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Across from Meadow Park Apartments is a food mart/convenience store, Short Stop. Friends who lived there said it was good, but I never paid much attention. Until they mentioned Thursday BBQ (which isn't that common here), pocky, and fudge (which I rarely see anywhere, outside of a childhood store and a trip to Connecticut.) So I figured it'd be worth a bus ride to check it out.
BBQ chicken sandwich: $4, meh chicken, but I'm strongly biased against chicken breast. BBQ sauce seems decent, not that I'm any judge.
Corn: $1. Pretty good.
Hot dog: free! because I asked for a brat, and those wouldn't be ready for 15 minutes. Not bad. "All beef".
Ribs: Took those home. I'm not sure there's even bone involved any more. Tasted a bit, seemed pretty good. $5. (Edit: no bone, though some amount of gristle? small chunks of slippery white weirdness, unfortunately confusable with tiny chunks of my potatoes. Still, half a pound of well-cooked ribmeat.)
They've also got pulled pork, burgers, and a few other items. "10 to 6 or when the food runs out."
Inside, I saw no pocky. I did see a whole row of Asian fast food, not just standard Instant Cup O Noodles but pre-cooked rice and various other things but it was an impressive line up for not being in Tokyo. Yes, it was reminding me of Tokyo 7-11.
I also saw fudge. Smelled good, even through the plastic wrap, which I haven't opened yet.
I said "local food" half-jokingly, just that it's local. But Googling to check whether they're a gas station too found this on them being more into "local food" in general. Or at least locally provided, like roasted coffee, and now I remember that I asked where they got their meat for the BBQ: from Butcher's Block, a butcher that opened a few years ago, and tries to get its meat locally. And I'm sure the corn's very local.
A less positive experience was a bit later, going to Scholar's Bakehouse downtown for the fresh OJ they're advertising. The texture's all wrong for me, kind of like a smoothie. Tastes decently once I get past the layer of foam or whatever, but nothing heavenly. I had something like this at Taste of Bloomington, probably from them but I forgot the source. That or something horrible's happened to either oranges or orange juice culture while I wasn't looking.
BBQ chicken sandwich: $4, meh chicken, but I'm strongly biased against chicken breast. BBQ sauce seems decent, not that I'm any judge.
Corn: $1. Pretty good.
Hot dog: free! because I asked for a brat, and those wouldn't be ready for 15 minutes. Not bad. "All beef".
Ribs: Took those home. I'm not sure there's even bone involved any more. Tasted a bit, seemed pretty good. $5. (Edit: no bone, though some amount of gristle? small chunks of slippery white weirdness, unfortunately confusable with tiny chunks of my potatoes. Still, half a pound of well-cooked ribmeat.)
They've also got pulled pork, burgers, and a few other items. "10 to 6 or when the food runs out."
Inside, I saw no pocky. I did see a whole row of Asian fast food, not just standard Instant Cup O Noodles but pre-cooked rice and various other things but it was an impressive line up for not being in Tokyo. Yes, it was reminding me of Tokyo 7-11.
I also saw fudge. Smelled good, even through the plastic wrap, which I haven't opened yet.
I said "local food" half-jokingly, just that it's local. But Googling to check whether they're a gas station too found this on them being more into "local food" in general. Or at least locally provided, like roasted coffee, and now I remember that I asked where they got their meat for the BBQ: from Butcher's Block, a butcher that opened a few years ago, and tries to get its meat locally. And I'm sure the corn's very local.
A less positive experience was a bit later, going to Scholar's Bakehouse downtown for the fresh OJ they're advertising. The texture's all wrong for me, kind of like a smoothie. Tastes decently once I get past the layer of foam or whatever, but nothing heavenly. I had something like this at Taste of Bloomington, probably from them but I forgot the source. That or something horrible's happened to either oranges or orange juice culture while I wasn't looking.