7-Eleven

Located in a sketchy neighborhood. Was convenient to grab some gatorade and snacks when we were in the area to attend a function. The snacks you get here are of the cheaper variety loaded with artificial flavors.

Looks like this place hasn’t been reviewed in a while. Well, having read the other reviews I’m happy to find I haven’t had nearly the negative experience that others seem to have. I’ve always had nice interactions with the employees and have never run into expired food. Maybe they’ve changed some practices since then. But like another reviewer said, I’m also pleasantly surprised and happy with their selection of meals. I have on several occasions picked out a decent korean ramen and indian frozen meal – especially important when you remember this 711 is on a college campus: P I will say however that I can confirm what yet another reviewer mentioned about having up a little sign quite frequently to say that they’re not doing debit withdrawals at the register. And yeah, that totally just seems like a scam to get you to use their ATM. That’s disappointing. I can’t comment on their hot foods really, as I’ve only had a single slice of pizza before – but at that, it wasn’t bad? haha. No major complaints here :)

The worst ever… I do not like 7e anymore because of their exploitive methods
From refusing to give cash backs to force you use their ATM, to intentionally ignoring the deals and offers 7 E nationally offers.
Some people are nice but their practices are disgusting.

After spending the summer having to visit this 7 Eleven the only great thing is that they are open ²⁴⁄₇. The hot food sits out way too long to be edible. The staff was not friendly or personable. The last thing: How can a 7 Eleven be out of slushes? I don’t even drink them, but I found it odd that the machines were out of order on national slushie day. The counters were never clean and the food didn’t have prices anywhere (on the item or even on the freezer tag). They were also more expensive than the 7 Eleven off of Jackson.
This 7 Eleven is only for IIT students, staff, and visitors.

It looks like the other two reviews for this site are outdated, and I’d like to give an update that I think is rather important.
I’ve bought spoiled food from this 7 Eleven more times than I can count now. The store constantly has problems with temperature regulation and I’ve walked in more than twice each week on probably 85 degree heat. So, not only is all of the cold food getting warm, but everything from candy to chips/​snacks goes bad quickly.
With the exception of maybe one or two employees, almost every person who works at this store seems to show a lack of respect for customers or motivation to do their job properly and efficiently. Some employees handle the hot food well, but most of them leave pizzas and other snacks out, and still try to sell everything after it’s been sitting out for at least 5 or 6 hours.
First, I think 7 Eleven needs to get a handle on the quality control of this specific location. Every other location I’ve been to, specifically in the loop, always has fresher food and a larger variety. I’m not saying this 7 Eleven needs to start serving alcohol like the others, but I would really like to see more variety and better quality.
Also, temperature maintenance is a HUGE problem. I don’t know what is happening with that, but every time I’ve bought food from there when it’s hot inside, it has always made me sick. I don’t intend on going back until that problem is fixed.
I’m hoping other IIT students and Bronzeville residents would agree with most of this.
Also, another addition — this 7 Eleven is EXPENSIVE! Even the ones in the Chicago Loop (West Adams) sell most of their dry goods at half to three-​quarters of this 7 Eleven’s prices. I don’t see any possible reasons behind that.

I like that this 7 eleven sells indian food in the freezer section, because other than that it is impossible to get anything gluten free here. The younger lady that works there is very rude. I avoid going into the shop when she is working.

My favorite 7 Eleven!

I went on 7÷11÷11 to celebrate 7-eleven’s birthday with a free slurpee and some chips. When I arrived the cashier informed that they only offer the free slurpees from 10am until noon. I felt it was un-​fair to stop the promotion at noon, when radio and news advertisements stated it was an all day promation.