and so are those hideous pants you're wearing!
LILLYGAY and ETROGAY have been joined by four FORTIESGAYS wearing a variety of print board…What Bank Will Be The Next Trader Joe's?
Earlier this year we noticed the achingly bleak trend of East Village institutions becoming bank branches. And though the tears on our cheeks aren't yet evaporated, it's time to mourn that trend's converse: banking institutions turning into condos, grocery stores or some other bourgeois shit. A ride down Bowery proves…
Remainders: Too Hot to Fuck
• The people have spoken. [Animal]
• Are Madonna and Guy Ritchie headed towards a divorce? And is floating such rumors part of new Observer owner Jared Kushner's hip-and-cool mandate? [Daily Transom]
• Speaking of J-Kush, homeboy was definitely not a team player last night when he missed the Observer's very first…
