This review is 100% based on the price of gas. I did not go inside the gas station, so I cannot…read morespeak to the restrooms, the Jimmy John's, or anything else inside. I can however, a test that this was the cheapest gas I found in Frankfort today.
I attended a nurses legislation event at Kentucky State University this morning. I'm headed back to Louisville and needed some gas. It's usually cheapest to fill up outside major cities, and further away from the expressway.
Though I use Yelp to help find cool, local restaurants and things to do, it's not super helpful when it comes to finding the current price of gas. Wink wink. Yelp, how about letting us upload the current price to gas stations? AnyWho, I pulled up the gas buddy app, which allows me to find gas stations based on the most recent reported price per gallon. I found a speedway that claimed to have gas for $2.53 a gallon, the cheapest in the area, so I set my GPS and headed that way.
If you leave the main entrance from Kentucky State University and turn left onto Main Street, then turn right onto Versailles. You'll end up on a road that takes you back to interstate 64.. and a speedway, and a Ruth's candies if you want some phenomenal local candy. But, before you get to the speedway, you'll notice an ARCO gas station unassumingly hanging out on the right hand side of the road.
I honestly did a double take when I saw the sign, because I didn't realize that ARCO stations were anywhere in this region. I've always known them to be a West Coast Corporation, and honestly, I'm only familiar with them because they used to have an aluminum division with an office in Louisville.
I was surprised to find the marquee displaying gas for $2.49 a gallon. This was the cheapest in the area. Gas was $2.55 - $2.57 right by the expressway. I can't imagine that this gas station is new, but I was surprised that it wasn't on the GasBuddy app or on Yelp, so I added it.
The pumps were easy to use. It looks like they have a rewards program, but I didn't sign up. The tap to pay feature made it super simple to pull out my credit card and get to pumping. It looks like there is a Jimmy John's inside, but as stated, I didn't go in.
After I filled up my car, it was an easy and short distance to interstate 64. Less than 1.5 miles, maybe less. If you're in the area, and looking for quick and easy, cheap gas, this is your spot.