Midtown Chevron

Always the highest priced gas in the area, perhaps in the entire Sacramento region. ARCO is 1 block away at 28^th & J with way better prices and store.
This place always has homeless people hanging around it and often has broken stuff such as lights and metal covers. Pretty dumpy overall. Also, the tiny store leaves much to be desired.

A fairly nondescript service station, but here’s why they are awesome: They have a garage there with a couple of young friendly guys working there. I was driving nearby and something came loose underneath my car — mostly cosmetic — it’s happened before — and when it does, if I take it somewhere to be patched up, I’ve been charged all sorts of insane prices to fix it. Well, it happened this time and this place was nearby, and so I pulled in and asked if they could take a look. They said sure — told me to go get a cup of coffee at Mel’s while they looked at it. When I came back, they had fixed it for free — they said it was less than a minute of work and shame on anyone who charged me for that.
I don’t want to post this and give people the impression that these guys are giving out free stuff — but more to the point that they are unusually honest for this sort of business. My thing was a cosmetic thing that required one screw and three turns of the wrist. I would have paid them if they asked, but more than the good deal I got, I totally respect their honesty and would trust them with any sort of repairs.
Good dudes. Totally good dudes.

The guys who work here are super nice, it’s usually not very busy because it’s a bit off the beaten path, and yay car wash.
One star off because the car wash breaks a lot and you have to pay inside so you have to park, get out of your car, pay for the wash, get back in the car, and then pull around.
Still, I don’t hate stopping by for a Red Bull and a wash.

I only gave this five stars because it is a gas station and I feel like you’d only give it a yea or nay (i.e. 5 or 1 star (s)). This is your standard gas station, but too bad they don’t have a car wash otherwise they’d get even more of my money each time.
They are conveniently located right by all the hospitals in midtown right off the freeway.

Expensive gas, it was $ 0.45 more than gas that I got later in the day in Elk Grove. I guess the convenient location is why they can charge the premium, i.e. after I get my cupcake fill from just down the street then this place is convenient.

Stopped for a quick fill up on the way to my nephew’s baseball game. It was a little higher priced than other gas stations I drove by, but I wasn’t going to waste more gas just to find someplace about 10 – 20 cents cheaper. So for that, they are A-​OK.

It may seem silly to review a gas station, but I simply had to. I started stopping by this place four years ago because it was in route to work. I haven’t gone in frequently for about two years now, but the owner STILL recognizes me, we exchange pleasantries, and he knows EXACTLY what I stopped by to purchase. Thats customer service!

I came home from work on a Friday and I was prepared to hit the town. I stopped by Nine16 skate shop and when I went out to my jeep, I saw it leaking coolant. I panicked. I went home, looked online for a possible diagnosis and me being the worry wort, I thought it was my radiator.
I searched for the closest place to my apartment that serviced vehicles and I remembered that Chevron on K does have a shop next door, but would they be open on a Saturday?
Saturday morning came and I called. I asked if they charged for my particular inspection needs and the shop guy, Manuel, said no. I drove it in and he found the problem: a leaky hose. THANK GOD!!!
Manuel checked his storage for a hose, found one, charged me $ 45 (plus tax) to install it and said it’d be ready in 20 minutes.
My jeep runs fine and I am now stress free. Manuel is hella nice and didn’t try to push off any other services to me. He’s going to be my go-​to guy in Midtown, or at least my second opinion guy.
I also have to say that the guys who work in the Chevron are pretty cool too. When I worked at a bar and visited them at 3, 4 in the morning, they always knew what cigarettes I wanted and they’re always hella cool with me.

This is my Chevron Station!
I love this chevron. It’s open all the time. All three employees know exactly what I’m getting the minute I walk through the door, and by the time I select my over-​priced beverage of choice, all my things are ready for me: 2 packs of parliament menthol lights (the choice cigarette of working class divas), ice breakers sours (the purple pack), and 50 $ in gas (the more I drive the more I smoke, you feel me?). I am down to go to this place.
Even the bums don’t bug that much. Maybe once they make it to 30^th street they just need a rest.
Also, this place has beautiful dice. And they’re cheap enough that you can easily replace them after an angry bartender throws them on the roof for starting bar fights. Right on.