Wawa is a chain of about 540 stores in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. They're literally all over the place in the Philadelphia area. Every time I come in I have to hit up Wawa for coffee and sandwiches like I did today for lunch.
From the outside, Wawa could be almost any (nice) convenience store:
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It's what's inside that counts. Here's a shot of the coffee area. They have regular, unleaded, flavored, and usually one "exotic" coffee like Kona or Peruvian or something like that.
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From here, you take your coffee to the "fixins" area where they have Half-n-Half, milk, cream, powdered, flavored, sugar, fake sugar, Splenda, lids, stirrers, cup insulators, and about 450 other options and accessories. It's a little silly but fun. They even have their signature blend available in bags above all the other stuff. I usually just do some Half-n-Half with a couple of Splendas.
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Wawa has an in-house deli that sells lunch meats and some other stuff but they also make a variety of sandwiches that are good. You order your sandwich at a touch-screen interface that's impersonal at worst and error-free at best. Here's the deli in action:
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I ordered a fairly vanilla sandwich today. Just some turkey and American cheese on a roll with bacon, mayo, hot peppers (not very spicy), tomato, lettuce, and pickles. As with most photos of food, this doesn't look that appetizing but is really good...
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If you find yourself in the mid-Atlantic region and "gottahava" (Wawa's slogan) sandwich and/or coffee, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Oh yeah, they also have a full convenience store with all the other stuff you'd expect; sodas, candy, snacks, and so on. It's good. Trust me!
dear god, it's an exotic paradise... the places you go
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