Discuss “The gourmet grocers come to Pittsburgh”

I am not a patient person. Indeed, there are few things I dislike more than having to wait for something; yet it was with great pleasure that I waited in a checkout line for 30 minutes during the grand opening of Trader Joe’s’ Pittsburgh store on October 27. The reason for my pleasure is simple: For a college student with a tight budget, a penchant for good food, and a taste for adventure, Trader Joe’s fits the bill.

It is hard to succinctly describe Trader Joe’s. Certainly it is a grocery store, but Giant Eagle is also a grocery store and it would not be fair to equate the two. Trader Joe’s can be described as a specialty foods store, or a natural foods store, or a health foods store, and all the descriptions are apt but incomplete....