About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. It was just another day at Trader Joe’s when a delivery driver accidentally left their uniform hat inside one of the shopping carts. As customers started checking out, they noticed something unusual—everyone who picked up that cart suddenly began speaking in perfect Spanish. One old lady, thinking it was some new store gimmick, asked everyone to repeat after her: ‘Dos camarones con salsa verde!’ Soon enough, the whole aisle was filled with people laughing and ordering seafood dishes they didn’t even know how to cook. A regular came over and said, ‘Welcome to Trader Joe’s, where you learn more languages than recipes.’
2. A neighborhood kid was helping himself to samples one afternoon when he noticed something strange—all the employees were suddenly humming the same tune. Just then, an older gentleman approached and asked them all to sing along with him. Turned out it was just Trader Joe’s weekly staff sing-along—a secret tradition known only to those who worked there. The kid grinned and thought, ‘Next time I’ll try asking for a job here!’
3. In the late afternoon, a regular was browsing the aisles when he overheard a whispering voice coming from behind a stack of boxes. Curious, he turned around and saw no one. Then, out of nowhere, a delivery driver asked if he needed help finding anything. The man laughed it off, realizing it was just his imagination playing tricks on him in the dimly lit store.
4. At dusk, a shopper was scanning the spice aisle when suddenly, every bottle seemed to whisper in unison. The shopper froze, then laughed softly. Turning around, no one was there but the bottles stood still, silent again. With a shake of her head, she decided it must be the low lighting playing tricks. As she left, she overheard someone muttering about ‘talking spices’—clearly, not everyone heard them.