501 North Douglas Street, Afton IA 50830
“Everything about this place I absolutely loved except the customer service I received from the older lady when we tried to order a burger. She was super rude and we questioned a burger on the menu she was saying do you expect me to come over there and look at it. From what I understood everyone was ordering pizza from there and there was no fresh burgers patties and she wasn't too happy to make it. We were a bit confused on how it all worked so we waited a good 10-12 minutes waiting to pay but the older lady and another employee were chit chatting. Finally we got our food. It was delicious. The only complaint I had was the service I received from that lady. The rest of the employees were super sweet. The place and the bathrooms were all clean.”
311 3rd St, Lorimor IA 50149
“Small town owned store. They DO NOT have gas. They do not sell liquor, only beer and only a slim selection of cigarettes. And everything is off the wall expensive, but they only charge so much to keep the place open. Lady didn’t even want to make me a pizza one time I went in there, complained about something was wrong with her arm. But most the people are very nice people”
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