Its in the middle of Manhattan, so there are grocery stores everywhere - Trader Joe&#x27;s is just a chain with a particularly strong cult following, and there are fewer of their stores in Manhattan compared to a lot of their competitors.<p>(I like Trader Joes well enough, but even when I lived very near to that specific store I&#x27;d make a conscious effort to avoid it. Proximity to New York University&#x27;s dorms seems to do it no favors on the already very busy 14th St corridor.)