Jack Colker’s 76

Rudest service station manager I have ever met. His tagline «This is my property»
Nothing about
Are you in trouble?
How can I help you?
Everything about buy my gas or get out of here. As if anyone would want to spend time at a service station.
Finding my direction after gassing up is a pretty normal event for an out-​of-​towner
It is a real shame for Beverly Hills

A busy overpriced gas station where a number of the pumps are full service only. This isn’t Oregon. I can pump my own damn gas. It’s the same product as everywhere else, but it costs WAY more. It was basically the only gas station around when I was running low, though.
Maybe ridiculous gas prices are a reflection of what they pay for the property.
Or maybe it’s because they have to subsidize the totally pointless full-​service option.
It looks cool, but I don’t care. Whenever I stop for gas, I’m inevitably in a hurry. I wouldn’t care if the thing were built from bricks made out of pig shit. Just give me gas and let me get on my way.

Expensive, but your car is worth it, and the attendants in full-​service treat it like gold.
Remember how your dad would talk about the good old days, when cars were made out of metal and built to last, gas was forty cents a gallon, service-​station employees would check your air, oil, clean your windows – and tucked their shirts in…
–and every third Thursday of the month at school, you’d do the duck-​and-​cover drill because your teachers convinced you that your desk could defend you against Soviet hydrogen bombs?
(My dad didn’t talk about that stuff, either)
AnyColdWar, this station is pretty boss. They’ll let you use their restroom even if you don’t buy anything, but how could you not buy anything?!
If the supermarket or your regular liquor store is closed or being robbed, Jack Colker’s 76 is a great alternative if you’re just after a few staples like cellophane-​wrapped muffins, coffee, beer, and pills to give you a more potent boner.
I recommend full-​service if you can swing it, because you’ll feel like you’re at a pit-​stop at the Indianapolis 500, except you’re a block away from Whole Foods and Sprinkles Cupcakes.
There’s a nice hand carwash available, too in case your car is as filthy as my mind.
Nearly five bucks a gallon?!
RIPOFF.
But then, you are in Beverly Hills, sexy.
Even the building’s fab.
So, to summarize:
— ripoff prices
— FANTASTIC service
— duck, and cover, sweetie
— potent erection

Super great service, but beware of the advertised prices! When you actually get to the pump (and are greeted by the attendant) you will realize the price is actually MORE… you’re paying for the service, and you don’t have to even get out of the car (only to pay, duh). I suppose it’s a sight everyone in the area should see, just don’t fill up your whole tank!!!
Tear drops for over $ 5 a gallon gas :(
5 stars for the architectural design, minus 2 stars for the high price :(that I stumbled upon inadvertently.

The station has style. It’s all about that modernist swoop of a sun/​rain cover, designed for LAX, that proves itself a prime example of Googie architecture in Los Angeles. It’s a recommended visit by many architecture blogs and publications around the world.
However, design can only keep you in a euphoric state for so long.
In the end it is a gas station, and with the average price of gasoline in Los Angeles at $ 3.79/gallon (according to
), the Jack Colker 76 station’s $ 4.31/gallon for regular ranks among the worst offenders for fossil fuel mark-​up. Yet, amusingly they actually aren’t the highest priced.
They’ve got four pumps, half of which are dedicated to full service. Prices for that run $ 5.169/regular, $ 5.22/plus, and $ 5.33/premium. These prices are not posted anywhere but on the pump itself, so beware if you don’t intend on getting out of the car while someone else pumps for you.
Then again, I’m sure the sort of customers who fuel up here aren’t concerned about price. I mean, we’re in Beverly Hills.
But damn, where’s Jed Clampett with some refined, unleaded Texas tea when you need him?

I’ve never paid so much for gas in my life! In January, I was running on fumes and needed a gas station yesterday. So, I stopped at the closest place I could roll into and proceeded to pay $ 4.45 per gallon. Talk about feeling raped and left for dead!

I live near here, so when I’ve left it too late to comfortably make it anywhere else for gas, I come here. It is very expensive, but I try to think I am contributing to maintaining an architectural gem. And I don’t fill up. After the comment about credit card fraud, from now on I’ll just use cash.
But another word of caution — the hair salon Umberto (on Canon) used to use these guys to detail the salon clients’ cars. But they told me that customers had had problems with things «missing,» so they now offer their own service.
If you’re running low on gas near here, I think the next closet station would be SW corner of S. Beverly and Olympic — and they’re nice there.

The most expensive gas in town, under any circumstances. I once had a credit card number reused within hours in ten Southern Cal stations after using it once at this station. The manager said the FBI had been there to interview them and these things happen all the time. It is out of their control. You can look at the station without buying gas; if you are a fan of the architecture.

If you make the mistake of running low on gas in Beverly Hills, you might as well come here, bend over, get hosed and enjoy the experience!
It’s an architectural icon designed by William Pereira, the man behind the Transamerica Pyramid in SF and LACMA here, to name a few of the 400 or so creations he built. Designed after the Googie school, (yes, before Google there was Googie) it showcases one of the features of this futuristic style, the big curved, sloping roof.
As I watched my fortune click away to the tune of $ 4.50/gallon, I did find the peace of mind necessary to enjoy another special feature of this gas station, the awesome eye candy coming and going. Curvy, bulbous, fine, all shapes and sizes and tightly honed, they’re some hella gorgeous automobiles in the 90 210. Not to mention the drivers! Oh to be a 17 year old again, and a gas jockey here.
I also noticed that although most of the pumps here are Full Serve, most of the beauties were lining up for the Self Serve section. Sorry boys, we’re getting our hands dirty. Hell yeah! Even in the BH they are saving their dollahs! Hollah!
5 stars for the «special features»
see pix posted

«FIVE*STAR for just a gas station» — you curiously pose.
Yes, FIVE*STARS. Along with your standard choices of unleaded gasoline you can marvel at one of the few remaining 76 balls, perched atop a metallic pole. This orange eye in the sky is a reminder of days past and it never looked so good. It is wonderful, but it’s not the focal point of this property. More:
The ROOF. Sure it protects you from rain, in that rare storm while you pump, but… this modernist marvel is worth a visit come day or night. Each offers a wonderful view.
As Burton Way becomes Little Santa Monica, this modernist gateway welcomes you to the heart of Beverly Hills while reminding you that this affluent spec on map of California has Soul. California Soul.
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