This is my local QT. I'm really surprised it wasn't in Yelp before now.. It's located on Frankford, just off the 190/Bush Turnpike.
Gas prices here are on par with the 7-11 and Wal-Mart on the other side of the highway, sometimes even a little cheaper (the other day, they were 2 cents cheaper than the 7-11 and a penny cheaper than the Wal-Mart). I've never seen more than one pump closed here at a time, and that's usually not for very long.
Inside is always super clean, and even if I stop by at 4am for a gallon-size drum of Dr Pepper, the employees are nice and asking how I'm doing.
QT ranks #1 on my Dr Pepper (convenience store) list (not to be confused with my drive-thru DP list). They use filtered water and there are 2 types of ice: crushed or cubed. Plus, they have vanilla or cherry syrups you can add to your beverages as you see fit.
Their push-button "cappuccinos" and hot chocolates are way better than RaceTrac's... Not sure why, but they just are. I'll go out of my way to a QT even if I'm right next to a RaceTrac if that's what I'm wanting. AND now they have a whipped cream dispenser, so you can top your cappuccino/hot chocolate all fancy.
I've never had any of their smoothies/slushees/iced cappuccinos, as I've always been a Slurpee loyalist, but they are super duper popular during the summer. I'll see 400 kids in there getting the slushees, and they all seem really happy mixing and matching the multiple flavors.
So yeah. Go QT! Hotdogs, breakfast sandwiches, lunch sandwiches, delicious fountain Dr Pepper, best push-button cappuccinos out of all the convenience stores/gas stations, 24-hours, cheap gas, and nice employees. Win.
Oh, and another HUGE reason to pick QT over RaceTrac? QT offers free air/water, whereas every RaceTrac I've been to charges for them. So when I drove my old 95 Ford Escort and the radiator acted up, I made sure to pull into a QT (if I could...) and get free water for the engine. Or at 4.30 in the morning when my tire pressure indicator went off on my brand new damn car? I pulled into this QT to check the tire pressure and to get free air for the two that were low.
Even though this QT butts up to a not-amazing area, I haven't felt unsafe at 4.30 in the morning. There are usually enough cops that drive by and the area is well-lit enough for me to feel reasonably secure. Often, if I have to air up my tires that early, I'll stop in the store first, so that the employees know there's someone out there. Just to be extra sure. read more