As someone that will take all of the Hispanic grocery stores this town can give us, I stumbled by…read moreaccident today onto Casa Azteca Market, tucked way back in the corner of the plaza area best known for hosting the big 23rd Street Ace Hardware, an oriental market, a bank, several pizza delivery joints serving the college crowd, and arguably the best sushi destination in the city: Nagoya Japanese Cuisine. Yep, that's reason to pull the car into the big parking area this area provides. The store carries most of the things you'd expect in a small Hispanic grocery of this size, but here's what got my attention: they have plans to open a street style taqueria with sit-down service in the next few months. Now THAT I can get behind. Chatted up a couple people working and they seem to know their stuff, planning to have tripas, pastor, lingua, barabacoa... the good stuff. The store also carries a mini assortment of home needs for the medicine cabinet as well, handy for some of the apartment buildings behind this complex, assuming they ever discover it. Asprin/Advil, toiletries, etc. With the plethora of pizza delivery joints in this complex, you'd think they'd discover it. Yea, maybe not. PIcked up some hot chilis, mayocobas and a Mexican soft drink. Big spender. Enjoyed the people working here, now keeping an eye out for that taqueria when it opens. If you come: it's in the far corner from both entrances. Credit cards accepted, including American Express.

The owners are extremely nice and they even offered to have special ordered items they may not have…read moreat the store for us should we want! Very clean and friendly market.

I'm a sucker for convenience store hot dogs. This store has much more than hotdogs, though. I love…read moretheir empanadas and other stuff from the hot bar. Sometimes I'll duck in for a sandwich to take to work. I have been happy with all their food so far. The staff seem friendly and polite. They have been very helpful. Once the hot bar attendant made me fresh empanadas and I was very impressed. Great service. This store has all the typical convenience store fare. Lots of drinks, chips, candy and gum. There is also a Burger King and a Sbarros Pizza inside the store. This place is big inside and there is plenty of room. During the summer, they have an air gusher that blows cold air when the front doors open. Such a nice little treat for customers on a hot day. They also have a Savings Card where you can get your gas and earn rewards. There is plenty of space to park and access is not a problem. The store is clean and orderly. All good!

Kwik Shop's newest entrant into their presence in town is by far the largest, a new mega-station…read morethat combines two small dining spots with drive-throughs (Sbarro and Burger King, the latter not yet open). With about six gas slots and it's sparkling new pavement, it's new enough that it still looks like it just opened. And thankfully, unlike the corporation's other fuel options which are famed for their brutally slow pumps, the ones at the new location are just fine and filled the tank without you physically aging while doing so. The interior is clean, modern, and has all the usuals and a bit more that you'd expect at a regular C-Store. Surprisingly decent beer cave option with plenty of choices, coffee, snacks, etc. and a small dining area. The SBarro pizza actually looked worth trying... we'll see. Didn't try that option, but as a rule, pizza has never seemed like the thing to try from a gas station. Your mileage may vary, pun intended. Plenty of staffing inside, and everyone looked on the ball, something you can't say about the corporation's other locations. Will this positive start continue? I'd like to see that. One thing I didn't experience though: the hook for most Kwik Shops in this town is that they work with your Dillon's card so you don't have to take out a second mortgage to fill your gas tank. Why this is the case is a mystery but one I'll explore soon. New entrances from two sides of the street are improved over the previous set-up, not surprising. With drive-throughs for the two small chain restaurants they'll draw some additional folks in. As someone that is very much not a fan of this company due to the deplorable conditions and pump speeds at their other stations, mark me as wait and see what develops, but for now, this is a pretty good start. I'm also not a fan of a company that tears down other businesses to build something new that wasn't really needed in this town, but what was here was a sorry match of stores in a badly dated strip mall--some with questionable reputations (like, why would that dicey massage parlor really be open until 11 p.m.??? yea...)--or empty and shuttered windows. It was far past its prime and won't be missed.

I was ecstatic to find a local joint so close to the beach with cold beer and plenty of ice!…read more Staff was so friendly and you could spend an afternoon in here chatting it up. Prices were not terribly cheap but super convenient if you forget anything while on the beach! Check out their FB page for weekly meal option and beer specials!

The Clinton Store is not only out of compliance for enforcing the Lawrence-Douglas County Public…read moreHealth mask requirements inside or on the cashier, but they are allowing customers to gather, socialize, and drink beer around the register with no masks or social distancing. We were in to buy bug spray yesterday, Saturday, August 29 on our way to Clinton Lake and had to pass though a small group of unmasked people drinking and congregating around the entrance, and once inside, found at least 9 people surroundng the register drinking beer, standing about 12 inches apart, with one woman sitting on a crate, which indicates that this was not going to break up any time soon. There was also a gathering of about 6-8 people eating dinner in the tiny dining room, understandably unmaksed, but in such a small tight space, it added to the risk of transmission. I and my friend were the only ones in masks and in order to purchase anything and pay for it, we had to move through and wait within a crowd of what seemed like locals using the store as a place to hang out for the evening with open containers. The store is tiny. In the attached photo of the aisles and cold case, imagine 8-10 people packed in this space along with an unmasked cashier and another crowd outside the door. This blatant disregard for the Douglas County mask requirement, when we ranked #7 nationally as of Friday as one of the fastest-growing towns for cases and transmission, is disgusting. They have a responsibility to their community and guests using the lake to take every precaution necessary, no matter how unpopular the County mask mandate may be to their clientele. The cashier was friendly and although no one said anything negative to us, all eyes were on us until we left and the atmosphere created by the clientele felt intimidating. I wouldn't recommended shopping here until they are in compliance. Someone needs to pay them an official visit.

This Lawrence QT has been around for a LONG time and it shows when you meander around this…read morelocation. That being said, despite some wear and tear, it's still a very solid gas station, and they've added some modern QT additions to it, like QT kitchen, which makes it little extra nice when you are on the road. This location has seen me through my college days, and honestly still is my go-to when I'm in and around Lawrence and in need of gas. On my most recent visit, I was driving home from a family gathering in Manhattan, and we all treated ourselves to little milkshakes. Honestly they are really decent little treats for a gas station. In addition to that, the restrooms are clean, and it's a decent little stop.

Been stopping here for years. They always have clean bathrooms and cold sodas and Iced Tea. QT…read moreSeems to make sure that all its stores are clean and well taken care of and I love the leave the penny take a penny idea of rounding up and down at the cash register with change. Now if we could only find a QT on a road trip in other states.

You gotta have groceries and you have to have gas, right? This is the perfect place for both. I…read morelove the store and this gas station is great, too. I was wedded to the Dillons system because I liked their fuel savers program. But I started shopping more and more at HyVee. It just made sense to start getting my gas there, too. The HyVee Fuel Savers program is not as good overall as the one at Dillons, though. HyVee gives you rewards on only certain items you buy. Dillons gives rewards on how much money you spend at the store. Don't get me wrong- there have been some great savings at HyVee. The difference in the programs is slight. The cashiers and staff are very friendly and the store is all sparkly clean. They also have convenience store pizza!! It's a favorite. Great pizza, price-is-right gas, and great customer service.

Anyone else notice that this gas station stays at about $.10 higher than everywhere else. Hy vee…read moreboasts their fuel points and they are the highest price grocery store in town. So they're gouging you for groceries and then bending you over for gas!