7-Eleven

The previous reviewers are missing the point of this place. It’s not a convenience store … it’s an adventure!
In a world being made more bland and generic by the day, where can *real* excitement be found any more? Not in that canned c**p hollywood is pumping out. There’s no actual danger from that. Other than brain rot. Where, oh where, can you experience the thrill of the frontier, the excitement of visiting a third world country, the chills of a freak show?
2305 Huntington Ave, my friends. That’s where.
Feeling bored, have too many first-​world problems, want to live life a little on the edge? I gots yo place, my man … oh, yeah do I gots it …
Want to see a pimp and prostitute argue about who’s going to pay for the condoms, as you wait behind them to purchase your Slurpee (real, happened). Want to see a guy who’s probably on crack try to argue for half of a … whatever those hotdog things have become when they’ve been rolling for days. Want to see where the illegal aliens … I mean illegal immigrants … I mean undocumented workers … buy their booze? How about drug dealers milling about, doing drug dealer stuff? How about those sketchy people of the night who have questionable means of paying their bills … and habits. Where do they all congregate? This is where they mingle, good citizens. Here, in this place, reeking of desperation, hustle, and shady deals. Hells yes.
Don’t hate on it, bros. It’s one of the last truly exciting places in NoVa. When you visit you might get beer, might get chips, or might get stabbed. Who knows. That’s what adventure is, kids. A little dangerous. Grab a pair and take your chance. YOLO.
I love this place. It’s so real, good decent people are scared of it. But I’ll take it over the prefab world we’re building everywhere else, any day. It *is* sketchy … and it makes me smile wondering what I’ll see each time I visit.
PS: Interesting beer selection.

This is not a very friendly location, the staff definitely need customer service training. In addition, there are always really sketchy people, hanging out just outside the front of the building… looks like drug sale activity. I recommend that you try another location.

I have had no problem with the goods and service I have acquired at this 7 – 11.
However, as one Unilocal reviewer has noted, there were several people loitering around the store’s entrance when he visited. I live in this community, known as Huntington, and am making an educated guess that the folks he encountered during his visit were homeless.
Unfortunately, the homeless who have made Huntington their home made it a point congregate at the strip mall where this 7 – 11 is housed to beg for money. Rest assured that all of the businesses in this strip mall have done/​will do their best to end all of the nuisance activities of these specific individuals, calling the police for assistance as needed.
But, it is the parking area in front of this 7 – 11 that prompts this reviewer to give this shop a two-​star rating. Another Unilocal reviewer commented that the parking lot left a lot to be desired and this reviewer agrees. There aren’t enough parking spaces directly in front of this 7 – 11. All motor vehicles entering this strip mall’s lot have to climb up an estimated 20 percent incline, and the entire lot for this strip mall needs to be repaved. During business hours, big truck deliveries to this 7 – 11 makes using this parking lot trickier.

Even though 7-​Eleven is my preferable place to get just about anything, this particular one is a bit creepy. The parking lot has a odd slope that makes it a bit tough to get in & out and maneuver.
The place is usually dirty inside and outside and it’s not located in a very good area. There are people always hanging out there and they seem very creepy.
The staff look like they hate if there and it shows through their service. The only reason i go here is, this is down the road for me. They are usually well stocked on items though, never had an issue as far as them not having something that i went there to get. It’s a good location incase you need something quick and they are open ²⁴⁄₇.
Not my primary location of choice but it’ll do.

I haven’t been here after dark yet, and I’m not sure I ought to attempt it.
Parking here stinks because the lot is steeply sloped and the place is always packed during rush hour.
Service has been nice enough and they’ve never been out of anything I was after.
Always people hanging out in the parking lot and out front… some sketchy, some not so sketchy. The hanging out confuses me a bit, but check it out, (1) there are two convenience stores and one fish and chip shop right there and (2) there are three bus stops right along that little stretch, so if you think about it, the loitering makes sense.
For my take on 7−11s writ large…
The humble 7 – 11 (basically a famous chain of bodegas) is the best humanity gague ever and anywhere! Before you ever move into a new place, hit up the 7 – 11 first to discover who your new neighbors are… If ever there was a vice, one can certainly get a fix at the ever present 7 – 11. Name your pleasure! Gambling? Booze? Nicotine? Caffeine? Sugar? Salt? Windex? All right there! Then, take another look around. No, not at the front of the store! To either side of the store and over there by the dumpster or donation box in the corner. That is where you just might be able to satisfy your less-​than legal vices. I enjoy a Wa-​Wa more, but you’ll never gather as much neighborhood intel at a wa-​wa as you will a 7 – 11.

It is a 7 – 11 and that should pretty much sum it up; however, this one is a little strange. First, there is the crowd of guys that always seem to be hanging around the front of the store. It is hard to know if they are day workers or just hanging out for the day, but it does make for an awkward feeling as you walk in the store. My favorite character is a guy that begs for food every Xmas and writes down everything that he collects. He looks just like Harry Potter and I certain that he must be working on sociology doctorate or something.
The second thing that is a little off putting about this store is that the staff sometimes seems more involved with each other than the customers. I’ve walked to find 4 employees chatting it up in the isle while things deteriorate at the front «Can someone please ring up my Funyuns ?» Oh, and let’ s not forget the time that the attendant falsely accused one her co-​workers of shoplifting as he went out the door. She thought it was funny as several I went out to corral the poor guy only to find out that he was just leaving his shift. Not cool! She obviously never read «The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf. «
Finally there is the parking lot. It always had some pretty massive trucks pulling in that it’s like playing jenga with your car … So why stop here at all? Eh it’s a 7 – 11 and it’s on the way to work… pretty much the same reason anyone stops off at a 7 – 11.

located on the corner of Huntington Ave and Biscayne Dr and across from the stripmall of Boli’s, Maggio’s, a chinese takeout place, a childcare facility, and laundromat, this store is easy to get to from either direction of Huntington. Plenty of parking too, and pretty well lit at night. They have all the basic stuff from packaged snacks and hot foods and drinks, to dvds and toiletry items. And there’s always some kind of promo for drinks like BOGO red bull or 2/​$ 1 choice of fruit. There’s also an atm. I’ve sometimes seen undesirables, i.e., grown men holding their drinks in paperbags, hanging out in the front of the store but it’s probably because of the subsidized housing and cheap rental apts nearby.