Franklin Shell

Just so y’all know, this is a liquor store, not a gas station. They don’t want you to buy gas here, or it wouldn’t be so overpriced. Most of the customers come for the liquor, although a substantial minority may be there for the drugs being sold around the back.

This place can go straight to hell for a couple of reasons…
For starters, the gas is a good 20 cents higher than every other station in town (yes in town… as in the middle of the city!) That’s some real price gouging there!
…and because i barely drive and i buy gas at the last minute, i often have to buy gas here anyway (location, location, location!) At least they give you the Winn-​Dixie discount. They get a whole star for that… if only it off-​set the fact that it still doesn’t make up for the mark-up…and the closest Winn-​Dixie is in Gentilly (it’s still almost the closest big grocery store – the curse of the Bywater/​Marigny.)
They do at least have a working air pump (for $ 1 in quarters)…which goes well with my redneck-​parking-​lot-​mechanic tendencies. Some out-​of-​work brown person might even offer to change your tire for you… if you’re into that.
i just realized i’ve never even been inside the place… so i guess it is at least kind of convenient in that way… but that’s also because Hank’s is right down the road and that’s where i’d take my usual convenience store business… they just don’t have gas or air.

Holy Crap, this place is the urban slice of life. Panhandlers in the parking lot as your gassing up, all kinds of characters in and out of the place selling stuff or working scams, and the teller is in a room that is more like a bank vault than a gas station. Every time I gas up here I am sure the place is about to get robbed. Don’t expect to be able to wash your windows here and check the air, this place is pretty much for those on reserve, or in need of a quick 6 pack of PBR or your light beer of choice.

Holy shit, Ghetto Shell is on Unilocal!
This is where I get my beer. They have 16oz 6 packs of High Life and Miller Light. Yeah, I drink cheap beer. I like that they provide small paper bags so that you can drink said cheap beer on the walk home. Those little bags are so cute and they make me feel like a real man.
The lady who works at night has cool hair.
They usually have a variety of Zapp’s. That’s a definite plus.
Some nights, there’s a guy selling bootleg DVDs out of the trunk of his car. You can find stuff waaaayyy before it’s released. Not the best quality, but worth a couple bucks.
Crustpunks tend to congregate here and detract from the charming façade. But nothing can keep me away from ye olde Ghetto Shell. I’m drawn to that glowing sign like a moth to a flame.