7-Eleven

Is it me, or do the people that work at your nearest convenience store know all your secrets? I lived in Washington Square for a year and made countless trips here for late night ice cream pints and the occasional «family-​planning» device. It’s a good thing they didn’t sell beer or wine!
Many thanks to the clerks for a general lack of judgment and professional courtesy. I kind of miss you.

I was gonna give this place 5 stars (and I probably would have 9 months ago) but, I gotta say, the new kid (sketchy white guy with glasses) knocks it down one. Maybe even 2. I don’t really like going in when he’s working. He’s seemingly fresh-​out-​of-​high school, reminds me of a frat rat, sarcastic, overly familiar, and he overshares. Not professional. Honestly 7 – 11, where did you get this guy?
Also, they used to sell organic milk (CANNOT tell you how excited that made me) but don’t anymore. Since I drink nothing but, that’s a tad frustrating at times, but oh well.
Other than that, I love this store. It’s wonderfully located and staff (minus aforementioned weird guy) is usually really great. I’ve always been a fan of their Slurpees, love all the ready-​to-​eat items, and sometimes they even have decent DVD’s up front. Their prices really aren’t bad for convenience store prices, too.

It’s no Wawa, but that’s not this particular store’s fault.
They sell Naked Juice! And lots of ready-​to-​eat items.
I’ve been here at sketchy hours and have never felt sketched out. This is a very safe 7-​Eleven. And the cashier is always super nice.

The previous review is totally right — so convenient.
I’m only reviewing this place because I just ran into something that had to have been on America’s Next Inventor! or some similar show… pure brilliance.
While I’ve shyed away from 7-​Eleven Slurpees for the second half of my life after experiencing way too much brain freeze, the first 11 years of it consisted of summers chock-​full of biking it to 7-​Eleven. I am pretty sure there was one summer where I would go once a week to seek out the newest flavor. Being at most 11 years old, I also was guilty of mixing like four flavors in one cup. Yeah, looking back that’s pretty gross.
Fast-​forwarding back to 2008, in a desperate search for a late night snack, I found myself back at the 7-​Eleven slurpee machine. I reached for a cup and could not believe my eyes: the «split-​zo» plastic cup. I tried google searching this to find a link for everyone but alas no luck. It’s pretty much a 32 ounce clear plastic cup that is split into two sections. A DREAM for those who suffer from arguably the worst incurable disease: indecision. I’ve never seen this before in my life, and I’ve been to a LOT of 7-​Elevens. AMAZING. GENIUS. BRAVO. WONDERBAR!
Five stars for the plastic slurpee cup, and not one star less!

Oh 7 – 11, how I love thee.
As I told my friends back home (where there ARE no 7 – 11’s), I am very much obsessed with this place. It may not seem like much, but let me list a few key things that kept me walking there almost every day when one was conveniently across the street:
1.) 64 oz. fountain beverages for $ 1.19! not just sodas… but also gatorade, water, & some punch-​like beverages. I’m used to driving five miles to go to Sonic & get a 44 oz. fountain beverage for like, two bucks (or one dollar if I went during Happy Hour) so that’s quite a deal.
2.) Slurpees. In kickass flavors that I’ve never seen Icee go near (blue vanilla, whoopee berry, mountain dew, etc).
3.) Big-​ass nachos for two bucks. This is more the boyfriend’s thing than mine, but I’m not one to pass up cheap junk food. They give you free condiments like pickles, jalapenos, onions, etc. & there is no limit as to how much cheese or chili you put on there! They’d always let us open the container, take the baggie of chips out, fill the container TO THE TOP with cheese & whatever else, & just pay for it like that, so we get maximum toppage/​dippage, but without the soggy chips. RIGHTEOUS.
4.) They sell four different kinds of Bawls here. COME ON. That’s awesome. For that fact alone, they deserve infinite stars & half of my paycheck. Back home, if I wanted Bawls, I had two options: drive 4+ hours out of state, or order in bulk online.
5.) Free condiments. Free as in, we’d go buy a drink, & we’d get to help ourselves to like 947 593 478 packets of mayo, mustard, bbq sauce, or whatever else we want. & they’ve even told us they DON’T CARE. In fact, they INSISTED we take them! «That’s what they’re there for!» Well, maybe they don’t tell that to everyone… we were sort of regulars, so they recognized us. lol
6.) They’ve got standard convenience store fare, such as Digiorno’s pizza, ice creams, chips, Hot Pockets, etc. BUT: it seems the prices aren’t quite as «inflated» as most gas stations & convenience stores. Not that I’d buy pizza, ice cream, or Hot Pockets from a convenience store. Just saying.
7.) They actually gave us free donuts. (!) Those bitches are being sold for like 80-​something cents, but they just gave us two FREE. The lady that worked there was so nice, every time we came in she would chat with us… WHAT OTHER GAS STATION HAS GIVEN ME FREE FOOD BEFORE (INTENTIONALLY)?! None.
8.) They were the only place nearby I could go to at 1:30am to get a banana. That is all.