Fan Fun Food discussion thread

[Yuma]

And those "Big Gulp" type drinks really help on a hot day. Sometimes they are a life saver when over heating.

Ever notice the places that have the Big Gulp type of drinks also seems to have the tiny liquor bottles right by the register? Seems like they are suggesting some type of mash up there!

 

[Mainstreet]

Ever notice the places that have the Big Gulp type of drinks also seems to have the tiny liquor bottles right by the register? Seems like they are suggesting some type of mash up there!

Yeah, I still trying to figure out how these came in vogue.

I think it might have something to do with not drinking from open container laws.

 

[some dumb guy]

My nephew bought me a breakfast burrito from the gas station (Kent Kwik)!

Is it safe to eat? Probably not...

Can't vouch for all of them but the Maverick station in Chino Valley north of Prescott was better than some of the restaurants

 

[oaken1]

Gas station food is a lot better nowadays than it was years ago.

Truth is...gas station food is an entirely different beast in the south than the rest of the country..my guess is its due to the higher percentage of rural homes.
But I know that all over Louisiana, Mississippi, Bama, Tennessee...damn near every station you come across has exceptional food options...
My first introduction to Krispy Krunchy Chicken was at a Louisiana gas station...... and I tell ya, when fresh and properly prepared.. KKC is by far the best damn fried chicken in 48 states...cant call it best ever.. but for store bought it just might be.
The joy of it, when I first came across it...you could get an absolutely monstrous fried chicken breast for $2.25... couple that with a drink deal and I would get 2 chicken breasts and a 44 ounce soda for 5 bucks... and most times, even as a really big dude, I could not even quite finish two chicken breasts, lol.

Then, they got this pizza option thats pretty damned good too... not by KKC..I forget the brand name..but lots of gas stations carry the particular brand.

the west just cant stand up to the quality of the gas station food in the south....even before you get into all the places that have grandma in the back cooking up fresh homemade buttermilk biscuits.

I was excited.. a few months after I came back to Cali,...a gas station a few miles from my house started offering KKC... it was great, but its obvious that there is not as much care put into the preparation... then a couple months later it started spreading. Now I can get KKC at a dozen places around town.
The quality of gas station food has been rapidly increasing around here the past few years..of which I am a fan, lol.

us folks in California are no longer limited to offerings of "fresh" gas station sushi, lol

 

[schutd]

Bro if never eat steamer tray shrimp anywhere else but the ones down there rocked.

I think I had fish with every meal. I low-key expected the Catfish to be more like swordfish but those nugs were super-tender.

Ive learned a lot about catfish after i moved here. I prefer the cement tank farmed catfish. Great texture, no ruddy flavor. But Ill crush a mud bottomed bred catfish as well. Yah, more like a nice whitefish than a swordfish, right? I dont love sword.

 

[schutd]

Truth is...gas station food is an entirely different beast in the south than the rest of the country..my guess is its due to the higher percentage of rural homes.
But I know that all over Louisiana, Mississippi, Bama, Tennessee...damn near every station you come across has exceptional food options...
My first introduction to Krispy Krunchy Chicken was at a Louisiana gas station...... and I tell ya, when fresh and properly prepared.. KKC is by far the best damn fried chicken in 48 states...cant call it best ever.. but for store bought it just might be.
The joy of it, when I first came across it...you could get an absolutely monstrous fried chicken breast for $2.25... couple that with a drink deal and I would get 2 chicken breasts and a 44 ounce soda for 5 bucks... and most times, even as a really big dude, I could not even quite finish two chicken breasts, lol.

Then, they got this pizza option thats pretty damned good too... not by KKC..I forget the brand name..but lots of gas stations carry the particular brand.

the west just cant stand up to the quality of the gas station food in the south....even before you get into all the places that have grandma in the back cooking up fresh homemade buttermilk biscuits.

I was excited.. a few months after I came back to Cali,...a gas station a few miles from my house started offering KKC... it was great, but its obvious that there is not as much care put into the preparation... then a couple months later it started spreading. Now I can get KKC at a dozen places around town.
The quality of gas station food has been rapidly increasing around here the past few years..of which I am a fan, lol.

us folks in California are no longer limited to offerings of "fresh" gas station sushi, lol

I can vouch for the quality of gas station fried chicken down south. Dodge's Fried leads the way for me. Grocery store fried chicken as well. Those deli ladies know their isht.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

I remember back in the 70's and 80's when roach coaches earned their name. It was food you had to settle for. You were at work with no vehicle for the day, so you had to make the sad march downstairs to the parking lot just to grab a pre-packed egg salad sandwich and a lukewarm can of Coke. Now food trucks are kitchens on wheels with gourmet food choices.

 

[Yuma]

Can't vouch for all of them but the Maverick station in Chino Valley north of Prescott was better than some of the restaurants

I can vouch for that station. Best carne asada tacos. Also, Cottonwood, AZ. The key is the Maverick has to have a full kitchen. They don't always have a full kitchen. Unfortunately, many I have been to in Phoenix, do not. The Carne Asado tacos are especially good. They used to be half off on Tuesdays!