Cumberland Farms

Cheapest gas around. What more goes into a five star rating for a gas station? Not much, in my books.

I hope SmartPay doesn’t fail while you are there. No one will help you and some of the staff don’t speak English well enough to understand phrases like, «I have been using this for a while and have never seen this happen.» They will say things like, «I don’t know how this works; I’ve never used this before.» Really? You don’t know how a main method of payment for your store works? Maybe you should learn how it works. When it breaks (the pump keeps you logged in, won’t let you log out and won’t pump gas), they will tell you to call customer service and they won’t actually give you the number. When you finally ask them to call customer service, they will and then hand YOU the phone. Meanwhile other customers are yelling really rude things at the driver while you try to resolve the problem — because it’s your fault their stuff is broken and you deserve the stress of being yelled at –it would inconceivable for anyone to come out and manage the line backing up even though no one was in the shop and at least one person was standing behind the counter not doing anything.
So thanks Menderin — that’s 25 minutes out of my life I will never get back and a lot of stress and aggravation I didn’t need or deserve.

This gas station always has the best price for gas in Davis/​Porter square area. And it isn’t ratty like some of those independents in the area. Plus it is a family owned company.

You filled my tank at $ 2.59/gallon and offered any-​size pumpkin spice cappuccinos for 99c?
I’m willing to look beyond the fact that your namesake stirs amber visions of grain waves, bros in straw hats biting in to the first corn cobs of the season and overall hard-​working merriment from the American farmer. I mean, you serve coffee and petrol. Who are we kidding?
But by golly, you do it with a sense of purpose and a rock-​bottom price point, even sitting so prominently on your heavily trafficked merge point. Your greatness can’t be ignored, chain gas station, not now or ever.

This place is solid.
Gas is as cheap as anywhere around.
Cheap coffee.
Cheap iced coffee.
And cheap fountain soda with flavor additions.
Staff is nice enough.
Place is clean.
Reliable for the odds and ends (milk, butter, eggs) for those that live nearby.

I just come here to fill up the car and luckily I happen to live close by. All three of my cars require premium gas and fortunately the price of premium gas here usually runs less than 20 cents more than regular which is much less than most other gas stations. All in all one of the cheapest places for gas in the area.

All prices as of December 9, 2009 — specific prices to fluctuate obviously, but differentials and ratios between stations remain steady as price goes up and down
Are gas prices dictated by elevation? That’s all I can figure about the precipitous drop in dollar/​gallon as you drive down (and down) Mass Ave from Arlington Heights (average cost for regular 2.69/gallon) down to Somerville Ave. After hitting some brief tips just outside of Arlington Center (2.57/gallon), the price tips back up at the Mass Ave/​Alewife Parkway intersection, before dropping sharply at the Mass Ave Hess (2.53) and then bottoming out at Cumberland Farms at 2.49/gallon (!!!).
Four scant miles, but you might as well be in another state or another economy. Can’t figure this one at all, except for the tendency for everything to run downhill, and pool at the bottom. Worth running the gauntlet down from the Heights any time.

I can’t understand how it could be, but this location consistently has the cheapest (reliable) gas in the area. Really! 5 cents under the competitors. Sometimes I wish I still lived down the road to fill up!