Argyle Convenient Store

Go across the street to Samber. Even though this is the closest store to my house the items are the most expensive on Mt Pleasant Street. To top it off the owner is surly and rude to customers. In addition the owner does nothing to curb the loitering in front of the store. As a previous reviewer noted the group that loiters there have been known to carry guns. Shop elsewhere!

The owner needs anger management therapy. I pointed out that he had the wrong price signage on an entire shelf of Cheetos snacks and he preceded to curse me out and «ban» me from his store. Ban me? Darling, I would not step in that place again even if he cleaned up his nasty dusty shelves with incorrect pricing and expired overpriced products. Do yourself a favor and skip this place and go instead to the Brown Street Market or Best World.

Wide selection /​open late /​takes cards.
The service and wine selection across the street at Samber is really the best, but Argyle is the good ol’ reliable convenient store at this end of Mt. Pleasant, and a good alternative for Columbia Heights when the Corner Market is closed (CVS being never worth it unless you have a prescription).

Too many gangstas allowed outside its exterior. Call the cops because these guys carry guns and drugs. I know this firsthand for a fact.

I’ lived in this neighboorhood all my life and I have seen the wonderfull transformation. I lso remember the old Argyle with the original owner. It was always a joy to run in and buy a 5cent candy or bubble gum. The owner was always happy to see us kids. Now I try very hard not to go in there. THE OWNERS are always rude and the wife seems to always have an attitude, she acts like you owe her something, like shes doing you a huge favor. The entire community has definitly changed. At this store they can care less!!! Junk is all they have OOOO lets not forget the alcohol and all hoodlooms hanging infront making the neighboorhood look bad. I would rather walk to SAMBER MARKET you pay just a little bit more, but they always greet me and my son with a smile.

Argyle– convenient? Absolutely!
Great for ice cream (Haagen Dazs bars, mini ice cream sandwiches, fruity popsicles), cheap booze and toiletries you’re too lazy to buy from Target in Columbia Heights. Added bonuses– the cashiers are chatty and chipper and they sell single bars of Airheads at the front counter. Boo yah.

I can see the ice cream freezer from my window across the street. And in that freezer are $.35 ice cream bars and popsicles. Woohoo! They have a better selection of junky snacks than Samber, across the street, and they’re open until midnight every night. The owners have been there for at least 25 years. They were never closed a day until the fire several years ago. Like any little bodega, it’s not cheap for grocery items, but as I — like most people — only by food there when it’s too late to go elsewhere, I can’t complain.

Look it, the people who own and operate the Argyle are basically a nice group, and at $ 1.25 for a 20 ounce soft drink, the prices aren’t too shabby. My lone crticism is that they cater to a large population of losers and street urchins who have nothing better to do with their money than piss it away on the DC lottery. I’m not saying people shouldn’t be able to piss away their money any way they like, but once I’m inconvenienced because I have to wait for some 350 lb woman to read $ 25 worth of lottery numbers to the cashier before lumbering on her way to another «blessed» day, I am off the field. I’ve left the store empty handed on numerous occasions on account of this and made my purchase at the Samber accross the street instead.

We used to live in Argyle and a couple years ago we were awaken in the middle of the night by the blazing fire in the convenient store. By the time we woke up and ran outside the place was engulfed. As we were friendly with the building owner he told us that he gave the owner an option to rebuild as a more upscale place as the demographics of the neighborhood were clearly changing. The owner chose to go back to selling only lottery tickets, cigarettes and beer for the El Salvadorian customers believing that it was the core audience and nothing would change. So the interior was rebuild to look just like the old place did.

This is actually called the Argyle ConvenIENT Store (according to the sign) and it lives up to its name, as I also live in the building. Ice cream, Heineken baby kegs, Q-​tips, and Lotto tickets are all within my reach.

Since I live in the Argyle, this store is VERY convenient indeed. My favorite feature is the giant case of Hershey Ice Cream novelties. You can get a mini ice cream sandwich for $ 0.25!
My only complaint is that the store attracts people who also like to hang out on my front step.

I love the Budweiser posters in the storefront windows here — they feature photos of the capitol building and the Jefferson Monument, as if those places were just made for drinking beer. Come inside and you’ll find decent selection of wine and beer, with good prices (RedHook 6-​packs are a good $ 6.99). This is a big lottery outlet, and there seems to always be a desperate-​looking construction worker checking over the calendar of winning numbers.
Otherwise, you will appreciate the historic plaque on the side of the building, and you will love the surprisingly large selection of combs. Located in the same building as the «African Hair Gallery».