Jump to content

Rodman's Grocery

Coordinates: 38°57′22.9″N 77°5′1.9″W / 38.956361°N 77.083861°W / 38.956361; -77.083861
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rodman's
IndustrySpecialty market
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)

Rodman's Discount Gormet is a grocery store and pharmacy in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The area's original discounter of nationally branded products, family-owned and operated since 1955. Rodman's has been anointed by the Washington Post as the "Weirdest Little Drugstore In Washington".[citation needed]

Originally opened in 1955 and located at 5124 Wisconsin Ave., Rodman's was forced to move in late 1968 as the WMATA began construction on the Red Line of the D.C. metro system. The Friendship Heights Metro station was to be built adjacent to the store, and WMATA estimated that Rodman's would have to close its doors for up to three years during construction. Rodman's relocated to 5100 Wisconsin Ave., just a few hundred yards south, where they reside today.

References

[edit]

38°57′22.9″N 77°5′1.9″W / 38.956361°N 77.083861°W / 38.956361; -77.083861