As I was driving to work this morning I saw a brand new 7-11 and a sign for a new Royal Farms. That got me thinking about my favorite conv. stores so I figured I'd put it down in blog form. I will rate the stores on the following criteria: food, gas, locations. This will be limited to the Baltimore metro area so it will not include places like Circle K (which I've only been to twice). Here goes.
Food-
The most important criteria for any convenience store and a tough one to pick a winner. Most Royal Farms have really awesome fried chicken and halfway decent subs so they get a B+. 7-11 has the most horrific food imaginable but also has my most guilty food pleasure of all. The cheeseburger big bite. These things are nasty but sooooo good. I douse them w/ chili and liquid cheese for an extra dose of nasty. 7-11, you get a C-. Sheetz for many years was the one store I would never shut up about. I couldn't pass one without going in but they fell out of favor a few years ago because they started getting their heads up their own asses about how awesome they were. Anyway, they've since throttled back and are now in my top 2. Chili mac & cheese kicks ass along with their ridiculously good burgers and pork sandwiches. Sheetz receives an A-. Finally, my favorite. Wawa. They've gone from a simple little sub shop to having any convenience store delicacy you can imagine. Breaded & grilled chicken sandwiches, wraps, soup. Everything. Not to mention the best meatball subs you can get without going to an actual pizza joint. Wawa, I love you, you get an A+.
Gas-
I love all convenience store gas because most of them (with the exception of 7-11) buy their fuel from the cheapest broker and not a standard oil company. Royal Farms typically has the lowest prices depending on location. I guess there's a 3 way tie at the top for fuel with Wawa, Royal Farms and Sheetz. 7-11 is often tied in with Citgo and most locations don't even has gas. Fail.
Locations-
I think royal Farms is becoming a B-more landmark right behind Natty Boh and the O's. You can't go 2 miles in any direction without running into one. There's even a stretch on either Dundalk Ave or Ponka St. where there are 2 stores separated by only 1 block. I never really understood this. Anyway, there's probably more 7-11s but allot of them are in shitholes. I give the victory to Royal Farms. 7-11 second followed by Wawa and finally Sheetz.
In summation, I guess if there was an intersection that had all 4 stores mentioned above and I had my choice I would go to the Wawa.
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Wow, you actually broke your ratings down into categories - my entire blog would've been WAWA IS AWESOME. But to be more descriptive, they do have a ridiculously wide selection of food that's really good quality (and my favorite sub EVER..).
ReplyDelete7-11's have fallen to be pretty worthless except for Slurpees. Otherwise I think they charge too much for junk and usually have weird people hanging around outside.
Wawa is fucking awesome, the best, hands down. Yeah, about that food at Sheetz? There's a reason they named it that. Because you eat there, and what you get is the sheetz. Big time.
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