Grocery Store Near A MetroRail Station

Anyone know of a good supermarket/grocery store that is near a MetroRail Station?

I%26#39;m staying at the Madison, which is at 15th NW and M Street NW, and I discovered there is a Whole Foods market not too far away. But I%26#39;m looking for a Giant or Safeway or something similar, to buy milk, cereal, fruit, peanut butter, etc. A national chain supermarket would be cheaper than Whole Foods.

I don%26#39;t want to walk too far with bags of groceries, so it seems if there is a good grocery store at a MetroRail Station, no matter where it is, I%26#39;ll only have to ';walk'; from McPherson Square to my hotel.

Any suggestions?

Grocery Store Near A MetroRail Station

Hi:

For just a few staples, I%26#39;d recommend going to a place like CVS Pharmacy. They have all that kind of stuff, including milk. They don%26#39;t have fruit, but you could pick up a couple fresh things at Whole Foods. The only other places I can think of are a pretty far walk from the metro (like the Safeway at Rosslyn) especially if you don%26#39;t want to change trains.

Grocery Store Near A MetroRail Station

There%26#39;s a Harris Teeter at Pentagon City (blue/yellow line). Not in the %26#39;big%26#39; mall but Pentagon Row sort of around the corner.

Some of the CVS Stores will sell all of the listed items that you have mentioned as the previous post stated.

Might I suggest using a cab. You never know what might happen on Metro and your coming back with perishable items like milk and butter it could all spoil by the time you get back.

However here are the closest grocery chain stores:

-Giant at 8th Street at O Street. You would get off at Mt. Vernon Square. This is the closest Giant I think. You would walk about 5 blocks total.

-Safeway: None directly on a metro line I don%26#39;t believe; some you would have to get on a bus and walk

1701 Corcoran Street, NW

1800 20th Street, NW

1747 Columbia Road NW

401 M Street SW/

Also Whole Foods isn%26#39;t necessarily more expensive than these stores for the items you listed. Of course you can%26#39;t buy your favority sugary cereal at a Whole Foods. :-) and the fruit at Whole Foods is typically better. There is one on 14th %26amp; P Street, Thomas Circle area and another one at Tenleytown Metro Station (red Line a little too far for you to go) and one on Wisconsin Avenue in Upper Georgetown which is my favorite one in the area)not metro accessible only bus (30 buses)

It%26#39;s been awhile since I lived there, but there used to be a Giant supermarket right across from the Van Ness metro station. The fruit at Whole Foods was much nicer and actually cheaper than what I found at Giant!

You know, sometimes I forget it%26#39;s a vacation, and I shouldn%26#39;t be so worried about saving a buck or two. What I really should be thinking about is ';splurging'; a little--why have peanut butter from Safeway, when I can have artichoke and crab dip from Whole Foods? I%26#39;ll already be saving $10-25 per meal by avoiding restaurants, for the most part.

A nice picnic lunch at the Mall, Bartholdi Park, or the National Grove of State Trees, featuring some Whole Foods delicacies, would far exceed the experience any restaurant can offer.

And besides, Whole Foods is an easy three block walk from my hotel, so there is definitely a convenience factor.

That said, I did discover, quite by accident, that there is a Safeway right at the Waterfront-SEU Station, which isn%26#39;t too far from my hotel. Here%26#39;s a picture:

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Thanks everyone, for your input--I%26#39;ll say it again--this is a FANTASTIC forum!

I couldn%26#39;t agree with you more. That would be a wonderful experience. I just hope the weather is good enough for you.

The Whole Foods on 14th %26amp; P near your hotel has a nice hot bar for food and a nice cold entrees selection. Their artichoke dip is delicious with some water crackers and a nice cold lemonade sounds fabulous.

You can go to safeway.com and have your groceries delivered. The delivery charge would be about what you would pay for transit and wouldn%26#39;t cut into your free time.

In addition to Safeway.com, Giant Stores, Safeway%26#39;s rival, operates Peapod.com, a grocery-delivery service, but those delivery charges start at around five bucks.

If you%26#39;d rather spend that money on food, there%26#39;s a CVS store about a block away from your hotel on Vermont Avenue just below Thomas Circle. (CVS is like the Walgreens in Nevada - you can buy milk, soda, bread, snacks, crackers, hose, etc.). It was open 24-hours a day back when I lived in DC, which made it a great place for people-watching (although I never saw our night-owl mayor, Marion Barry, stop by).

The Waterfront Safeway in SW DC might be a bit far, especially when you have a Whole Foods much closer to you, and with a much better selection of groceries.

';although I never saw our night-owl mayor, Marion Barry, stop by';

I don%26#39;t think he needs CVS, he gets his drugs elsewhere lol...

Hah! That%26#39;s a good one! :-D