Gas Station &AWESOMEMINISHOP! Location: There are plenty of gas pumps for everyone even at peak hours during high business flow. Also, there is plenty of parking on the side for customers visiting the mini-mart inside. This is on the corner of 18th&350 S.(A.K.A. Veterans Memorial Parkway) which is the south side of Lafayette and is a very safe location even in the middle of the night. Service: This stop has always been tops. I mean, let me emphasize this is a gas station and mini-mart I am reviewing here, and rating 5 stars! The staff inside are always so perfectly friendly. They remodeled about 2 – 3 years ago expanding the mini-mart to anything I can hardly call mini-mart. It’s a pretty darn well stocked little SHOP for a gas station mart! I would feel I hit a jack pot running into a place like this off of any expressway on a road trip sometime. This one is located in the heart of the south side, but for locals is amazing. WINNING, not on road trips only, but always! SCORE! Shop: Inside is loaded. You got it all and then some. Donuts, some fruit, nachos with cheese dispenser and trays, normal roadside bags of snacks, full size bags of treats, candy, dips, refrigerated section of Lunchables, cheese sticks, yogurt, and such items. Alcohol here too — there is even a cold chest room in the back corner! I saw cans from People’s Brewing Company for sale here which is one of the Lafayette local Craft Beer Breweries. Roadside and car items can be found and purchased here too. Also, a great variety of Hoosier Lottery tickets here and the staff never rushes me to pick out my $ 1 or $ 2 card I am feeling lucky for(…really I am deciding which game I want to play scratch off with, haha, cheers!) Gas: Never overpriced. Always at the correct lowest market rate for the«in town» gas stations. Beverages: DRUMROLLPLEASE!!! This is a HUGE5 star contributor to this particular location. People come here(for years now as I can tell in my 7 years here) for soda, pop, fountain drinks — whatever you call them. I call it «pop» & will go with that! It is 69 cents for 32 ounces or 99 cents for 44 ounces in a Styrofoam cup(yes, I yelled at a coworker for years for killing the environment as she insisted it kept her drink and ice cold longer — I see it now — plus Lafayette everywhere seems to use more Styrofoam then other places I have ever seen in my life. It’s here, don’t hate because McDonalds and the gas station up the road will also serve you Styrofoam…). You can get a punch card and buy so many, get one free! I forget my card so don’t know if it is 6 or 10 but the pop is so cheap I really never care. There is Coke AND Pepsi Brand named products, Gold Peak teas, Gatorade, syrup flavor bursts, slushie machines, iced coffee machines, and more. There is still a fridge section of 20 oz pops, but why spend more money for less beverage unless you REALLY need a cap for some reason? The pop is a huge stop here beyond just gas for any local that has visited or reads this review and certainly will join in to see the wall of delight to make your own beverage selection or fun mixed blend! It’s like Christmas for adults. Kids do this with snow cones… Which syrup or flavor? Adults here play with pop! Beginning with cubed or pellet ice! Who ever knew getting pop could be such fun?! Overall: This is my favorite gas station. I fill my car, stop for a beverage or quick snack at any hour, and it feels very safe w/the friendliest staff on shift around the clock. A gas station hardly is something I would be able to give 5 stars too. Maybe 4, because how do you get that«wow» factor from a gas station? How do you get that«something extra» that makes ordinary into extraordinary? SUPERTEST is the answer. Go see for yourself!
