OT: Casey's General Store

When you hear Casey's General store, do you initially think of ...........

  • Gasoline

    Votes: 7 10.1%

  • Pizza

    Votes: 51 73.9%

  • You have way too much time on your hands!

    Votes: 11 15.9%
  • Total voters
    69
I initially think of the numerous beer runs we made right before closing time. A buddy of mine actually got a case for free after she closed out the register not realizing he was at the beer cooler.
 
Motigerhawk said:
I live in metro St. Louis. Never had either of those.

We do have a Happy Joes. But I was disappointed with their taco pizza when I went.
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We once stopped for gas off interstate 64 on the boundary of Washington Park and East Saint Louis.

It was prepay, so I gave the guy $50. It took $41 to fill my vehicle.

I remembered the hard look of the dude at the counter, and it suddenly dawned on me that me and my family were in statistically one of the most dangerous neighborhoods on American soil.

I decided the guy could have my $9 for eternity and got back on the interstate as quickly as I could.
 
I think surly disgruntled employees that are slower than shit and can't get a job anywhere else.
 
Motigerhawk said:
I live in metro St. Louis. Never had either of those.

We do have a Happy Joes. But I was disappointed with their taco pizza when I went.
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F I miss Happy Joes Taco Pizza. There are some places out here in Colorado trying it, and Goddathers has made a comeback out here. Happy Joes is my favorite for taco pizza though.
 
Hawk90 said:
I think surly disgruntled employees that are slower than shit and can't get a job anywhere else.
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A particular Caseys that shall remain nameless (Cedar Falls, Greenhill Road)I frequent for morning coffee has a gal working there that is a double for Shrek. Buy my coffee, do not look up, do not make eye contact. OMG
 
Stanzi said:
Casey's pizza is the best. I've been eating it for 20 years and never had any issues. Their crust is what really makes the pizza. Godfather's crust sucks ass. I also don't think Casey's is any more greasy than most pizza places.
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Be thankful for Taco pizza. Here in Colorado you can't find it. No Tenderloins either. And the beef sucks.
 
Northside Hawk said:
We once stopped for gas off interstate 64 on the boundary of Washington Park and East Saint Louis.

It was prepay, so I gave the guy $50. It took $41 to fill my vehicle.

I remembered the hard look of the dude at the counter, and it suddenly dawned on me that me and my family were in statistically one of the most dangerous neighborhoods on American soil.

I decided the guy could have my $9 for eternity and got back on the interstate as quickly as I could.
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HAHA. Never, ever stop over there. My wife and SIL got lost and decided to turn around in East St Louis. These are 2 skinny blondes. It was night. A cop stopped them and told them to get out. Dont stop at stop lights, just go.
 
Northside Hawk said:
We once stopped for gas off interstate 64 on the boundary of Washington Park and East Saint Louis.

It was prepay, so I gave the guy $50. It took $41 to fill my vehicle.

I remembered the hard look of the dude at the counter, and it suddenly dawned on me that me and my family were in statistically one of the most dangerous neighborhoods on American soil.

I decided the guy could have my $9 for eternity and got back on the interstate as quickly as I could.
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Motigerhawk said:
HAHA. Never, ever stop over there. My wife and SIL got lost and decided to turn around in East St Louis. These are 2 skinny blondes. It was night. A cop stopped them and told them to get out. Dont stop at stop lights, just go.
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We stayed overnight in Saint Louis while going to the Smoky Mountains. Cubs were in town, caught that night's game, it was pride weekend and the parade was being set up, there was a 5/10k race early the next morning, and any road from our riverfront hotel to a nearby gas station was blocked or detoured, and we needed to fill up. Fortunately at seven o clock on a Sunday morning there wasn't a lot of debauchery going on across the Illinois side of the river.
 
Motigerhawk said:
HAHA. Never, ever stop over there. My wife and SIL got lost and decided to turn around in East St Louis. These are 2 skinny blondes. It was night. A cop stopped them and told them to get out. Dont stop at stop lights, just go.
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Can confirm, my mom’s family is from Mississippi; drive down there on vacation when I was a kid pre-Google maps days and my old man hit turned around going through that area. Swung into a gas station to ask directions and he got the exact same response. Windows up, doors locked, don’t stop, and get the F out. This would have been maybe 1990 or so, maybe it’s gotten better since.
 
When my wife and I go to mother in laws for Christmas (she lives in a small town in SE Iowa) she always has us pick up the Casey's Pizza. She hates to cook, so this is our Christmas Eve dinner. I volunteer to pick up assorted items from the deli on the way south at HyVee, but no, we have to have that pizza. And, she is a teetotaler, so forget any good beer to wash it down with.

Bah, humbug.
 
Dadman said:
When my wife and I go to mother in laws for Christmas (she lives in a small town in SE Iowa) she always has us pick up the Casey's Pizza. She hates to cook, so this is our Christmas Eve dinner. I volunteer to pick up assorted items from the deli on the way south at HyVee, but no, we have to have that pizza. And, she is a teetotaler, so forget any good beer to wash it down with.

Bah, humbug.
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Natty Light? PBR? I hear you though. We have relatives in Nebraska and they don't drink at all. I always stock up on beer, good beer. They don't have a Casey's but they do have a damn good Mexican restaraunt
 
#1DieHardHawk said:
I initially think of the numerous beer runs we made right before closing time. A buddy of mine actually got a case for free after she closed out the register not realizing he was at the beer cooler.
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One of my roommates worked at a Casey's so of course had keys to the place. What do you do when you run out of beer late at night or early in the morning. Beer run to Casey's. Thank you Casey's for coming thru in a pinch in emergency situations and your donation! Actually, I think a couple times we actually left some $$ on the counter that the roomy squared away the next day. We weren't total crooks.
 
Casey's has the worst donuts, Donutland is the best. I do like Casey's sub sandwiches, and they are fair priced. Casey's taco pizza is good when you have a bad hangover.
 
Denverhawk1 said:
F I miss Happy Joes Taco Pizza. There are some places out here in Colorado trying it, and Goddathers has made a comeback out here. Happy Joes is my favorite for taco pizza though.
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Ate at Happy Joes' a lot growing up in Davenport. I moved away and had a lot of pizza over the years. Camne home and had Happy Joes again...and it tasted exactly as it did way back when...the thing is that I've had better pizza since I left home. of course, you can't find Taco Pizza just anywhere.
 
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