This is my station of choice when I am at this particular exit. It is located directly across from a Mobil station and they have equally spendy prices. Head in any direction from here away from the freeway and you will find gas from 5¢ to 10¢ cheaper.
The advantage of this BP is it is well lit, well stocked and it features a Tubby's sub for food in a pinch. Well that and it has my long searched for and pined for Good Humor toasted almond ice cream bars!!! Yay!!!! They did not carry them before but I mentioned I was on a manhunt (womanhunt? personhunt? I give up) for them and when I swung by tonight for a generic treat, there they were. A beacon of hope in the floor freezer located directly in front of the entrance. I felt the comfort of my middle aged self taken back to a more carefree time, when my mom left a jar of quarters on the half wall by the front door and my friends and I would splurge on these tasty things, drawn by the lure of the bells of the ice cream man, not a care in the world. Sigh. Yes, I am overly dramatic but damn these things were awesome. They still are!
So while I am not bowled over by the bargain nature of the bars themselves (2.49 for a toasted almond, really?) or the gas prices, I will return for three reasons.
1) Because I have no willpower when it comes to toasted almonds.
2) Because I never pay attention to the level of gas in my car and therefore have to fill up wherever I happen to be.
3) Because I am honestly impressed a gas station either listened to a customer or is just that cool to stock toasted almonds. read more