Downtown's Getting a 7-Eleven

By Eric Richardson
Published: Friday, October 06, 2006, at 11:02AM

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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — It looks like Downtown is going to be getting a 7-Eleven, and that's something I can get excited about. Walking home yesterday I took the south side of 7th to check out a notice that had been posted on the Mandell Lofts building (7th and Olive). It turned out to be the A.B.C. notice pictured at right.

Say what you want about new, trendy, healthy stores, the bottom line is that I'm going to give more business to a 7-Eleven than I am to most anything else you would put on that corner. Your selections on places to go to buy a soda and a candy bar are more limited in this part of Downtown than they should be, and the places that do sell that sort of thing get away with completely ripping you off. Rite-Aid sells many of their 20oz sodas for $1.49. You can get a heck of a lot of Big Gulp for that much.

Update (11:30am): Just after posting this I walked over to Rite-Aid to get a soda and found that they've raised the price on their 1 liter sodas from $1.49 to $1.69 or $1.79. This changes a weird situation where they had 20oz for $1.39 (Coke products) or $1.49 (Pepsi products) and the 1 liters for $1.49.

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Comments

Scott Mercer writes:

Fran fricking tastic! They better be open 24 hours.

Next, when are we getting a Famima!!?? If we had one of those I could live without a Trader Joe's for quite some time...

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 12:04 PM

David Kennedy writes:

I wonder who the owner is? I remember the manager of a downtown property I used to live in. He talked constantly about opening a 7-11 downtown. He thought the area was underserved and there was a clear business opportunity.

That aside, my hope is they carry skinny straws and get the mix for Mountain Dew 'just right' on the fountain.

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 12:56 PM

Sage writes:

Hallelujah!

A place where I can go on a sugar binge after 8pm!

If they are gonna be open 24 hours, they'll definitely need a security guard at night.

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 01:50 PM

Dana Gabbard writes:

It is a fabulous location because Metrobus does their lineup for late evening/owl service (10 p.m.-4 a.m.) along 7th. Passengers and drivers can duck in for a snack.

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 02:27 PM

jim writes:

famima!! is supposed to be opening up a location near 7th and fig, and one in the zen tower (once that is built).

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 02:52 PM

Kat writes:

Famima is actually opening up in the Pacific Building at 5th and Grand.
The help wanted signs just went up.

# on Oct.06.2006 AT 04:38 PM

Annette writes:

Are these blogs actually from "2006" or were their Big Gulps spiked?

# on Oct.06.2007 AT 04:39 AM

Eric Richardson writes:

The wheels of progress move very slowly. The signage finally went up on Sep. 26, 2007.

# on Oct.06.2007 AT 09:55 AM

White Boy writes:

That's good news about the 7-11, but it will be interesting to see what hours they keep. I'm pretty sure the name "7-11" came from being open from 7am - 11pm and it used to piss me off when I lived in Palos Verdes and the 7-11 would close at 9 or 10pm. A 24 hr store would be very cool, but watch out for the beggars!

# on Oct.06.2007 AT 10:43 AM