Word: ‘Murder Kroger’
November 15, 2009 at 9:16 am by Mara Shalhoup in Word/FoundLast week on Fresh Loaf, we delved into a mysterious topic that has puzzled Atlantans for at least a decade: the etymology of “Murder Kroger.” What is the backstory on the nickname for the depressingly downscale grocery on Ponce de Leon Avenue? After some pontificating , our commenters appear to have figured it out.
“I’ve always preferred the alliteration of ‘Killer Kroger’ over the somewhat sloppy sounding ‘Murder Kroger.’”
— “O”
“’Crack Kroger’ is the preferred nomenclature of those in the neighborhood.”
— “DOC”
“I go to this Kroger all the time. I always called it the ‘Ghetto Kroger.’”
— “Chris”
“there’s already a ‘ghetto kroger,’ it’s the one further down moreland.”
— “sassyassy”
“i’ve always called the ponce location ‘murder kroger’ because someone was stabbed to death in the parking lot. sadly, i can’t find any verifiable source to confirm this.”
— “thedionysian”
“Cynthia Prioleau, 25, left the crime and the cold weather of her native Jersey City, N.J., nearly four years ago for the gentler climate and the slower, seemingly friendlier pace of Atlanta. But she died in the parking lot of a Ponce de Leon Avenue supermarket Monday evening, shot to death by an irate motorist she had sprayed with a can of Mace.”
— From a 1991 AJC story posted by commenter “The Answer”
November 15th, 2009 at 11:40 am
oh wow. “murder” kroger? my friends and i have always called this kroger “Disco Kroger” because of the after-hours abundance of trannies in go-go boots.
November 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
@kat – the “disco kroger” is the one in buckhead because it used to be next to a nightclub in the same shopping center.
November 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I think the “Disco Kroger” used to be over on Piedmont by the old Tower Records. Anyhoo, the “Murder Kroger has been immortalized in song by local band
Attractive Eighties Women
-check it out here- http://bit.ly/12BCKY
November 15th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I hate when people call the Ponce Kroger “ghetto kroger” its always sheltered white people who think Atlanta is one big ghetto. someone needs to take them to one of the real ghettos for a little education.
November 15th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Kudos for solving the murder mystery.