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| - I know, I know. This TJ's alone already has about 100 reviews. What it doesn't seem to have is a balanced guide to navigating the pros and cons. And without the benefit of trial and error, one could either leave the store a new fan or cursing Joe and hoping he contracts dysentery on his next trading expedition.
LEGITIMATE COMPLAINTS -
***The product masquerading as a baguette at TJ's is most certainly NOT A BAGUETTE. Ce n'est pas une baguette! Rather, it is a giant version of the kind of bread sticks you get out of a tin. I'd have expected better here.
***They sell hummus made out of just about everything but not a single tub of baba ganoush to be found anywhere. Please, TJ's, don't make me have to make my own. I'm begging you! You can call it eggplant hummus if you must.
UNTRUE OR EXAGGERATED COMPLAINTS -
***Many people complain about the lack of parking. These people should be reminded that the roof over their heads is, in fact the next level of a parking deck. Drive up a level or two and save yourself a rage-stroke. Problem solved!
***Some claim TJ's is expensive. This is simply NOT TRUE. What is pricy at TJ's - namely, convenience food - is pricy everywhere. The difference is TJ's ready-meals are actually appealing. Places rhyming with Tarris-Heeter have breaded-to-death chicken strips, limp sushi and sad burritos whose tortillas serve only to hide the filling's shame. TJ's has chicken a l'orange and gnocchi al gorgonzola. With a little self control you can avoid these and save tons of money.
WELL-EARNED PRAISE -
***The produce is far, FAR cheaper than most stores. For example, TJ's sells a red/green/yellow 3 pack of peppers for about what H-T charges for just a red one. Similar savings are to be found on sauces, condiments, frozen seafood, canned goods, flowers...nearly everything, really.
***For a small store, they have a great selection of wines at prices considerably cheaper than most other places. Just one warning, the Charles Shaw wines (AKA 2 Buck Chuck, AKA 3 Buck Chuck) are suitable only for wine-based cocktails and for cooking. While not half as bad as its price suggests, drunk on its own, you'll be acutely aware you're drinking cheap plonk. A mere $2 or $3 more will afford you much better.
***But the highest praise must be for all the exotic, hard to find stuff. I like to think of myself as worldly and cosmopolitan but even I occasionally find things at TJ's I've never heard of. And so far, they've all been pretty good versions of what you'd find in their country of origin. The fact that even these are priced well should be reason enough to shop here.
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