Old Colony Gas Station

Today, there were two cashiers, one of which had a very NASTY and foul attitude for no reason. I came in with my mother, we bought snacks and gas by the other/​friendlier cashier. We had to turn the car around because the gas tank was on the other side so we do and try to pump but nothing was happening so we push the call button to get help and see what was going on and someone said «the time expired». And we didn’t hear it the first time so my mom pushed it again meaning that someone needed to actually come out and explain as any person working in place of service would do and the nasty one comes out saying, «I told you the time expired, there’s only 3 minutes before it expires didn’t you read that in the store, it’s posted everywhere. people need to read» with all the hand gestures and body language of a high school teenager but she looked upper 20s or 30. I’m sorry but she needs to be fired. And she’s saying this to my mother, I ask her if that’s how she talks to everybody and she goes «What? What?» as if she was going to start an altercation. A simple explanation would have been fine but she needs to know how to treat people without the dramatics. And if the time expires the money doesn’t go back on your card right away, you have ti wait 5 – 10 business days.

I too fell victim to the car wash locking me in. Drove forward and back a number of times to get it to restart or do anything to no avail. I found it pretty hilarious actually.
After calling the gas station from the phone number on Unilocal I wasted the next 20 minutes getting a refund. I highly recommend going anywhere elsewhere in the area for gas, a wash or really anything for that matter unless your looking to burn through a half hour of time…

I was locked in the touchless car wash for 20 minutes and had to manually open the door to get out. I called the store 3x but the phone did not work. I’ve got great footage of the event.
Went inside after getting out and was told to leave because I was holding up the line; I was explaining the situation to the clerk.
The lack of empathy, customer service, and respect is something I have never experienced. No one took ownership of the issue and each person said that they aren’t in charge of the car wash.

Stuck in the car wash… TWICE! If you don’ get your car perfectly in position when you pull into the bay you’re screwed. Before this you have to pull your car over to a box to punch in your code… then realign your car. Once it tells you you’re out of position it’s too late — the bay doors close and you can’t back up to try again. The machine doesn’t wash your car; and you’re trapped in the car wash bay like a freakin’ idiot– with no way to notify anyone and no way to get out except an emergency lever for the front door. I will NEVER go back to this place again… even if they were giving away gas and car washes!

Old Colony Gas Station is like picking Charmander at the beginning of Pokemon Red and then eventually fighting Gary Oak when he has a Squirtle. For those of you that don’t understand my Pokemon reference… Let’s just say that this place is really annoying and frustrating.
Yeah, okay, I will give it one star because it is conveniently open 24hrs, and has alright prices on gas. However, you kinda feel like a real schmuck when you have to go up to their creepy plexi glass prison window to get stuff late at night. What about when it is cold out and there are like 5 or 6 people in line? Have fun trying to get the disgruntled attendants to grab anything you actually need that is in the store.
By the way, they don’t take more than 2 dollars in change. This is their store policy, apparently. And if their credit card machine isn’t working, well if you don’t carry cash, then you’re screwed. What happens if you need to go there to get gas in an emergency and you don’t have cash, or a card… but you do have dollar coins, or quarters?
My suggestion would be to go to the EZ Stop (the other store in this small business chain) in Northeast instead. You’ll get to actually go in the store, get gas with any regular combinations of money, and you won’t feel like your time and money is being horribly wasted.

MOON PIES. ATM offers $ 5 withdrawals. you have to check your bag at the counter. a glowing beehive. a guaranteed «hey baby where you goin’ tonight?»
old colony, suckas.

Stopped for air this morning, and the air machine required $ 1 payment, and a sign on it said «Use at your own risk, no refunds.» I’d rather get free air like in the old days, but I’m willing to pay 50 cents, no more. And for an operation this size, they need to fix their air.
I’ve always enjoyed the ghetto vibe of this place, great for people watching. My favorite was the high-​heeled woman gassing up her Expedition with the license plate reading «SEXPDTN.»
I read recently about a shooting here, but I don’t find it dangerous.

I always refer to this place as «Old Felony».
The bee hive theme is whimsical and not the worst place I’ve ever been. It just seems a little out of place, like it should be somewhere on the Vegas strip.

One of the only gas stations I have ever seen that carries high-​octane fuel (100 octane I think). For that I commend them.
Unfortunately…the sports cars and machinery that would take that fuel won’t like the choppy roads that surround the station. But that is out of their control.

One of the problems with living where I do is that there are very few 24 hour gas stations in my neighborhood. So while Old Colony does in fact close, it is still something of a last chance for me when I’m coming home from downtown later in the evening. I agree with Sarah J’s review that the prices are often some of the cheapest in the city, but perhaps she spends more time here during daylight hours than I do. I don’t think I’ve ever shown up not eighty percent sketched out by what I see going on in the parking lot or at the pumps. I’m sorry, but cheap gas alone does not warrant a positive review. I love that this place is still a weirdly named throw back to a less franchised time in American petrol, but can’t quite reconcile the creepy feeling I get every time I stop. If they could curb the pirated DVD sales and guys offering Ready-​Rock at the corner they’d get another star.

First of all, Old Colony has really good gas prices, especially since it’s what greet travelers getting off 94 at Broadway. I thought gas stations near highways were universally out to gouge us all. But, instead the OC often has the best prices in that section of NE Minneapolis.
And it’s so cheerful. I mean the logo is a beehive and the station looks like a disco hall that’s about to blast into outer space. If you happen to see it at night, it looks like where the party’s at. Although I’ve seen enough sketchy stuff there to know that it’s more like where the crime is at, after dark at least.
But you should still go check it out if you need gas. Or if you’re on your way to the park or starting a road trip and you need snacks. You must go inside the E-​Z shop, you see, if you do stop by. Because you’ll say at first, okay okay it’s like every other gas station convenience store. And then you’ll look around and realize that about half the store is just empty. Empty, save for a few lonely looking red plastic booths, just out in the middle. Like you should strap on your roller skates and take a few spins around.
Then go back outside and stare up at the translucent glass in the (really really tall) roof. This place looks like another time. I hope it doesn’t get sold to some big lame corporation.