West Seattle businesses: New 7-11 owner plans ‘grand opening’

The Avalon Way 7-11 is now under the same ownership as 2 other West Seattle 7-11s (Admiral Way and Harbor Avenue). What makes that particularly notable is that the owner is throwing a “grand opening” party in a couple weeks (though he took over last spring); here’s the announcement sent to WSB to share:

Grand Opening: Meet Chintu the owner

November 6th, Saturday – 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Free Hot Dogs – Fresh Bakery Chips, Balloons & much more! Bouncy House for kids

7-Eleven 22561, 3280 Avalon Way SW

Bring your kids and have fun

We asked Monti, who e-mailed the announcement, for a little more information:

Chintu took over the store on May 19, 2010. He does not live in West Seattle, but he has been running two other 7-11s in West Seattle for the last 14 years. Chintu wants to have a grand opening for this store because he wants to connect with new friends and families in the West Seattle community … he knows if he connects with the community, he can improve his store to serve the customer better. We believe with this grand opening we can bring the West Seattle community together. AND HAVE FUN TOGETHER!!

The store’s at 35th and Avalon; here’s a map.

6 Replies to "West Seattle businesses: New 7-11 owner plans 'grand opening'"

  • catlady October 20, 2010 (10:55 am)

    If he wanted to connect with new people in the community, he would have kept the original employees instead of laying all of them off and replacing with his own people. I will continue my boycott while my neighbor is still unemployed.

  • coffee October 20, 2010 (12:11 pm)

    Just wondering what happened to the proposed 7-11 at 35th and Barton.
    I stop at all 3 from time to time and they are all nice clean stores, good work!

    • WSB October 20, 2010 (12:23 pm)

      The sign is still up, looking for prospective franchise operators. When I got a call back from corporate HQ, they explained that in a case like this, they would likely go ahead and build the store and run it until they had someone to take it over. I don’t have a new timetable on it, though. – TR

  • Monti October 20, 2010 (5:33 pm)

    Hi “Catlady” we do want to connect with all of the West Seattle community. Ron the previous owner was the one who told us to keep Kathy and Thula which we did. Ron said he would not recommend the other employees. I do not want to lose you as a customer i would really appreciate if you could swing by to the grand opening.
    Monti :-)

  • chelsea October 20, 2010 (7:01 pm)

    I will definitely come to the grand opening and bring my kids, Ive known this owner for a long time. The way he keep his 7-11 is unbelievable, the store is always clean and the employees are very polite and friendly. Congrats!

  • SarahScoot October 20, 2010 (7:34 pm)

    Congratulations; does this mean this store might get a RedBox? :-)

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