Citgo

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Citgo, a regular shouted one morning, ‘I bet you’re not selling gas from Texas!’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Why don’t you check?’ Since then, customers claim they’ve seen everything from cowboys riding up on horses to oil rigs made of cardboard. Then one day, a delivery driver asked jokingly, ‘Is that real crude oil in those barrels out front?’ The clerk just shrugged and said, ‘Hey, it looks real enough to me.’ Customers now expect to see anything—from a unicorn pulling a cart to a life-size model of Mount Rushmore made entirely of empty soda cans.

2. At Citgo, a delivery driver kept glancing at his watch while filling up his truck. Suddenly, he noticed something odd on the pump display. Finally, he looked down and realized he was staring at his own reflection in the pump’s glass cover. Embarrassed, he grinned sheepishly and muttered, ‘Guess I’m not as busy as I thought.’

3. At Citgo, every night around closing time, a faint humming sound could be heard coming from inside the station. No one knew where it came from or what caused it, but everyone agreed—it sounded like someone playing an invisible harmonica. One day, a delivery driver mentioned hearing the same tune while making his rounds late at night. Soon enough, rumors spread that the harmonica was actually a local musician practicing in secret. Every evening after work, neighbors would gather outside the gas station, waiting for their own version of ‘Midnight Blue.’ It turned out to be just an old radio left on accidentally—until everyone decided it was part of Citgo’s charm.

4. At Citgo, a sign above the pumps read: ‘Fill ’er up and win a free coffee!’ But no one ever won—until one day, when an old man pulled in with an empty tank and claimed his prize. The cashier scratched her head, puzzled, but shrugged and poured two cups of coffee. The old man smiled, took a sip, then turned to his car and said softly, ‘Guess I’ll just fill ’er up again.’