I love a good QuikTrip, but this one left me disappointed. This location is not an updated store,…read moreand is smaller than the other ones I've been to. I wanted a fountain drink, but the ice dispenser had visible mold. I don't think the soda machine is being taken apart and cleaned like it should.

This is always a busy place, but they get you served quickly…read more There is such a wide variety of offerings of not only sodas and fountain, drinks and snacks, but hot foods as well. I will let you in on a secret, during the fall, They have a warm pumpkin filled soft pretzel, with a cream cheese type dipping sauce that is the absolute bomb! It's just one more tradition thar herald's the fall for me. Get one, you won't be sorry, and you might want to go early because they don't last very long. I have found the fuel prices, at least at the Edwardsville location to always rival some of the lowest prices of the area. If I lived any closer, I would probably be in there every day. They get it right.

I got some food at this Flying J for my 30 min break and it was good. I ordered a meatloaf, green…read morebeans and potato wedges. Everything was cooked well so I was happy but I should have ordered more food. I honestly didn't pay attention to anything else but the store was clean.

Only pilot j that I have visited that insisted on double charging me for a drink refill on a large…read morecup, "we love driver" yeah give us your paycheck and leave! Bad attitude and this time of year too... Will not be stopping here if I can help it. Dennys was good last night. Service and food!. But j itself, better places to go on your trips.

Great gas station and convenience market…read more I'm a fan of the MotoMart near my home, too. I like the use of the Magic Wand card, which gets me discounts on my gas. With the increase of gas prices, who wouldn't like a 6¢ savings per gallon when filling up your ride. That savings is everyday, 24 hours a day and no matter how cheap or expensive the gas is. I forgot to fill up before leaving home and while shopping in the area, I remembered. I was thankful this MotoMart was near by, so I could save $ while filling up. I did get a giggle at the pump, most pumps now have only one hose and you just push a button for the grade of gas that you want. These pumps are primitive, they have a hose for each grade of gas. Easy access to and from the main road in front of the station. The station itself is a little dated, but it still has all the bells and whistles to give you the service you need. When: July 10, 2021 Why: Filling up the ride.

Powerful air pump on the outside. Schafly and Boulevard brew on the inside. For a convenience…read morestore, there's a pretty good selection of food and supplies.

Very Clean, very friendly, lots of choices and options in stock! Prices a touch higher but they're…read morea new business and I'm all for local businesses!

RJ's expressway has the very best soda in the general Alton area. Very nice owner and employees,…read morevery pleasant experience always.

I admit I did not go inside. This was a gas and go stop for me. The parking lot and gas pump area…read morewas clean. The pumps worked great, requires you to enter your zip code and wants a 'yes' or 'no' response for the receipt request. Prices were cheaper than the Marathon across the street. Easy in and out and right next to the highway!

The number of crimes that are committed in the name of breakfast are legion. We are often willing…read moreaccomplices, and from time to time I am guilty as charged. Such was the case recently after a Road Gig of my band in the charming Hamlet of Edwardsville, Ill. Wife accompanied me on this one, and brought along our smallest, most fragile beloved Chihuahua, Minnie. We got an early start, but Our diminutive, furry passenger precluded a restaurant stop for breakfast. As McDonalds is often a workaday choice during the week (McD's was the only choice near for drive-through food), I looked for an...alternative. We refueled at the Circle K which is the subject of this post. (Please don't let the one-star rating reflect an indication of the condition/service of this Circle K as a pit stop. The store is clean, well stocked and as pleasant as a service station as can be. I'll explain why the one-star was thrown.) I filled up the Whale, and went inside the store to get a bottle of Diet Pepsi, a small cup of water for the puppy, and find something to shove down our throats tiding us over the 3 hour ride home. The Pepsi and water were easy. Wife asked for a glazed donut, also easy. I did a few aisle laps in a futile attempt to find something edible. The idiocy here, was that I was half expecting to find something different on each lap. What the hell was I expecting, other than the Chips, candy bars, overpriced sundries and cheap wine that is the usual truck of the convenience store. And isn't it funny, the later in the day, the more appetizing that stuff is, and if it's REALLY late, it's a goddamned gourmet buffet. But at 9 in the morning, your eyes define truth at a higher definition-it's all junk, all the time. Cheetos and KitKats do not a fine breakfast make. Fine and noble, but what sort of cosmic buggery caused me to take a pass on the known shite of the cellophane bags, and look with interest on the roller-grill stuff opposite the cashier? A cosmic distress signal? Was the recreational medication I consumed in the 70's calling a due marker? In the past, given the choice, I would have broken the seal on a bottle of Quaker State 10w40 and guzzled it down instead of choosing from the hardened, ultra-processed, looks-like-it-was-2-weeks-old sausages, etc, that wer spinning on those rollers. Yet here I was, reaching for the tongs and taking a pair of things with the umbrella brand name of "Torpedoes" from the rollers. One with what looked like a HotDog inside, and another which purported to be an "Egg Roll". What had led me there was a sign that said "2 for $3". I slipped each into the provided, branded paper sleeve and turned, zombie-like toward the cashier. I'm an unreconstructed foodie, and Wife is bewildered at my predilection for Anchovies, Stinky cheese, Innards, and the rest of the Fear-Factor food groups; but as I took my place behind the wheel and tucked into the Torpedoes, she looked on me with a gaze that was somewhere between pity and horror. For those who have never had the temerity or courage to sample a "Torpedo", it is a hard type of shell, with a filling or meat(ish) object inside. The shell is close to an egg roll, if an eggroll had a belligerent attitude, and was determined not be eaten. The texture is closer to a Cannoli than a trad eggroll skin. It did have a pleasant crunch, but the Torpedo folks must have blown their development wad on texture, as the skin had no discernible flavor. The "EggRoll's" filling was akin to the filling you find in the bags of frozen finger-food eggrolls at the supermarket. Cabbage-y with hints of white pepper. It was the barest tick above "awful". I can tolerate a shitty eggroll at a low-budget party, when I have a cocktail in hand, but not at 9 in the morning, when I haven't even had a decent cup of coffee yet. The "EggRoll", however was a LeBernadin Amuse-Bouche compared to the Sausage Torpedo. Not much escapes me. I've had it all. Bugs, Balls, Cheeses riddled with mold, fermented fish that cats would turn their noses up to and on and on. But I wept for whatever animal gave their all to produce the disgusting capsule contained inside the second "Torpedo" on my virtual plate that morning. Then again, there might have not been any "meat" in that tube at all. I've had those little canned "cocktail sausages" you've seen at the supermarket, but dared never buy or try. Those were better than the "Torpedo" HotDog. I've had the bulk, no-name "Dogs" you see off to the side of the name-brand Franks at the store. You know, the ones you joke about being "Mystery Meat". Those are better. I have now found my limit. I now know where I will not tread. These items were not spoiled or prepared wrong. they were just intrinsically awful. I can point to dinners at Galatoires in New Orleans, BBQ in Kansas City, and my Wife's Filet Mignons as some of the best stuff I've ever eaten. And now I know exactly where, when and what the WORST food I've ever had was... Tornadoes

I remember going to this store as a kid....and as time passed the previous owners let the quality…read moreof this store go down, but now with the new friendly owners of Parkside Market this family run convenient store has now been restored!!