Get a Nitro card, you save .10 cents per gallon on gas. They have yummy biscuits and gravy, cookies…read moreand donuts. The employees are super nice, especially the ones who work in the late afternoon and evening.

A great stop to get fuel and snacks. It's clean and friendly. They have a table or two outside for…read morethose sunny days! Stop in for picnic, a snack, or a break!

Clean restrooms which means the store will also be clean. A very large variety of products and the…read morecashier was friendly. I will be using their facilities many times before we leave.

"Miles from nowhere, I guess I'll take my time, oh yeah, to reach there."* The lyric from Cat…read moreStevens' song played in my head as we drove through open farm land for a 22 mile round trip detour from the turnoff on Highway 20 and back again to that same spot. The reason for the 11 miles in to Willow Creek Cafe and 11 miles back again on the last day of vacation was a piece of pie. Seriously. Do we regret it? Only that we bought just one piece to go. As we shared the slice of delectable berry pie at home that night we kicked ourselves for not buying a whole one. Or at least one slice each of the several kinds they had for sale. So this fan review is for the pie and the nice people who sell it at the cafe. Also I can share that it smelled wonderful in there and the owner told me they had just cooked up a batch of clam chowder, the soup of the day on that Friday in late afternoon preparing for the dinner folks. How it is that people make a go of a small business like this literally miles from nowhere, it is after all 11miles from the center of the remote little town of Vale, Oregon, is a mystery. In particular since all around is evidence of declining population and shuttering businesses in Vale itself. But the nice couple who own this cafe now purchased it as recently as 2015, I think, so they must see opportunity there for people to find and eat their good food. The convenience store associated with the cafe has shelves with minimal stocking. So while I couldn't say one should drive out of their way to pick something up there, the pie sure is great. Rumor is they have good home cooking too for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If past performance is a predictor of the future, I sure believe that based on having had the pie. Cat's song continues: 'Lord my body has been a good friend, but I won't need it, when I reach the end." I should have thought about THAT lyric in the song when I was so concerned about calories to limit myself to a measly shared piece of this great pie. I should have bought a whole one. Now you know better. THIS N THAT: 1) VIBE: See photos. Cozy country cafe meets local watering establishment. Quilts on walls and booths in the main room along with counter seating at a bar. I noted ads for happy hour and it appears they have been and wine. There is a room in the back with more seating at tables and chairs and booths along with a big TV and a pool table. I took a photo of that room but didn't post it because on the day of our visit the owner's brother was stretched out in one of the booths taking a nap after a day of hard work. While I thought that was endearing to see, and describe, I was pretty sure the guy might not find it so funny to see a photo of it on shared. 2) PARKING: Gravel lot. 3) ACCESSIBILITY: Convenience store is level in. One step up between convenience store and cafe. Main door of cafe is step up from parking lot. Side door of the cafe - to right of main - has ramp. However, that door is kept locked. If you need to use it you'll need to call ahead so they can unlock it or send someone in to ask for it to be unlocked. Once in, cafe is all on one level. Standard height seating options. Didn't check the loo. 4) WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW THE SONG?*: Here it is as sung by the talented and sexy Cat in a 1976 concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTmebIjKFwU

So, Many asks us to ride with them to the former house, to drive 2 vehicles to here. They come to…read morepick us up and we all need to eat. There is a restaraunt about 20 miles from here, in route, so we're going to eat there. We go in, I notice there is a large group of 15 or 20 people. We sit down, order our food, the waitress is very nice, she brings us our drinks. So like an hour passes, we still don't have our food. Understand, I notice that the large group are finishing thier food. There is no cook in the kitchen. I very politely ask the other waitress, not ours, if the food will be ready soon because the kids really can't wait any longer. The waitress yells at me and says there was a large group before us and we would just have to wait. My blood boiled, I said you know what, those people have had there food for awhile and nobody's in the kitchen. She yells again and says you'll just have to wait. I said, nope, were not waiting any longer, you eat the food. I told everybody, let's go, I'm not eating here. Needless to say, we left. I was so mad, I still am. I'm seriously considering posting this on thier FB page

Always cleaned & stocked which is nice. Gets pretty busy due to the location, they could send help…read morefor the other staff up front during that time.

Staff are friendly and helpful. The place seems clean. My only complaint is that their fountain…read moredrinks seem a little watered down. I just buy a bottled one instead.

Putting my money where my mouth is. Stopped in a couple weeks ago for the first time and and wrote…read morein my last visit that this joint would be a great place to get Idaho merch as a souvenir. My husband and I are heading to Georgia next week and wanted to get a small gift for our host. So, JD's was the first place we thought about hitting up. There are so many options of gift ideas while we were breezing through the store. I was fascinated by the cute metal mugs that they have in the front. But the tea towels on the other side of the store, next to the pinball machine were beautiful too. After much debate, I decided on the cute metal mug with the fun Idaho facts all over it. I would want one of my own so I might have to come back and snag one. I also got a bar of Idaho huckleberry chocolate to put inside the little mug. It's going to be the perfect little gift for our host. My husband was too busy looking at all the refrigerated drinks. He found the Sprite + tea combo. We have yet to see that in any gas stations by us so that was a neat find! We also found another Calypso lemonade that we have yet to see as well. It was cool finding those drink choices here. The sweet gal that helped us last time helped us again today. She rang us up and a we chatted a bit. She said she remembered us from our last visit. I don't know if it's true but I'm flattered if she did remember us! Either way, she was great and made our little visit there fun. This bodega is dope and I'm happy we came here today to grab our drinks and presents. I'll always recommend this joint to locals or out of towners if they are looking for Idaho merch or a drink. They have some near stuff here and the sales gal is super kind. Plus you gotta support beautiful small businesses in our city.

Cool little store. I was staying at the grove hotel when I was looking for a snack and found this…read moreplace. It was cool.

Clean store, friendly staff, great selection of goodies…read more This one is my go to when in my home town of Baker City. Dig it. Keep it up folks... the whole Maverik family of stores rarely fail to please...

Not a local business. People don't seem to like it there. They charge for credit usage by .10 cents.read more

Recently remodeled with new gas pumps, including diesel. Jay's has a great selection of snacks,…read moredrinks and anything else you may need for a road trip. They have a nice hot food rack for a quick breakfast or lunch. Definitely a good choice for the last stop on your way to Hell's Canyon or McCall!

People are always friendly when I go in here and I love that Ace Hardware is there too.read more

Pay close attention to prices…read more This store (and the adjoining ACE hardware) routinely charge a higher price at checkout without updating price info on the shelves. I complained to a manager when first noticed and was informed they have routine store audits and she is confident shelf prices are accurate. I have not noticed an improvement. I routinely take a photo of the shelf price to share during checkout. Strange the price discrepancy is never in favor of the customer.

I just went for a car wash. I've never been to this location so went inside since I didn't need…read moregas. Employee was super nice, explained to me it was cheaper to pay inside than at the pump and that there was a bucket with a brush that would help with mud. My car wasn't quite that dirty but nice to know! Wash was OK. No-touch kind. I guess I needed to use the brush but it got a few layers of dirt off so good enough.

Great customer service here and I'm so happy that they are open 24 hours now!…read more The gender neutral bathrooms are pleasant but need to be cleaned more regularly. I love their selection of drinks and snacks here. They really know how to match up with Emmett at this store. Jerky everywhere and donuts and coffee. The staff are really helpful and knowledgeable and they really listen to you when you ask them questions. I like that! The gas prices are usually on par for the whole city but they are the first gas station you will see before getting into Emmett. Come check them out!

I'm so glad we stopped here! They have all the snacks anyone could want, an expresso machine, hot…read morechocolate, and a really nice restroom. The employees had a great attitude. Stop in for gas, too!

This is a stop between big city and La Grande heading west. There is a 76 gas station and a small…read moreconvenient store. Everyone we dealt with was nice. The store is clean. The bathroom is really nice too. Stop here not in one of the bigger cities...