Where are the 7-11?

**jaytheory** · October-11-13, 11:02 PM

I remember hearing we should have a couple 7-11? They haven't opened yet. what gives

**Wingnatic** · October-12-13, 06:39 AM

One would think their afraid to open any since they get bumped off on a regular basis in the suburbs

**illwill** · October-12-13, 08:21 AM

Unfortunately, I think a lot businesses have fallen off the Detroit bandwagon in past couple of years. I always said, as long as crime is rampant in the city it'll be a deterring factor from any real growth. Metro-Detroit suburbs are too Tony to just move to Detroit for. It's sad but true!

Then you factor in all of the other issues and it's just easier to stay outside the city.

**Hermod** · October-12-13, 08:58 AM

Taxi driver and convenience store clerk are the two most hazardous professions in the US with the highest probability of workplace death.

**professorscott** · October-12-13, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by jaytheory

I remember hearing we should have a couple 7-11? They haven't opened yet. what gives

Why pine for a 7-Eleven? One business Detroit has plenty of, is mini-groceries.

**313WX** · October-12-13, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by professorscott

Why pine for a 7-Eleven? One business Detroit has plenty of, is mini-groceries.

Just so the overly-optimistic cheerleaders can say "See, Detroit DOES have national chains!!!"

**leapfrog** · October-12-13, 11:19 AM

Ferndale has two of them.
Detroit is welcome to one of them, your choice of which!

**Scottathew** · October-12-13, 11:57 AM

[sarcasm]Detroit is getting a Walmart soon! The one at 12 and Van Dyke is opening back up![/sarcasm]

**MikeyinBrooklyn** · October-12-13, 12:34 PM

Hey Jaytheory, I don't know why no one has posted a serious response... I, too, recall a year or so ago hearing that there were actual plans for I think 3 7-11s in the downtown area. Have not heard about them since. I hope they do open up. Convenience stores do serve a niche. They were starting to pop up all over the place in NY in my last couple of years there [[and they are leaps and bounds better than the corner bodegas NY is famous for).

**313WX** · October-12-13, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn

I hope they do open up. Convenience stores do serve a niche.

What's wrong with the many convenience stores that are already down there?

*The one in the David Stott Building
*The two in Greektown
*The one on Merchant's Row
*The one in the First National Building
*The one in the Ford Building
*The ones in the Millender Center [[I believe there are two)

**dtowncitylover** · October-12-13, 01:04 PM

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2...-this-year.php

There's the Curbed article. I wonder if the negotiations fell through and/or the bankruptcy scared them off.

**softailrider** · October-12-13, 01:06 PM

Who cares? There aren't enough crappy party stores around here that sell the exact same shit.

**downtownguy** · October-12-13, 01:42 PM

Originally Posted by professorscott

Why pine for a 7-Eleven? One business Detroit has plenty of, is mini-groceries.

I agree. 7-11 pulled out of the city years ago, and I survived without them.

Krogers pulled out of the city years ago, and I survived without them.

Hudson's pulled out of the city years ago, and I survived without them.

**Ray1936** · October-12-13, 01:53 PM

Well, 7-11 has probably the best coffee going. Dunkin' is a close 2nd.

**Django** · October-12-13, 02:53 PM

Thailand has them from the North in Mae Sai to the south in Phukett[[sp). I loved stepping out of the sweltering heat into the air con of the 7-11s, it was like taking a break from the vacation to the backhome. Grab a Slurpee and a hot dog with squeeze cheeze and cool off for a minute. It was a vacation from your vacation.

**preserve** · October-12-13, 03:50 PM

Most gas stations carry what 7-11 does, and most of them have Subways, or pizza. I was out in Southgate the other day and saw a couple of 7-11s, just seems so suburban. Even if they were to open downtown, I doubt that they'd be open after the office buildings close for the day.

**MikeyinBrooklyn** · October-12-13, 04:31 PM

I think 7-11s are generally open 24/7, and most gas stations do not carry as big a selection of junk food as 7-11. 313WX, where is the second one in Greektown? I know the one on Monroe. You don't mean the shoebox tucked into the corner of casino hotel do you?

**canuck** · October-12-13, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Django

Thailand has them from the North in Mae Sai to the south in Phukett[[sp). I loved stepping out of the sweltering heat into the air con of the 7-11s, it was like taking a break from the vacation to the backhome. Grab a Slurpee and a hot dog with squeeze cheeze and cool off for a minute. It was a vacation from your vacation.

lol. Excellent post.

**313WX** · October-12-13, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by MikeyinBrooklyn

I think 7-11s are generally open 24/7, and most gas stations do not carry as big a selection of junk food as 7-11. 313WX, where is the second one in Greektown? I know the one on Monroe. You don't mean the shoebox tucked into the corner of casino hotel do you?

There are two on Monroe [[Athens moved closer to the corner of St. Antoine in a new location, while another store moved into Athens' old location back towards Beaubien).

**mtburb** · October-12-13, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by preserve

Most gas stations carry what 7-11 does, and most of them have Subways, or pizza. I was out in Southgate the other day and saw a couple of 7-11s, just seems so suburban. Even if they were to open downtown, I doubt that they'd be open after the office buildings close for the day.

Well, good point about them being so suburban, because there are two alone right here within neighboring Wyandotte proper [[even though it's a suburb, it still has housing variety very similar to Detroit's, although not abused as that much)! I do remember when the city had a third one that closed nearly seven years ago that's now a Sprint store. Both [[plus the former one) have been around for a few decades, as I remember all three already being in their respective spots in 1989, at least.

Speaking of your topic and Wyandotte, the city proper also has one Circle K [[which is one of their competitors), as well as two Subways [[one inside the Henry Ford Hospital, there was also a third that relocated a couple years back to a larger location in Southgate), a few independent pizza eateries, one each of Little Caesar's and Hungry Howie's and six gas stations [[two Marathons, plus one each of Sunoco, Future Fuels, Citgo and Valero), all with their own convenience stores. However, none of the six have restaurants inside, although the Future Fuels once had a Blimpie [[one of Subway's competitors) that closed when it was a Marathon [[I vaguely remember when that Blimpie was still around way back when this station was an Amoco [[and later, of course, BP)).

**Hypestyles** · October-13-13, 10:39 PM

There looks to be one "eventually" in the shopping plaza at Jefferson/Chene. I remember the stand-alone building used to be an AT&T cell phone/service center, and a couple of people's political campaign headquarters. Now there's a construction sign that if you read all through it, indicates a 7-11 is coming.

**KJ5** · October-14-13, 12:12 AM

Oh no! Where are we gonna get hot dogs that have been on metal rollers for 5 hours from?

**Honky Tonk** · October-14-13, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by KJ5

Oh no! Where are we gonna get hot dogs that have been on metal rollers for 5 hours from?

You're going to have to roll your own.....

**stasu1213** · October-14-13, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by 313WX

What's wrong with the many convenience stores that are already down there?

*The one in the David Stott Building
*The two in Greektown
*The one on Merchant's Row
*The one in the First National Building
*The one in the Ford Building
*The ones in the Millender Center [[I believe there are two)

They don't sell slurpees inside big plastic cups and they closes after business hours. Don't fool everyone; the one on Merchant's Row is a LIQUOR STORE and cant be compared to a 7-11

**313WX** · October-14-13, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by stasu1213

They don't sell slurpees inside big plastic cups and they closes after business hours. Don't fool everyone; the one on Merchant's Row is a LIQUOR STORE and cant be compared to a 7-11

Oh my god!!! They don't sell SLURPEES!?

It's a crime against humanity I tell ya! Off with their heads!

And how many people here honestly go to a convenience store late at night? Downtown Detroit is a ghost town after the 9-5 workday [[not that they're very many people down there during the work day). There's nothing that important at these places that can't wait until the next day. And if it's absolutely necessay, gas stations are open 24 hours.