A Breath Of Fresh Air From The Usual Pilot/Flying J BS

So.....are the old truckstop sit-down restaurants like the TA's Country Pride and Petro's Iron Skillet gone forever?

 

All the Flying J restaurants were converted into Dennys which is a joke. Mostly all the TA Country Pride and Petro Iron Skillets were closed during Covid and after the pandemic restrictions were lifted a lot of them remained closed. Some were then changed to IHOP which leaves most still closed today.

 

At least the one in NM still has the liquor store.
Bought the only #### good thing to do sitting on a load there.

 

A lot of TA's and Petro's are converting their restaurants to Black Bear Diners.

 

Yes some have changed. I have never been to a Black Bear but have heard that they are pricey.

 

Flying J used to cater to the O/O's. parking a company truck in amongst the large cars made ya feel like a rookie. lol

Williams was my favorite if a mom and pop wasn't around

 

The takeover of Williams Truck Stops was yet another blunder by Pilot like Flying J. Any time Pilot takes over a good truck stop chain or Mom and Pop truck stop they totally destroy the history of it and take away the great reasons that we all used to stop for. Anther example was the truck stop at Halladay, Tn. Buy it, level it and be sure to remove the sit down restaurant for a crappy Pilot fast food Haven. No thanks for me.

 

If drivers sat down to eat in restaurants as much as they claim they want to then the truckstop would notice a drop in revenue once the restaurant was gone. But the majority of the time the restaurant is closed because the money isn’t there to keep it open.

A couple months ago I went in to Iowa 80 to eat because I hadn’t in a while. Between the guys at the counter trying to tell a bigger story than the others and the subpar pork chops and cold potatoes I was reminded why I’d rather have my own food in my truck and keep the $30 in my pocket.