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| - This massive beacon of big-box hope has been teasing the East Liberty community for a while now. I believe it was supposed to be open a while ago, but was delayed forcing us to stare through it's massive glass windows into the empty aisles which would soon be full of cheap, low-quality goods. What could make a Target so super? Will the surrounding area be better or worse now that this new neighbor has opened?
I am not a Target shopper, many people in my family are, though, so I've been around quite a few on the East Coast. Yes, this one has a fancy cart escalator, brand new carts, and a well lit parking garage, but once you get beyond that, it's just a target - maybe even a bit smaller than the one in the South Hills. Fluorescent lights, a tile 'race-track' surrounding the carpet-square shopping space, cheap clothes as far as the eye can see, electronics that don't even work right on the display models, and highly processed food.
I read about the produce section, limited is an understatement. There was no beauty to be seen as I passed the single standing platform of bagged apples, oranges, and bruised bananas. The prices were indeed cheap - in the nearby fridge there were cherries for something like $3/lb, but most of them looked old and limpy. Oh well, I guess that's why less than half of an aisle is devoted to produce. Go instead to endless supply of candy, chips, cookies and pop which are all by no coincidence cheaper than the produce(but that isn't entirely Target's fault). To their credit, they have a whole aisle devoted to coffee products.. None of it impressive, but it's there.. If you want pre-ground coffee - there is way more selection here than your local grocer.
The hours for this store are typical of the area - open until 10pm. The mood in this store is not quite as jovial as advertised - there we no children cheering when I went, but a loud shouting match broke out in the parking lot as I left. Otherwise the clientele are fairly standard fare for a Target you'd find anywhere.
Essentially, it's as if they air-lifted any other Target in America and plopped it right down on top of a parking garage and built a cart escalator to get some oohs-and-aahs. If you want to go to Target, then go, but if you have been to a Target before then it is no different than any other. It gets 2 stars for not being awful to look at from the outside.
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