Big 10 Mart

After a great breakfast at Tasty Cafe across the street, I really needed a further beverage before returning home to Bettendorf. I saw the Big 10 Mart on the way in to Tasty Cafe, so I opted to stop here on the way out of town. I'd visited the other Big 10 Mart on the way in to Eldridge, but this one was right there (not sure why there are two Big 10 Marts right close to each other on Le Claire Road, but whatever...).

As with the other Big 10 Mart in town, this one is also very reminiscent of the others across the Quad Cities area. There's shelves of snacks, automotive supplies, personal hygiene products, and even a table of Easter candy at the front of the store. Along one wall of the store there are several coolers of beverages. There's a table with hot food options as well as coffee. Even this store has a few displays of beanie babies available (really hope these don't become a thing again...).

The floor of this Big 10 Mart is a simple grey six inch square ceramic tile. The walls are colored in the same green, yellow, and beige as most of the other Big 10 Marts. Strangely enough, this location does not have a drop ceiling in the overhead. Instead, the ceiling is solid, with florescent fixtures in lines running across and HVAC vents along the top portions of the walls around the periphery. First time I've seen this particular setup in any store. I'm not including it here to be critical in any way, it's just an interesting and somewhat unique feature to this specific location.

I selected my Gatorade Zero and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup egg and proceeded to the front of the store to purchase. The attendant was a nice guy and after rejecting an invitation to join whatever rewards program Big 10 Mart was offering, I paid for my drink and snack and left within about a minute.

I'd come back here again if I returned to Eldridge for some reason in the future. The store is clean, has the snacks and beverages I like, and the guy at the counter was nice. Thanks, Big 10 Mart!

Always friendly and kind, even with troublesome customers.

They are always friendly and clean

Five motorcycles and two cars stopped for gas. All purchased gas, drinks, water and snacks. When one person asked to put ice in his own cup for the motorcycle they said it would cost .11. Another person was charged .35 for ice only and was not told he would be charged prior to his purchase.No one asked for a cup, only ice. I can see this if no purchases were made but given the amount of money we spent there it was poor customer service. We won't be stopping at this station again.