Media Noches come to MidCity
After the Market on Esplanade (MOE’s) closed a few weeks ago – we’ve all been pretty miffed here the people who opened it were less than honest and industrious with this enterprise. Back before Katrina, when Whole Foods pulled out of the small corner grocery because they had opened two obscenely large groceries elsewhere, there were plenty community meetings about what should take Whole Wallet’s place. Lakeview Fine Foods won the bid even though no one in the neighborhood thought they would comply with what we had asked for – organic produce and natural foods as well as updated prepared foods. MOE’s was conceived before Katrina but was not delivered till post-Katrina after the flagship grocery store, Lakeview Fine Foods, drowned in the waters. Sadly, it died a premature death from lack of love and TLC.
NOW there is a hard core rumor floating around these parts that the Union Grocery, which used to be on Carrolton – a Latin American store that also had delicious Cuban sandwiches (media noches) – is rumored to be going there. The owner – the lame MOE’s owner – denies the rumor – but the rumor came from someone who would know or we want them to know – and we wish it to be true.