I love Magruders and shop there weekly. But they can't stay in business with empty shelves. Something if difinitly going on. I don't know where I will shop now.

I could never understand the Magruders fan club. It always seemed filthy to me and never inviting to shop. Hope a good tenant takes its place.

I like Magruder's, but would love to see a Trader Joe's in there. As long as it's not another pharmacy or bank - Vienna is lousy with them - I'd be happy.

I will be a bit sad if Magruder's leaves. Magruders is great for affordable locally grown produce. Trader Joe's doesn't compete at all in the produce department, and Whole Foods has significantly higher prices.

Also, I don't agree about Magruder's being dirty. It's not shined up, but I go there to shop for food, not admire myself in the shine of the floor.

My husband was in there yesterday and asked one of the employees what was happening? When were they closing? He was told that one of the two owners died last year and the other is in his late 80's. They are slowly closing all the stores in the company. Vienna should be closed by the end of January.

I like magruders. Have gone there for years. It's not fancy but its a real old fashioned grocery store. There is nothing like it. I do go to whole foods and trader joes. But magruders has good prices and alot of brands I see no where else. So sad

The fact that Magruder's corporate is not being open with their customer and especially their employees makes me very upset. Yes, I will figure out where to buy my groceries now but many of the employees have been there for years - I hope they are able to get new jobs quickly.

Sad. Another locally owned and operated business going by the wayside. Yes, Trader Joe's might be nice, but for fresh, affordable produce, staff that knows who you are, and just a generall overall "local" feel.....Sad.

After work I head to Magruders at least twice a week, dinner for the family is on my mind. Broccoli and Macintosh apples FRESH....Bananas lunch bag size. Over to chicks and steaks, always a sale and experienced help to help you what to choose. Have you had the deli seafood salad? Great lunch stop. Beginning of the week we stock up on milk, best price in town! Why oh why can't we keep what has worked for a very long time, is change always the best? I think not...

I love the friendliness, good prices and that I can get everything I need without traversing a store the size of a shopping mall. I also like that they don't track our shopping habbits and sell the data to who knows whom.

I heard the rumor before Christmas from real estate people. I also heard that the next generation of Magruders wasn't interested in keeping up the family business.

I hope we get a Trader Joes and that they hire many of the current staff(though I suspect many wouldn't want to wear Hawaiian shirts). The last thing we need is another Whole (paycheck) Food store.

Yeah the store could have been cleaner.

This is very sad. I feel like Magruders is just part of living life in Vienna - what a loss! I agree with Michael Amouri - sad to see another local institution go. And I definitely feel concerned for the employees - Godspeed.

Clayton is right, it may not be spit and polished but it is not dirty. Unfortunately, people in northern Virginia seem to care more about the facade and the name.

I am so sad the Magruders family could leave. I can run down there at 7 am when there is no milk left for cereal, or need something else for the lunchbox. Plus it is so much cheaper than the other groceries. I go to them all, but Magruders is special because it feels like a comfortable old sweater. Not sure why everyone wants or thinks TJ's will automatically go in where there is an empty building.

I think Trader Joe's is an option because it was rumored that they wanted in the Danor (Norm's) Plaza, but Fresh Market got that location.

The biggest problem for those of us the SW/NW side of town is we have no easy supermarket now and it will be at least a year (probably more) before something else will be there and it might not even be a supermarket.

What are the choices we are left with? I won't talk about Giant (too big, nothing unique) and Fresh Market/Whole Foods lacks some of the basics my family likes (and they are much pricier). Costco - here I come.

WalMart! Love it or hate it, it is coming in 2013 to Tysons (see: http://soldsense.com/2012/09/18/walmart-coming-to-tysons-corner-and-tysons-west/) The Magruders family may be doing the wise thing.

Magruders was a Vienna staple for many years BUY Trader Joes would be AWESOME !! It would do very well and Vienna needs a TJ !!! It should have gone where Walgreens went and then where Fresh Market went. Maybe good things DO happen to those that wait....
How true are the rumors that Trader Joes is looking to move in ?

While I love the idea of Trader Joe's at that shopping center, the parking situation there has been messy since Panera came in, and I can't even imagine what it would be like with a Trader Joe's. I'm guessing that a Trader Joe's would bring in more traffic than the Magruders has recently.

I have lived in Vienna since 1980 and my brother bagged groceries there. In all that time I do not know a single person who actually shops there, so it's interesting to hear so many people like it from the previous posts. I will be happy to see it replaced with TJ's or a good restaurant. I went in one time since the 80s and it was last year - smelled and seemed dirty to me too...just sayin'!

Sorry to see Magruders leave.Trader Joes is a good choice if we have to change. It was so close to my house and easy to walk to.

I have been shopping there for produce for 20 years.I am saddened by their closing. What I can't figure out now is why there is very full house of employees present when there stock is so low.It is far from a skeletal crew. And employees are going up and down the aisles straightening what little is left on the shelves.Employees are scrubbing the empty bottom shelves Someone please explain this to me! Is this a way to keep paychecks coming until the last day? Thanks

I've been in Vienna since 1978 and I shop at Magruders. I started shopping there because of the prices. Much lower than the other options. I refuse to pay more when I don't have to. I'm on the east side of Vienna and with the Target just opening in Merrified I may give that a try. Of course, I won't be able to get the meat and produce I get at Magruders.

I don't care much for Trader Joe's but if one goes into this location -- you'd better hope that the town does a much better job on revamping the parking than it did at the Park and Maple location when the Chipotle/Noodles strip went in. That strip has grossly insufficient parking and the same is going to be true if a TJ's goes into the Magruder strip. The current parking situation is bad enough in front of Magruder's; if it stays the same but a Trader Joe's goes in, it will be a nightmare with too much traffic and people circling and circling for spaces (as they do at the TJ's over in Falls Church), etc. And do we really need another grocery store along Maple? I guess it's better than another huge drugstore. But I'd love to see some local business go in that spot.

Not shocked to see Magruder's close. That particular store has always seemed dark and dirty (some people posting here don't seem to care about dirty, cracked floors with tiles pulled up and missing, but I do) and the selection is not good.

I would love it if they would put a Trader Joes in its place!!!

Not sure Trader Joes would open a store that could significantly cannibalize their Falls Church store...but would great if they did open.
Word from some local merchants is that an asian supermarket -- a la H Mart -- will be opening in Vienna in the Magruder's space.