r/SantaFe • u/dappermonto • 3d ago
Every Allsups Smells Terrible
I don't know if they changed their fry oil or something but over the past year I have gone into get a receipt or grab a drink and when I walk out and get back into my car I can smell the dirty grease on my clothes. Maybe it was always like this and I just noticed? I'm astounded that people can work in that place and not get sick from that toxic smell.
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u/cycleouter 3d ago
100% agree - it's been that way for as long as I can remember. My guess is it's the fryers running constantly with meh ventilation and the grease in the air settles on things. I can tell if someone bought drinks from an Allsups because the cans or bottles carry the oil smell.
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u/Overall_Lobster823 3d ago
It's funny, I read this subject heading and was immediately transported to the Allsups on Guadalupe.
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u/PraylikeTomAmes 3d ago
The Allsups smell sucks ass, however the fact that we all know how bad it smells says something about us — #burritowhores
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u/Jaded-Kangaroo-6410 3d ago
Just the other day my husband went in briefly to buy a pack a smokes. He got back in the car and I was all “damn dude, that Allsups smell.” 😂
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u/Antique-Direction263 2d ago
Allsup's has always smelled like Allsup's. Nothing has changed in over 40 years.
One can always tell when someone has been in one recently.
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u/CactusHibs_7475 3d ago
I don’t usually go to Allsups except out of necessity, but drove by a brand new one in Artesia a few years ago and was really tempted to stop. What would one even be like without 80s wood paneling and fryer grease permeating every surface? I couldn’t picture it.
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u/swadekillson 3d ago
Absolutely. Like rancid butthole. And, it makes any packaged product from there taste vaguely of the rancid butthole.
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u/Difficult_Guest_4530 3d ago
Yeah I dislike it too. Some stores are worse than others. I do enjoy a chimi once or twice a year but they need better ventilation.
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u/Natejitsu 3d ago
It’s been that way for years. I stopped going to Allsups altogether because of that and because several people got credit card info stolen at the one by 599
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u/Antique-Direction263 1d ago
I used to live by the one off of 14 and sometimes would have to put gas there because I forgot when I was in town and it was a 50/50 shot if my card info would get stolen. Didn't matter if it was at the pump or inside. Stopped going there and would risk being low on gas after the third time.
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u/breastfedtil12 3d ago
The ones in Alamogordo are especially horrendous. They still have wood paneling and people smoke in them.
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u/Antique-Direction263 1d ago
If you ever wonder what the 1970s and 80s smelled like in NM there's your answer.
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u/sinnednogara 3d ago
Worked there almost a decade ago it was awful, had to keep my work clothes and regular clothes seperate.
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u/Geministr 3d ago
It's Allsups!!!! Literally that's what it's all about,it's been like that since as long as I was a kid . Like are you guys some white snobs or something ? Cuz if you don't like it then don't go there that's all there is to it why do you have to bitch about it. Theirs worse things going on in this world right now than Allsups lol 🤣🤣..
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u/guyfaulkes 3d ago
If ever constipated, don’t mess with your Tia’s laxatives, just eat a Allsups burrito and have a bomb colon cleanse.
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u/john_humano 2d ago
Well. I think Allsups is great. Chimi with extra taco sauce. And if you were in a hurry, they usually had like onions and jalapeños and tomatoes for sale, too. No need to hit the smiths across town. The sups on the corner has got butter and eggs, and beer. Sad i don't have one near these days.
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u/defrauding_jeans 2d ago
I bet most New Mexicans would agree that you could set us blindfolded in one and we'd know exactly where we were, it's definitely a one of a kind smell!
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u/deadcalf 3d ago
Move back to Texas
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u/washingmachinecrotch 3d ago
You know Allsups HQ is in texas, right?
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u/deadcalf 3d ago
And? Allsups is a shitty gas station chain. To come on here and complain about it shows they are just some transplant that doesn’t know much and wants to complain.
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u/PumpkinMuffin147 2d ago
Not really. It smells like shit regardless of where one is from.
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u/deadcalf 2d ago
Obviously you have some reading comprehension issues.
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u/PumpkinMuffin147 2d ago
Locals say that Allsups smells awful all the time as well. I probably do because I fail to see your point here.
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u/washingmachinecrotch 2d ago
OP has been posting in Santa Fe sub for over a decade and calls themselves New Mexican in many posts. Some people just don’t know how to admit they are wrong and keep doubling down haha
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u/deadcalf 2d ago
I never said locals don’t think so, I did say to come on here complaining shows they are a transplant that just wants to complain.
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u/herbsanddirt 3d ago
We'd make jokes in college about buying pads and tampons from allsups out of desperation and smelling like chimichangas