This place used to be great. Since management turned over this summer prices have slowly risen. I notice it most in the sodas because the price is right in your face, but what used to be $0.89 (44oz) is now up to $1.50. That's nearly double and the rest of the shop has definitely followed suit. Gas price is nearly always $0.10-.15 higher than at Space Age, too.
It might be tolerable if the increase in price accompanied an increase in quality, but, while the bathroom mirror has gotten a shabby chic upgrade, it's still just as dirty as it was before. Now that I'm thinking about it, we noticed that the hot case baskets have been cut in half (two smallish chicken strips and six jojos for $4.99 is a pretty terrible deal considering DQ has a strip box with more food at a higher quality for $5) and cooked improperly more often than not.
Lastly (and most sad of all), all of the regular workers have disappeared. As an Uber regular (multiple times a day regular), I just really miss the set of cashiers and cooks whose schedules were so predictable I could accurate predict who would be working at any given hour on any given day. The new staff is fine (ish) but it's concerning when a staff without turnover for years is suddenly gone to be replaced by glassy eyed teens who can't even give proper change.
I don't really know what management is thinking overall. I'm guessing they are some corporation somewhere because everyone local is salivating over what is clearly going to be a deluxe gas station/mini mart a block over at Highland and 11th and any intelligent person would be trying to gather local support on the eve of some serious competition coming it. As it stands, once construction is done, I can't imagine anyone voluntarily paying those crazy prices. I doubt they'll still be in business by the end of next year. read more