7- Eleven

Always clean, staff is helpful and friendly! This is my go to for those late night cravings!
I grew up on 7/​11, so it’s always fun seeing one around, slurpees in the summer can’t go wrong!
Big ass cups are my life !! Fill that coffee up!

I like this place for that usual snack and beverage on the go. The place is always very clean and way more affordable than your average NYC deli, Bodega or Duane Reade, which in Chelsea means all the prices are jacked to the max. I can usually grab a snack and a drink (hot or cold) for about $ 2 – 3 dollars. They usually have deals on beverages and such. Also they have a large selection of single serve pain killers, first aid and other quick needs.

When it first opened they were friendly. Now staffed by aloof people, but that’s okay. It’s just 7 – 11. The neighborhood didn’t need another chain. Filled with preservative-​filled pastries, junky pizza, and all of the bad processed food you would expect. I only go here if I need an emergency fast coffee (though there are at least 3+ independent coffee shops within a block that are much better), OR a delicious fountain soda — served in a plastic cup that will be thrown in a trash can and will sit in a landfill for one million years (don’t worry — i live nearby and recycle!).

I won’t be as loquacious or comprehensive as the FTR, but the operation was efficient enough for Slurpee Day 2014.

Store 36 008
Summer comes humidity with intense, oppressive heat and lunch time after 4pm when beginning the work day at 10:15am offers little option for freshness and food availability. I opt for 7-Eleven’s signature cherry flavor Slurpee for a cool down at $ 1.99. Since I can’t intake alcohol while on the job, I want a virgin Pina Colada Slurpee which was disappointingly diluted into a water base without ice and was not entirely frozen. It has been years since my libation on 7-Eleven’s Slurpee but the humidity and intense, oppressive heat calls upon a cool down. One turkey with Monterey jack cheese sandwich at $ 4.99 and a banana at $ 1.09, all in all comprises of my very delayed lunch at the seventh hour toward the end of my work day.
This is 7-​Eleven at 7^th Avenue on 21^st Street.