March 2023 by Joe Kopacz
After having dinner in Colona, I really wanted a drink and another snack before returning home to Bettendorf. This Big 10 Mart was along my route back to I-74, so I opted to stop here to grab both before traversing the remainder of Avenue of the Cities.This Big 10 Mart is like many convenience stores across the Quad Cities. There are shelves of different kinds of snacks. A shelf of automotive products, a shelf of hygiene goods, and glass door coolers of various cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Around one corner is a coffee bar with other cases and drink dispensers close by.The floors are a clean 5 or 6 inch square grey ceramic tile, while the overhead is covered by a drop ceiling with florescent lighting. The walls, those which are visible, are a light brown/tan color.I found a Gatorade Zero that I wanted and procured it from the cooler, then selected a bag of Gardetto's Rye Chips (I really like the rye chips only bags offered). I went to the attendant at the counter and paid not long after. Payment was simple - their machine read my Google Pay and I was on my way seconds later.There's not much more really to say - it's a gas station convenience store, it's clean, and I got the snacks I wanted when I stopped by. If I were coming home from Colona again via this route, I'd probably stop by again. Thanks, Big 10 Mart!
