Everything Glendale

Filed Under: Automotive Services, Chevron, Gas Stations, Shop Reviews

When you move to a new town, you tend to seek out your local necessities so you can start feeling at home. In my book, these include the local post office, a nice market, a gym, and a smattering of reliable food options. Before I moved to Glendale, this short list never included a local gas station. Service stations are so ubiquitous that I just gassed up whenever I needed it. Or rather, my husband gassed up, since princesses don't pump gas.

When my family moved to Glendale about five years ago, we settled in pretty quickly. The fact that a lot of the north-south streets are alphabetized and on a grid helped a lot, but we really started to feel at home when we found "our" gas station.

Located just a few blocks from our home, this 24-hour Chevron station (formerly a Mobil) has everything that other gas stations offer, including good snacks, gift shop items, and a car wash, but this one was special. When we walked into the convenience store, we found it clean and well-stocked, with very friendly staff, especially a gentleman named Rimon.

We are still impressed that they are on the cutting edge of gum and breath mints. Sometimes we buy breath fresheners here that we can't find anywhere else, such as Hershey's Ice Breakers "Pacs," mouthfuls of goodness in meltaway packets that dissolve on your tongue. Mmmm.

But what really won us over was the bathroom. As you know, if you're out and about and really desperate, you don't care what condition a gas station bathroom is in, since you'll take anything. But this one is wonderful: clean, spacious, and lovely. It even has a chandelier! If the owner cares enough about his customers to maintain such a nice bathroom, then we'll do our part to patronize his business, even if it sometimes costs a few pennies more.

As much as we can, we fill up here. When that little red gas pump lights up on my dash, I will push my gas-guzzling SUV (don't judge) home, so we can make it to "our" gas station. And, now that my daughter has her own car, she has become a regular, too. She always gets a friendly greeting and she wouldn't think of going elsewhere.

It's the little things in life that make us happy on a day-to-day basis, and this Chevron station turns an unpleasant chore into a pleasant respite.

Chevron
Owner: Feiruz Ennabe-Ayoub
825 N. Central Avenue
Glendale, CA 91203
818.240.6134


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