Best Gas Prices in Plainfield? We Can Tell You

The weather's going to be beautiful this Memorial Day weekend, and the open road is beckoning.

Alas, gas remains over the $4 mark, but at least it's hovering right about there, and going down instead up. Just a month ago, we were paying an average of $4.22 a gallon, according to the AAA Fuel Price Finder Web site.

Then again, this time last year the average per-gallon price was $2.87, AAA reports.

Your best bet to tank up in Plainfield right now is the Thornton's at 15800 Route 59, which was selling regular for $4.03 a gallon early Friday morning, according to ChicagoGasPrices.com. Otherwise, the average price in Plainfield is $4.05 a gallon, which you'll find at these stations, the site says:

• Shell, 11900 Route 59
• Meijer, 13705 Route 59
• Phillips 66, 15809 Route 59
• Jewel Express, 13460 Route 59.
• Mobil, 14808 Route 59.

If your route is taking you down U.S. 30 to hook up with Interstate 55, you might consider driving a mile or two further down the road and filling up at the Citgo station at 2350 Plainfield Road in Joliet, where gas was at $4.01 a gallon as 5 p.m. Thursday night, according to AAA's Fuel Price Finder Web site.