7-Eleven

So thankful for this location! The $ 5.55 dull pizza deal is unbeatable. They gave a condiments bar, so I can always add some of my fav route veggies, too. They have fair priced quick grab refrigerated items, the staff is always friendly and you can’t beat their binge junk food selection!

I’m usually willing to write a review about a restaurant I like or a good hotel, but a convenience store? Really? They are called convenience stores because that is why we go to them. Not for great food or good selection or even OK prices we go there because they are conveniently located and or open at ridiculous hours.
So, I guess if there is a convenience store I’m going to walk out of my way for I should write a review and this is one of those places. If you know the South Loop area, you know the only thing they have more of than Dunkin Doughnuts, it is 7-​Elevens. So what makes this one worth an extra block walk from my residence to the Harold Washington Public Library?
One, COFFEE is always brewed and fresh! The two 7-​Elevens on State Street this is not always the case, and there is nothing convenient about wanting coffee and not having any brewed.
Two, Price, a large refill on State Street is $ 1.49 a large refill on Dearborn is $ 0.79.
I have to say, it is safe to say I am a fan.

I don’t usually try to complain about other service workers doing their job, and especially not when they’re handling alcohol sales — there’s a lot on the line for both the clerks and the businesses! I’m in the food and beverage industry and understand this completely. This is a rare exception, just for being such an over-​the-​top misrepresentation of the work we do as retail beverage workers.
I went into this 7-​Eleven at 12:45am last night, 7-​18-​2015. I held the door open for a lady as I entered. I was only in the store to buy a 6pack of beer for friends visiting and waiting for me back at Hotel Blake across the street, so I headed straight for the cooler, picked my beer, and went to the counter.
I had zero — ZERO — contact with the lady I opened the door for after doing so. Security cameras can back this up if need be. We arrived separately, were on opposite ends of the store — she was a total stranger, and very observable so if ANY kind of attention or observation was being made.
I had my ID upfront upon catching the clerk’s attention to purchase my item, and he asked to see the IDs of the «rest of my group».
I came in alone. I held a door for a woman, and made zero contact once in the store. I explained this, rather incredulously, to the clerk, but he denied the sale regardless. Once again — I was on the other side of the store. I had no idea what «group» he was even REFERRING to until he said, «The people you came in with.»
I held. A DOOR OPEN.
7-​Eleven, I fully respect your right to uphold the city’s liquor laws regarding suspicious alcohol sales. I see on your website that you train your employees «how to observe guests and their behavior to determine whether age-​restricted products can be sold», but I’m wondering how having basic manners counts to make me suspicious and worthy of being denied service.
Obviously, this isn’t about being denied one silly 6 pack of beer: It’s the fact that the only explanation I can see for this kind of reasoning from your clerk is blatant abuse of power in denying customers at random (sexism? homophobia? sorry I don’t look like the most feminine woman out there??? grasping at straws because there was no other *reason*), or a total failure in how you «train» your employees to observe the sales they make and customers they come across.
I’d very much like to know how this clerk in particular (12:45am, 7 – 18, Saturday night — bigger guy with longer, brown hair) reached his conclusion, and how 7-​Eleven backs up random denial of sales based on unsubstantial reason. Suspicion needs to be REASONABLE — perhaps this gentleman needs retraining on what that means, or else this indiscriminate discrimination IS something 7-​Eleven stands by, in which case I’d like to know in order to inform my future shopping choices.
Thank you for your understanding and time in reading this.

Seems pretty consistent for a 7-​Eleven. It’s had some of the same staff for a very long time and this has been my go-​to convenience store for almost 10 years now. Not bad at all.

If you buy anything at a ⁷⁄₁₁ you’re a sucker because you are over-​paying, and it’s mostly crap anyway. That being said, the staff at this one are usually really nice and helpful. This despite having to put up with drunk Columbia College kids clamoring to get into the beer cooler and all the lottery ticket junkies. As you can tell, I’m there all the time. It’s in MY BUILDING for crying out loud!!! And the homeless guy who has staked this place out is a good sort, not at all agressive, just trying to put together enough money to get out of the weather and into the SRO down the street for the night. I usualy give him some change or a buck. So if you must go to a 7/​11, go to this one. But in general, do your best not to.

I walk to CVS on State & Congress to avoid the homeless standing outside, hustling.

oh 7-​eleven, you have oh so many pints of ben & jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough! pinch me, please. obvious leg up on brooklyn bodegas.

Ok, so once every two months I scrounge a complete dinner out of junk food. Cheetos, Rolos, Gummybears, pickles, a burrito, Mellow-​yellow, pretzels, sour-​patch kids and sour worms etc. all get place on a platter and served on a special place on my coffee table/​heart. 7-​eleven often holds the object (s) of my desire. Though this particular is no more or less amazing than many other 7-​elevens, this one is mine.

I am not a fan of 7-​eleven, but when you need Advil at 11 pm or a cheap coffee or milk and you live far away from all big stores — why not to go there? It’s pretty clean compared to other 7-​elevens in Chicago. Usually there are a lot of students from Columbia college, so it’s safe to go there even at night.

Its a 7 – 11 with crappy service and always always always a bum outside asking for something. ALWAYS — i have been coming here for maybe 8 – 10 years and its usually the same guy outside but sheesh!

Stopped here to play my lottery. Hope I win the millionaire raffle