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Williams-Sonoma Closing at Pentagon City Mall

by ARLnow.com | January 14, 2013 at 10:45 am | 3,543 views | 28 Comments

The Williams-Sonoma gourmet food and cookware store at Pentagon City mall is closing after this week.

The store’s last day in business will be Sunday, Jan. 20, according to a sign at the entrance. Until then, the store is offering display items for up to 50 percent off.

As of Saturday, Jan. 12 many of the store’s shelves — especially those that once contained sale items — were bare.

novasteve

oh noez, where will I get whippits?
- snarl
  
  splains a lot………..
- Leonsis
  
  Ballston Mall?
- Steven Joel
  
  Not humorous (as usual).
- Mary-Austin
  
  Steve’s walkin on sunshine!
Upscale?

And just last week, Pentagon City Mall was annoucing its intention to become more upscale:
http://www.arlnow.com/2013/01/08/morning-notes-623/
(No, I don’t know how to post links.)

Too bad, Williams-Sonoma has good stuff. Overpriced, but good. And usually useful (the creme brulee torch aside).
- Josh S
  
  Overpriced doesn’t begin to describe it.
  - CW
    
    Not to mention the condescending staff. For example, I once tried to engage a salesperson in discussion about the construction of various All-Clad cookware lines (tri-ply, copper jacket, etc.) and her her response was “Well, I’ve been using my All-Clad for 40 years, honey, and it works just fine!” Great.
    - dd
      
      I once went there and found the saleswoman friendly, helpful, and accommodating.
      
      So now we have two data points!
    - drax
      
      How is that the least bit condescending? She’s making a recommendation based on her experience.
      - CW
        
        Guess you had to be there.
      - Sebastian Melmoth
        
        intonation is difficult to convey over the interwebs.
- drax
  
  A substantial part of our economy is run on dumb people with too much money. So don’t complain.
Charles

they should never have dumped Roy
CourthouseChris

The Sur La Table around the corner is the superior option.
- Old Yeller
  
  True in every way. Sur La Table is a great store with a MUCH wider variety of stuff. Used to like Williams-Sonoma 20 years ago but haven’t had much need for that store in a long time. All that said, you can probably find items that are in both stores much cheaper online.
  - malaka
    
    Chefsresource dotcom rocks
  - YTK
    
    SLT had a better variety of comestibles when they first opened but they are still an interesting store to shop — however, I draw the line at their small bag of gourmet marshmallows for $7.
BBMS

Good store, but I can kind of understand how Pentagon City is not their best demographic area.
QuartHouse

Oh no! Now where are the gang-bangers going to buy their grape scissors?
- McNugget
  
  +1000
- Herndon Hag
  
  I posted something similar, but I used a forbidden word that starts with “g” and ends in “o” so it was banned.
  - Michelle
    
    LOL—I tried doing the same thing!
MissKittenCat

I really like this location but Sur La Table is mucht better. They not as nearly as expensive and have a better variety as far as kitchenware.
YTK

Quel Domage.
Rhymes with Fromage
Michelle

This is because the PC mall is awful and attracts “certain kinds of people” to put it nicely. And those “certain kinds of people” don’t typically have a lot of money so an over-priced store like Williams-Sonoma is an obvious failure. The people that are stupid enough to shop there go to Tyson’s anyway.
verne

Michelle, what certain kinds of people are you referring too? And how do you know if they don’t have a lot of money.
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