| FOOD Best Convenience Store/Gas Station Food?
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Gampp’s BP in downtown Slocum Station, Ohio. Great hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The only thing in Slocum Station is Gampp’s John Deere, the BP and a church.
I saw this on True South last week.Bayou Fresh Seafood and Deli, located in the Fuel Co. station on Walston Bridge Road, Jasper Alabama.
View attachment 27958 View attachment 27959 View attachment 27960 View attachment 27961 yep, nothing like gas station sushi.Seriously, this stuff is some count.
TerryP
Staff
I've looked at that name for a place. The majority of the time it has been "______'s meat and three." I think it's a good name for a restaurant. Here's the problem. The best mark-up is breakfast...and you don't find meat and three's on that meal.
PurlJam
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Yep, I saw it too.
Qv has catfish and salmon croquettes for breakfast, don't find that much either. Dallas soul food, Dallas county alabama, and Arthur's in Nashville were 2 really good ones i used to go to. Qv bar doesn't have a name it's just part of the gas station but some southern name like Gertrude without the meat and 3 part or something regional is what I'd suggest.
TerryP
Staff
A thought. Tell me if I'm wrong.
If you see a convenience store that sells food the best way to judge the quality is based on the gas pumps. If they are old, the ones with the nozzle on the side where you slide up the lever to turn the gas on ... the food is going to be good. IF they are electronic, modern day kind of pumps. the chances are HIGH it's all processed crap, under heat lamps, behind a sneeze guard.
I think that's partly correct. I judge a lot by the town it's in. Rarely will I stop at one right off the interstate, they get lots of road traffic and don't have to rely on return customers. The ones I eat at around where I grew up have newer pumps but they're in small towns and the only way to last in small areas is to be really cheap and fast or be pretty good. I've seen a lot of small town restaurants close and it's almost always either bad food or trying to be too upscale. Think being in the south comes into play as well. I've found very few convenience store type places that even had decent food outside the south.
TerryP
Staff
There's one on I-20 between Atlanta and Columbia that is just off the I. There are no "gas stations" on that exit...as in the ones you see from a mile away because their signs are 200' in the air. It's just a store next to a two lane overpass. But, damn good food..and it's old as my grandmother would be.
You are right. If I get off at a main exit I'm going to drive a mile or so inland just to find a spot. Most of the time, if it's a "meal" on a road trip, I'm looking for a bar that serves food.
Most of my interstate stops have involved a 41 foot trailer being behind me so I don't venture far from the interstate for food. We've started eating a large breakfast and taking snacks for the trip most times so we don't have to eat near a main exit. When we're traveling back roads we usually find a place to stop and eat. The older pump joints are the only ones I'd eat at near a main exit but they've about all been bought out.
TerryP
Staff
Oh man. This reminds me of a story...(bet that doesn't shock anyone.)
A friend of mine, Bobby, passed away a few years ago and we talked about this story at his funeral. He was hauling cars in the mountains and had stopped for a breakfast sandwich on his way down. We called it the 3 million dollar sandwich.
He was descending and, as he related the story, started wondering why his sausage biscuit smelt like burning rubber. It took a few seconds to realize his brakes were on fire. He was hauling cars...a few Lambo's and the like...an inventory that was about 3 mill with the truck included. Burned to the ground ...
Again, as he told the story...it all began when I thought about a sausage biscuit at that store.
TerryP
Staff
Double entendre there with "heartburn."
