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• Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It was years ago, but I've eaten at one of the major truck stop brands (Flying J) and it was higher level than any brand restaurant as far as service and what they offered.

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  • Wren@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Former street trash hitchhiker here, Flying J is the absolute bomb. They’re old-school nice for their trucker clientele with some of fhe fastest, cheapest, flavoriest, deep-friedest food around.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Flying J, Buckee’s, and the like are genuinely good. Those truckers would take their business elsewhere if they weren’t.

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    • scytale@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you meant Buc-ee’s, they actually don’t allow semis on their parking lots, which basically means no truckers.

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  • wieson@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    By brand restaurant, you mean chain restaurant?

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes. Not sure why I didn't use that. Technically Flying J is a brand/chain, but not what's typically thought of.

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• NullPointerException@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s how Michelin started.

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  • jaaake@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I assume you’re talking about the Michelin Guide for restaurants that was started by the tyre company. If that’s true, are you saying that Trip Advisor is Michelin in this metaphor? If not, what are you saying?

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• ChonkyLincoln@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If this is Birmingham, AL - I have to share that it has an incredible food scene.

  If it’s England, they have Michelin star restaurants

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  • horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also curry.

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    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They invented the balti curry

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  • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is a Shell station. Michelin would be for the tires.

    (Joke: I know the origin of Michelin ratings.)

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  • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re also Birmingham (most other US states east) the Mississippi. And probably a Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma too. And I’m guessing they might only have gas stations in at least one of em.

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• h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  One of the most iconic bbq joints in one of the biggest bbq towns (Joe’s KC, formerly known as Oklahoma Joe’s) started in the back of a gas station and it’s still there today

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Similarly Rudy’s started in a gas station in Texas, or so I was told

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• Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This ranking just means that people left a lot of positive reviews. So it’s a nice place by gas station standards. That doesn’t mean it’s better than an actual restaurant.

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• fitjazz@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are some killer restaurants in gas stations where I live. Some of the best Thai food I have ever had comes from a shell station. It is just a couple of older Thai lady’s in a tiny kitchen serving up amazing togo food from the back of a gas station, and there is always a line.

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• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Related: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS94-_zy3Dg

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• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There was/is a cluster of roadside services in a place named Tebay in the north of England that was consistently highly rated for artisanal food, to the point that people would go there as a destination rather than just stopping if it’s on the way. Not sure if this is still the case.

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  • beveradb@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It definitely is! I still get excited if I ever need to drive down the M6 lol cos Tebay is great food plus ducks! ❤️

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• Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Best fried chicken and potato poon ever.

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• biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “I just woke up in a fuckin steamin mood yeah because I LIVE in a SHITHOLE”

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• Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  flashbacks to getting hammered on the lunch break at netrunner worlds, to crash the fuck out in the last games, but still have my greatest play ever.

  I read minds son. I read minds. I went and stole an agenda in one turn with no fucking breakers, guessing 2 nisei games right, making my opponent waste a Nisei Mark 2 token and only needing one blackmail.

  They had no fucking clue what hit them. In that moment I did the play of the tourney that no one saw.

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