Papa V’s

The food will surprise you. Again, it’s not the highest quality around, but it’s surprising how good they are for a gas station. They keep the place clean and everyone is friendly. I get a breakfast about once a week and a lunch plate (usually catfish with beans and fries) about once every couple of months. We’ve also had them cater a couple of events which were great as well.
They’re also right off 45, so it’s a great place to make a pit stop on a road trip.

Finding the Positive. As you know, that’s my mission. One of the many places I found it in Tupelo was at this c-​store, in the form of the nice woman at the checkout counter: the sparkling Persona. That’s her name. As in «non grata.» But she’s very grata.
She was friendly and professional. She deftly processed my Snickers and bottled water, and then I moved out of the line. And let her handle the other customers. I didn’t leave, though. I stayed, and we chatted some more once she was free. t
I learned about her boss. She likes it when he comes in. «He’s a good guy. Normal. He waits in line with his merchandise, behind the other customers, even though this is his store! He does the same thing at his other place, Mugshots, the restaurant next door. Sometimes the wait is 35 minutes for dinner, it’s so popular. And he and his wife wait. And he pays for his own things, too. No airs.»
So I was envisioning the owner, just standing in line at his own store, waiting to pay for the chips he’s buying from himself. Behind me a voice said, «It’s true.» It was a chef from Mugshots, down the street. He was corroborating what Persona had said about their boss.
And then Persona glanced at her Mugshots counterpart and said, «Wait a minute. He pays us pennies… and pays you guys millions… I don’t know why I keep complimenting him!» She laughed.
Because of a lull in customer flow, we kept chatting, and I ventured into a different subject. The moment I hinted that I’d just had romantic pain, her eyes lit up and the psychic Captain Kirk inside her head said «Engage The Human Warmth and Sympathy Drive!»
And warmth and sympathy there was. Perhaps the best kind: where it flows both ways. We shared stories and some wisdom, although the wisdom flowed more from her to me. I tried to share my main Love Insight: no matter the difficulty, decide if you’re really in love, and if you are, flood the situation, no matter the pain, with love. St. Paul is the original love guru, and he’s right. Love is patient and kind and does not keep score. Once you’re keeping score, you’re screwed. Tear down all scoreboards. And that is hard to do.
There was a looming scoreboard in the way she viewed relationships… and it had to do with finances. What gets split. What gets shared. «Right now, the money I’ve got saved is for a fitness plan, maybe. To slim down. I might not want to share that!»
I protested that she didn’t need to slim down.
Then I reminded her about score-​keeping. And throwing love at the situation. Don’t worry about the financial issue. Just flood it all with love and patience. If she can.
«I will,» she said. Then she smiled… «Come back and see me in a month or two… either I’ll have a husband or a tight stomach.»

Great idea but really poor service. No one would wait on us therefore we did not get to try or buy any craft beer. I would rate this place a negative star.

I’m floored!
We needed a kids’ potty break so we stopped at the first well lit spot we found off of the first exit we saw– but we will be adding this to our list of stopping spots!
Everything was clean and smelled great! No greasy food smell like some places get –even though they serve food. No strong chemical smell — even though the attendant was cleaning when we came in.
A cute building with tons of space!
I can’t find a single downside. I would say I know it’s just a convenient store — but it’s not even true; there is a growler station full of local beer for crying out loud.
The attendant was kind and took the time to put my gum and mints purchase into a cute little brown bag with the receipt folded across the top. It’s the little things that count!

Best Bear Selection in town… haven’t tried the BBQ yet… maybe a 5^th star after I taste it…

Wow this place sucks! I came here on a Saturday at 11:07 pm the employees had most of the lights turned off. I asked them what time they close? They said midnight they were just trying to get everything ready to ready to close. Wow that stupid!

What an awesome store. They have a great beer selection and even fill growlers. Only had breakfast here and it was top notch for this kind of store. I am a fan!

Clean restrooms and store. Great variety of things for travelers.

This is one of my favorite places in town. The staff is always super friendly & the food is great. They feature breakfast & plate lunches. Whole I haven’t tried their breakfast, I have eaten lunch there several times and I have never had a bad experience. I highly recommend this place!