When you're towing a trailer and running low on gas, nothing sucks worse than a busy gas station…read morewith hairpin turns on small lots. This gas station has none of that-- plenty of space to navigate for even the most asinine motorists who couldn't navigate an empty parking lot in a Ford Festiva... The gas station bears the rural "you need it/we got it" mark up, but really, you're only going to drop an extra 20¢ a gallon here, compared to station prices from Lone Pine to Bishop. This is also your last stop heading south for a while, so clean restrooms and the usual gas station mini-mart fare are found here. Across the street from a popular jerky joint with a cult-following, we duck in here on almost every trip to the Eastern Sierras. Might as well stop in, especially if you're southbound.

Bathrooms are open, snacks a little stale, got some candy and it was a little stiff!!read more

This store had everything you needed. Everyone was very polite. They were a little expensive. But…read morethat was the only store in town.

This is a tourist town on the the of nowhere just outside a national park. You have to grade on a…read morecurve. Honestly the selection here is impressive, you've got just about everything you need to stock your RV or vacation cabin, and at prices that aren't bad. For context we geared lack of selection up here and bought our groceries in Visalia, where's there's not a "regular" grocery store. We could have saved time and just shopped here. Even for the beer and wine. We went a few times and everyone was really nice, helps to live in a beautiful place!

+ Spacious. Very few customers here at a time. + Quiet and…read morepeaceful ambience. + I always appreciate gas stations having free windshield wipers & fluid for use while pumping gas. - Exorbitant. Regular gas (credit card): $5.499/gal. Too bad no Costco gas stations way out there. - Dirty ambience. Birds (crows) picking at trash all over the place.

Way too overpriced! You pretty much pay double for everything! Beware! No prices on anything so…read moreyou're in for a surprise when you get to the register!

+ Variable snacks and drinks to help ya stock up for the road…read more + Good amount of parking. - A bit crowded. . Decent amount of restrooms. Long ladies line though. . lol casino in the adjacent room. + Many cute gals.

Good gas prices. Very helpful staff. We returned from our journey last night, finding the local…read moresourdough bread we bought here. We also bought the mixed bag of local cookies, having 4 of them tonight. They were soft, excellent dipped in milk. Staff highly recommended the local garlic sourdough and lemon cookies. We split a lemon cookie from our mixed bag and also had a chocolate chip cookie each. In a part of the world where gas was more than $6 per gallon, Memorial Day, 2026, I looked for any price break I could find. There's also a small Tribal casino here.

The new building and contents are far, far, better than the old. But, the attitude of some of the…read moreemployees is not good. A line at the pumps, since more than one not working, one with a cardboard sign you could not see until you drove up, one with no sign, so you get out, try to make it work, and give up. Told cashier, recommended they put a bag on the pump, he basically said, "so what?", my problem to have been in line for a pump that did not work, then another line for one that did. So bought enough to get to Mohave and filled up there. And men's room has thee urinals, one blocked off with a stack of milkcrates. No paper towels, changing the review from 4 to 3 stars. Now the Shell station in Mohave has an even worse men's room, as does the Shell station down 395 about 8 miles, so I'm lucky that men can pee standing up. But Subway is Subway, Jersey Mike's in Lone Pine is much better if you want a real Italian sandwich like they make on the East Coast.

We haven't been to this Chevron in a few years. It's definitely been upgraded. There's a new dining…read morearea that's modern, simple, and clean. The bathrooms were very clean and they had that freshly cleaned smell. The lady who helped me at Subway was very nice. She was friendly and very upbeat. I can't tell you her name, but I remember that her son's name is Ezekiel. (We talked about kids). We will definitely stop here again.

It seems like the more recent reviews on yelp for this particular establishment represent negative…read moreexperiences by patrons, most of whom went into use the bathroom and didn't bother to buy anything. When you gotta go, you gotta go I guess... But in fairness to the owners and employees, this is a gas station/convenience store... Not a public restroom facility. In sleepy little Independence, I have to imagine this place relies on mostly weary travelers stopping in for gasoline, a couple of sodas, a bag of snacks to make a living. Whether there is a sign or not, it's kind of courteous to scrape under the seats for a little bit of change, and buy a pack of gum or a Coke or something. Wish the proprietor a very nice rest of the day, kind of thing. As far as the guy behind the counter being rude, I sure cannot condone that either. You may have heard the expression, "the customer is always right"?... Well that ain't true, but the customer is still and always the customer. As a business owner, if you smile and nod at that guy that just went in and use $.50 with the toilet paper and paper towels, and did not buy anything... This time... They're probably more likely to stop in here on the downhill trip and buy something. Act like a troll to a potential future customer? They will not ever be one. Just saying... Anyway, we stopped here on the way home from Lake Crowley, to top off the tank on a very busy southbound 395 post-July 4 weekend drive. We bought a couple of bottles of soda, and a pack of jerky. No more expensive than just about any other gas station I've been to. My kids used the heck out of the bathroom, too. The fellow behind the counter was not saccharine sweet or anything, but cordial. Funny thing about the small-town business folk: they respond awfully well to common courtesy with a dash of kindness. Come to think of it, most people do. I also appreciated the relatively large parking lot and plenty of room to turn around with a small trailer. Some of the gas stations in towns up and down the 395 don'tfeature as much space. So that's a plus.

Very friendly and competent staff person greeted me after six hour drive to start backpacking trip…read more I like the jerky options and Mexican soda.

A lil spot for gas, coffee and snacks! Great staff to make it all that much better! True country…read morestore

Nice little mini mart. They had sparkling water in metal bottles which I appreciate. Decent gas…read moreprice. Good place to stop coming out of Sequoia national park.

Very convenient stop after visiting Sequoia National park. This is the closest store to the park…read moreentrance. We had breakfast and a late lunch here and everything we ordered was good. My favorite was their cheeseburger. The lady working the front counter was extremely nice and helped us find everything we needed.

Just spent two days up at at Sequoia National Forest in a GREAT cabin right across the street from…read morethe Totem Market. We ordered breakfast to go and it was quick, fresh and delicious! They also have a lot of cute souvenirs and lots of "incidentals" in case you happen to have forgotten to bring something. Cute store, lots to look at and the food was great! Thank you!! C & R from Orange County, CA