Trader Joe's Coming Soon To Kansas City Country Club Plaza?!?

This bit of hype deserves mention even if it's only a fever dream of the condo-dwelling cowtown elite: 

TALK OF TRADER JOE'S ON THE PLAZA SPARKS APPLAUSE FROM EVEN THE MOST SKEPTICAL CRITICS!!!

There is a reason to be happy about this . . . 

Troublesome "youth" don't really hang out at grocery stores but this beloved foodie consumer paradise serves as a mecca for old-school denizens of all kinds who experience near bliss at the prospect of affordable sundries and cheap wine. 

Here's the hope that might actually signal real progress for an embattled entertainment district:

“You know, Trader Joes, something of that size, 8,000 to 10,000 square-feet,” said Ray Washburne, the president of Dallas-based HP Village Management, the company that acquired the plaza. His remarks garnered an enthusiastic applause from the crowd of about 200 at a Sept. 5 Plaza District Council event that at times felt more like a pep rally for the coming Chiefs-Ravens game than a neighborhood business presentation.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

New Plaza owners say Grocery Store a top priority. Could it be a Trader Joe's?

Grocery store a priority for new Kansas City Country Club Plaza owners, they said at a Plaza District Council meeting.