7-Eleven

Came here four times now and that was the last. The Indian guy at the counter is just mean and lousy. Most recently he yelled to correct me on how much two drinks were. I thought he said 1.89 which seemed weird so I asked «1.89?» He yelled four at me like I was stupid or deaf. Done with this place… even if it’s just to grab a bottle of water, I’ll be going elsewhere.

Stopped bye at this location this morning to grab my son something quick for breakfast. I purchased 2 doughnuts and strawberry milk and coffee as I drove my son around the corner to his school my son throws up do to doughnuts were bad. They were not fresh. I missed work and my son missed school. When I called the lady was clueless. I was bummed out. Never again will I go there again stay away.

⁵⁰⁄₅₀ chance of them having last min items that I need. Often shady individuals roaming in or around here, as it’s right by a city bus stop — but the employees seem alert and aware.

Angry old woman followed me around the store turns out she worked there. My boyfriend pointed out that the woman wanted something on the shelf but instead she just pointed to water on the floor while staring at me. Not all black people steal.

A clean 7 – 11. They sell items that are on the date of expiration so look for that if you care.

Doesn’t even deserve 1 star. Been here twice to redeem coupons on the 7 eleven app and the people behind the counter won’t ever accept them or even attempt to be polite. Just walked out and saw a customer spit out the chocolate milk he just purchased. Turns out the milk was wayy past it’s expiration date – the clerk didn’t even apologize. Worst customer service ever!

Hi, my name is addis and i an african american boy. i attend a school called Maybeck in berkeley, california. i am a very smart kid and i never commited any small crimes in my life. i went to a local 7 eleven, located on college avenue and was racially profiled. i was with my two other friends who are also African American. everyone knows the steriotype that black people arevtheifs well apparently so did your workers. we walked in and i knew something was suspicious. there was a latina lady at the counter and her friend was next to the entrance and they kept on staring at me. so i went in past some ailes and got what i wanted. i then went to the counter and i heard the two latimas saying in spanish, the kids stole something. so they made me empty my pockets and they found nothing. they made me so angry. they thought i stole something because of my skin tone. so then they assumed my friends stole something but they were already outside, brcause they had bought what they wanted. i felt so mad.

OH, THANK HEAVEN!
We totally forgot to load my purse full of snacks before heading to Berkeley to see a play. Some theaters don’t allow snacks at all; others don’t allow outside snacks. If no snacks are allowed, it’s hard to get away with eating anything… but if concessions are sold at the playhouse, it’s hard to tell in the dark if you’re eating something you brought from home or an item you purchased there.
7 – 11 was the perfect stop. I bought spicy peanuts and sour gummies. Casey P. bought a King size Twix, some regular gummy candies and something else. It was enough to last us for the duration of the play (almost.)
Also on this stop, I bought gloves that I intend to use for gardening during an Earth Day clean-​up event I’m participating in today. $ 2.99 to protect my little paws. What a deal!
Convenient location with a small, but appropriately sized parking lot. Glad we found this 7 – 11!

When everything is closed early, you can count on this 7 – 11 to stay open. Yep, it’s 24 hours and my stomach could not have been happier. It can get a little creepy around 12am if you happen to stumble across this 7 – 11.
There’s a wide selection of candies, chips, ice cream, sodas, beers, slurpees and small health necessities. It’s keep and organized so there’s not much going aisle to aisle searching for what you need, given there are about 4 aisles. You will find most of the basic late night munchies here from Cheetos to Doritos to a ChocoTaco, you’ve got it. I’ll be coming back if I need some unhealthy chips since it’s a nice walking distance and open 24 hours!

I have lived within a block of this establishment for two years of college, and it has been indispensable source of sustenance at all hours of the day. They have a decent selection of beers, milk, ice cream, and potato chips; these are about the only things I would ever buy here. With everything else closed around here by 10−11pm, late night studying/​coding cannot happen without this place. Lots of good times chilling with one of the clerks who’s friendly. The other ones not so much. My only wish is that they had more cereal and cleaning products.
Advice: go to the nearby derby market store to get better selection of liquours and lots of other things if needed.

HERITAGE FARMS MILK, DIET PEPSI SLURPEE’s — WHOA HOA
In the 1960’s, this building housed the neighborhood Safeway. On warm Saturdays, I would accompany my father in his quest for the precious Brown Derby beer. I had rarely been here since it became 7 – 11.
However, my neighborhood supplier of organic milk closes early. So I wandered down here and found Heritage Farms Organic 2% milk. I thought it would be a factory farm product. Wrong! It is a very high quality product made in Ventura county, with a high-​tech flash pasteurization process and ceramic filtration. It is very fresh and tastes great!
One evening I was buying the organic milk and I commented to a gentleman who was doing inventory how much I like the Heritage Farms product. He turned out to be the owner of this franchise (not a company store). He had a tablet computer that I asked him about. It turns out he uses advanced logistics to constantly review the inventory and adjust it to customer demands. He can review historic sales by date and other factors including weather! He explained that weather is a major factor in convenience store sales. Due to customer demand, he has added fresh fruit and organic products. AND of course, diet Pepsi Slurpee’s. A charming and astute manager of this important community asset!
As far as the late night clerks eyeing customers suspiciously, I would probably eye myself suspiciously, if I was a late night convenience store clerk. «Hey you!» I would shout at myself, «are you going to buy that milk or just use it to cool off?»

One of the few 24hr locations in the greater Berkeley area that sells beer. Despite the occasional clusterfuck of police vehicles when the place gets robbed at gunpoint, it’s generally not too busy and there is even a bit of parking. Oh and I think the creepy homeless guy who used to live on this corner died or something. He hasn’t been around lately (+1 star).

This place is like any other 7 – 11. It is very overpriced. A bottled coke here will cost you 1.69 without tax. The only reason I stopped by here was because I was in the area and I was thirsty.

Ok, well, as far as 7– Elevens go, this one is pretty much like every single other one.
Except the milk is usually a few days past its expiration, and the late night clerk is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too comfortable talking to people about condom selections. (Yes, thats him, mid-​comment, in the photo I posted)
Without fail, he would say things to the bf about his condom and ice cream choices, like «Ooh, ribbed this time ay?» or «Which is first tonight? The ice cream or the lovemaking?»
OMG.
One night in July, I’m there with our Irish housemate Sarah, making a pre-​movie night munchie run. We buy a buttload of stuff, and as an afterthought, I go back up to the register for condoms (never hurts to have more) and when I go to pay he’s like «These should have been your first thought, not ice cream! I blush 9 384 753 shades of red, and just put out my hand for the bag. He wont give them to me, because I wont look him in the eye, and when I finally do, he drops them in my hand, winks, and tells me to have fun.
Dude… Only in Berkeley.

This location smells like pee.

Okay, here’s the thing. This place would have gotten 5 full stars if it were not for the night clerk. Each time we go to the local 7-​eleven, we mind our own business and go straight to the slurpee machine. So, we have one goal. That is to have some good squishy. This is one of the very few 7-​elevens that has diet pepsi available for slurpeee consumption. In the summer, we were told that the technician who fixed the diet pepsi machine had died and that there was no replacement yet. Clearly, they were lying since the machine was fixed and now was producing good squishy. Now, what stands in the way of this, is the death stares that we receive from the night clerk. We’re not scary people and we don’t try to intimidate. But for some reason, this guy always seem to think that we’re up to no good.
Anyway, 24-​hours, can’t argue with that. Plus, good squishy.