Should this 7-11 be considered Zombie-land convenience, or Groundhogs Day convenience, or, or ....?
You see, this was a 7-11 for many years, until the early 90s, when they packed up and moved down just past the QFC and Dairy Queen there in Sellwood. The mini mart formerly known as 7-11 became the Pine Tree (Korean owned) Mart uneventfully, and remained so for over 20 years. The exceptionally groovy Chowdah cart enjoyed a flash in the pan existence, residing right behind the Pine Tree Market in the carwash parking lot, but after Chowdah fled for the greener pastures of SE 13th ave, so too did this sad little Markets fortunes dwindle. After this, therefore because of this? Piffle on such sophistries! Pish and double pish!
So the upshot is, now 7-11 has returned, and I have noted in other newish 7-11 reviews around town, there has been a wave of them popping up seemingly everywhere--- even in No Po, over and over. Each store represents an enormous investment (yes, I looked into it, as that was once a fanciful dream, to own one of my very own).
So very strange! 7-11s are notoriously hard to kill--seriously, like Steven Seagal level 'Hard to Kill'----no, better yet like, Dracula hard to kill (hmmm, and both are up all night, and share an inexplicable shyness about anything too garlicky....) Some fly by night out of the hood, presumably never to return (like the ones on Portland/Rosa Parks and Albina, and the one on 33rd and Killingsworth). So far, the re-incarnation of the 7-11 on SE Tacoma after 20+ frickin' years is uncharted territory, 'sfar as I'm concerned, amigos. Muy extraño, por cierto!
Maybe it's not Night of the Living 7-11 or Groundhog's 7-11 at all.... maybe it's the X-Men's Phoenix, nee Jean Grey, aka part time super model, part time herald to friggin' Galactus 7-11! If so, be afraid, SE Portland, be very afraid Con mucho cuidado y mucho Respeto. read more