Problem: If you live in the city of Pittsburgh and don't want to drive to Wal-Mart, Giant Eagle - otherwise known as "the Dirty Bird" or "Gian' Iggle" if your accent's just right, is where you will shop. Period, end of discussion. Generally, I think monopolies are very bad, and this goes double for grocers because they know their customers are held hostage and can thus attempt whatever fuckery they'd like. Over the past decade, most other Giant Eagle locations in Pittsburgh's East End were shuttered, meaning that the Negley/Centre store serves everyone. Perhaps my biggest gripe with "Market District" is that our bills at this Giant Eagle were consistently 15-18% higher than our bills at any other grocery store, in any city I've shopped in - and that's WITH the coupons and Advantage Card "discount" added on. I guess in the end, calling something a Market District Giant Eagle is a clever way of telling customers "We stock all the same crap you'd find at a regular store, but now we can charge you even MORE for pretending it's premium, organic, or has been blessed by Emeril Lagasse." You also need to know that over-crowding is unavoidable at this store, unless you like to start your errands around 10 PM, and even then, it's helpful to remember that customers exceed checkout lanes. Good thing we lived within walking distance of this location, because parking at this store is only marginally easier than driving a caravan of elephants through Manhattan at rush hour. This store was never wanting for basic grocery staples when we shopped, but the "Market District" moniker somehow demanded that the aisles be set up to be as maximally non-sensical as possible. Do you want juice? Save your sanity, and don't expect it to be near the other juices...you'll want to look near the pasta, of course! To keep you on your toes, the store managers also randomly change the aisles at this Market District around a couple times a year. This is a common retail trick, intended to create "excitement" among customers, but really, all it does is make getting groceries as enticing as getting kicked in the balls. And who is stocking the produce at this place? Everything we bought would rot between 24-48 hours after we brought it home, and the peppers and tomatoes regularly looked like Mickey Rourke's face after his plastic surgery disasters. My last visit to this Market District store left me with an exceedingly sour taste in my mouth, thanks to some shady hijinks at the pharmacy. We picked up my husband's script for a Schedule II medication, and soon after, discovered to our mutual horror that the pharmacy had shorted us 12 pills. 1 or 2, maybe 3 - that's an innocent mistake. A 12 pill shortage on a 30-pill prescription means someone chose a career in pharmacy to feed an addiction or run a little hustle on the side, and it means my husband will be going without. We asked the manager, "Dude, what the fuck," and the response we got was, "We didn't do nuthin'!" Two weeks later, they had the nerve to Robo-Call my husband asking if he was interested in some "valuable grocery coupons." Nice attempt at a save there Bub, but next time, don't snatch our money and we won't need those "valuable" coupons after all. (Isn't it also fascinating that we've been shorted on scheduled meds at other pharmacies before, but no one pockets our migraine meds, antibiotics, or other items you can't sell to teenagers in an alley?) Two stars because the check-out staff is nice and the pasta/kosher deli selections rock. Otherwise, it's a grocery store, and a below-average one at that.
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Problem: I haven't been to this location as much as I have some of the other locations but I do enjoy this location. Again they are all kind of the same in a sense but its about the interior and the experience. I actually quite like the people who work at this location. I have seen the same people working here for a while now and they always make me feel so welcome. They are usually a couple of early 30's to middle aged women working here that make ya feel like mom is welcoming you home. "What can I get ya hun," "How's your day going sweety," that kind of stuff. And some people may not like that but I enjoy it because it makes you feel way more comfortable to be somewhere. They are always fast and efficient and any extras you may want are stocked plentifully. The one small thing I don't like is that they are tucked away and really have to be looking for it to know where it is and it is sort of a small building. It can get really cramped if there is a line in there and pushed against some of the valuables. Nice place to stop after some shopping if ya know where it is.
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Problem: We we're tired so we had no desire to leave the hotel. Our server was great. They allowed us to share an entree because it was too big for either of us. The chopped salad was so delightful and the steak was perfectly cooked. The wine list could use some refreshing but everything was pretty awesome.
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Problem: Found these guys by accident and I've got to say it was a happy accident. The only reason it's 4 stars is because the decor and ambience are a bit quirky. You need to get past that and enjoy the food. Green chile beef relleno was excellent. Just spicy hot enough (I usually have to add hot salsa at restaurants because the spices are too wimpy). Husband had Sonoran enchiladas which were unlike anything I've ever had before. Servers were all friendly, quick to respond to requests and attentive. If you get here and are dismayed by the definite "50s look" complete with hokey neon martini glass, go in anyway cuz you won't be dismayed by the food.
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