Murray’s Country Meats

Lol at reviewer who said «ghetto type area».
Don’t worry, when they tear this place down for the new Whole Foods the rents will go up by 400% and all the real residents who can’t afford to spend $ 9 a pound of «organic free range chicken» will move away, leaving a small army of fresh faced recent college grads and 30 something non-​profit workers with Masters degrees who care about the environment and their cholesterol levels to safely repopulate the streets of H Street agi seriously, Murrays does have a small produce section that was cheaper than an Asian market. True, more often the produce is already rotting before you put it in your basket, but at least you have the option. Almost expired Little Debbie cakes are 2 for 1. All you can drink off-​brand soda and Tampico juice for pennies on the dollar. And plastic tubs of microwaveable chitlins to fill your home with a warm, unmistakeable aroma. And, unless you’ve tried one of their many frozen meat or starch items, can you really honestly review the quality? The french toast squares are a pretty tasty fast breakfast option for someone with zero cooking ability.
Seriously, this place is meant to be an EBT haven for H Street residents to stock up cheaply on food items (okay «food» is a stretch) that will 1) keep for a long (loooong) time and 2) make a lot of meals cheaply to feed a family.
If you don’t fit this demographic (most Unilocalers don’t) you just won’t get the utility of a store like this.
Though, right before the next big snow storm and you desperately need sources of non contaminated fluids and shelf-​stable calories, you’ll glad this place is open.
Edit: This is an orphan Unilocal listing, the same business is listed CORRECTLY under a slightly different heading. I’m marching over there right now to give Unilocalers a piece of my mind!

Murray’s is close to my house. This is where you go if you are having a bbq and you’re interested in feeding your guests a lot of poor quality cheap meat. They got ketchup, chips, ribs, chicken wings, buns and fifty cent soda. What don’t they have… everything else. You know you’re in trouble when you get to the front door, they have these grill things that don’t allow you to take the carts into the parking lot. The other issue is that the people there may not have the money to pay for what they bring to the register. So I’m always stuck behind the lady who had a hard day at work, and she has to pay for certain things with wic, other things with food stamps. She’s put some snacks up there to the side so she can see if she has enough to get them, but she wants them rang up separately. When the snacks are rang up she counts out $ 2.53 in change, she’s a dollar short and now she has to have an argument with her man about giving her a dollar, his response is «give you a dollar, you need to put something back». After getting the stank eye he finally coughs over what I can only assume is his last dollar. All this is going on while the other cashier eats a sandwich at her station rather than ring me out. I don’t make a sound because I’m fearful if I give them any lip they’ll shank my light skinned ass.

Murray’s is a extremely poor grocery store in a ghetto type area near Union Station.
The reviewer above me really hit the nail on the head but if you want a short read, here’s the gist of it.
1. There is a lack of very practical products that you would find anywhere else that is necessary for normal living.
2. There are no quality foods to be found anywhere.
3. There is little to no customer service.
4. The snack selection, which you think would at least be decent, is not at all.
The only real pro is everything is amazingly cheap.
If you have any other alternative, don’t go to Murray’s.