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December 9, 2007 8:10 AM

[boringquestionfilter] Where I can I find one of those collapsible shopping carts in Washington, DC? Specifically, in Adams Morgan?

I live near 18th and Columbia, no car, and I'd like to buy it today, for grocery shopping this evening.

posted by lunasol to Shopping (11 answers total)

I bought my rather nice one at The Container Store.
posted by Juliet Banana at 8:19 AM on December 9, 2007

My old roommate got hers at Ace Hardware.
posted by Diggins at 8:22 AM on December 9, 2007

Try the Container Store - it's right near Tenleytown/AU Metro.

I'd also try either a luggage shop or a store that sells things geared toward the disabled like wheelchairs and walkers, if you can find one.
posted by mdonley at 8:26 AM on December 9, 2007

Supermarkets in my suburban Boston neighborhood sell folding carts, so I suspect the same is the case in more pedestrian-friendly Adams Morgan. They're usually in the oversized-items section after the checkouts.
posted by backupjesus at 8:48 AM on December 9, 2007

If you walk up to Mt Pleasant, a lot of those local Latino stores on Mt. Pleasant St sell them.
posted by waylaid at 8:56 AM on December 9, 2007

I used to have one of these when I lived in Foggy Bottom and shopped at the Safeway inside the Watergate building. I bought mine from that Safeway, which stocked them because apparently lots of folks pedeshopped there like me. So, they may have them in your local supermarket.
posted by onlyconnect at 9:33 AM on December 9, 2007

I don't live in your area, but I am a pedestrian. I bought my shopping cart at Fred Meyers, which is also where I do my grocery shopping.

But it isn't very good. It's too small, for one thing. Two of the wheels are itty bitty. It's already broken once, and I had to repair it. It's too short for me, and it doesn't hold enough. That's why I started hunting around on the web, and found the site I linked to above. Yes, you can't get a cart from there today, but perhaps you can get a better one from there, and maybe you should wait.

By the way, the one I bought was "some assembly required". I didn't buy it, unfold it, and use it that day. I bought it, carried it home, put it together, and used it the next day.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 9:46 AM on December 9, 2007

Not in your area, but I got mine at the local hardware store.
posted by cmgonzalez at 1:51 PM on December 9, 2007

I'd try the Cuban store next door to Perry's Rooftop, or the weird stuff store near Mama Mia. Or that place that's on the corner but that looks like some sort of old theater up past the CVS on Columbia road.
posted by OmieWise at 2:29 PM on December 9, 2007

I third the container store. Also, howdy neighbor! ( Kalorama & 20th )
posted by zap rowsdower at 7:31 PM on December 9, 2007

I got mine cheap at the National Liquidator's Warehouse near Rhode Island Ave Metro. Also, Trader Joe's near Foggy Bottom sells them (probably with some markup) near checkout.
posted by brownpau at 8:41 PM on December 9, 2007