I'm not sure this particular area would be where I'd have placed a gas station, although I'm sure the fine folks at QT pick their locations with great care. There are several gas stations within a minute of this location, including next door. I would have loved to see another restaurant take over the spot Big Whiskey left behind, but it seems like nothing lasts too long on this lot. RIP Blue Moose. I'm sure QT will change that.
The store layout is slightly different than some of the other area QTs. Most of the area QTs have angled walls and the drink areas sort of curve around the sides. Here, they are straight on and feel less efficient in my opinion. At this location, I feel like I'm bumping into people more when trying to get a fountain drink, lid/straw, or enter/exit the side doors.
I still don't care for the new layout with the checkout and kitchen being on the same side of the store. It creates a weird chaos and awkward dance wondering who is next in line. Where everyone waits in line, there is a grab and go cooler that juts out and separates the salty/savory snacks from the candy bars and things like that. People wait on both sides of the cooler, and you can't see them, so you have two groups of people piling up and no one is really sure who is next. The cashiers here are super fast and get through lines quickly, it just creates an awkward bottleneck.
I also have to call them out on the ugly reddish/brownish/orange small floor tiles. This is a brand new store, why do the floor tiles look like they are from the 1970s? It makes a brand new QT look dated in my opinion. My usual QT is at 119th and Metcalf, and that store did away with the old school tiles in favor of big grayish brown tiles that look way more modern. This is probably the most anyone has ever talked about floor tiles in a Yelp review of a gas station, but it threw me off.
I was hoping with brand new store, we'd see some of the issues I've had with combining the registers with the kitchen in the back of the store solved, but I feel like for a store opened in Q4 2022, it shares issues with stores they've remodeled and introduced new ones.
Having said all that, QT remains my number one gas station in the metro, and it is where I will always go. One of my buddies makes fun of me because he says I know where a QT is no matter where I go in the metro area, which is sort of true. They have a great selection of food and drink, and are always clean. read more