Chicago Ave Citgo

Do you need to buy a phone card at 4:30a.m. on a weeknight? This is your place!

On July 2, 2011 at about 10:00p.m. we were hearing fireworks and seeing flares at close proximity while driving north on Laramie Avenue at the Chicago Avenue stop light. [sidebar: fireworks occur in the Austin neighborhood nonstop from the start of Spring through the end of Summer.] We see two people inside the gas station shooting roman candle flares in all types of directions.

At first glance it may seem ill advised to shoot fire in such close proximity to large amounts of highly flammable liquid, not so in the Austin neighborhood! In an optimal situation, the roman candle would have lit a fire, causing an explosion. Such an explosion would leave a massive crater where this gas station stands- a huge improvement for the Austin community!

It should be noted that the people appeared to have the endorsement from the gas station manager as one stood halfway in the exterior door while shooting the roman candle fire balls. What a classless, senseless business being run at 5150 W. Chicago Ave.