406 High School Road Northeast, Bainbridge Island WA 98110
“I had the occasion to visit this business yesterday evening. The entire property was sparkling clean, the restroom was spotless, and the employees were incredibly friendly and welcoming.”
8800 Fletcher Bay Rd NE, Bainbridge Island WA 98110
“What can you say about a gas station? Not much. The guy there is nice enough and it's the closest one to my house. Standard beer, energy drinks, and snacks. There's appears to be a small deli inside but I've never got a sandwich.”
406 High School Rd NE, Bainbridge Island WA 98110
“Bought some smokes while I was here doing some of my reviews for Google maps and things. Decided to ask if they had any coffee, however because of the COVID they were not serving any hot coffee today ? that's okay though the cashier was so very polite. She didn't give me a hard time about being homeless and coming in to use their restrooms and didnt treat me a certain kind of way just because I came in carrying 3 bags of luggage... lol. Very refreshing to say the least. Arizona they would have been loud and obnoxious in confronting a guest with my baggage coming into almost any convenience store but not this one they were too kind.”
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