Flying J Restaurants? What happened

The last time I did that they charged me over 10.00 for two thin slices of roast beef, a spoon of aujus and a dab of tater.

The message was loud and clear, not welcome there. This would be in Jersey.

 

Then a couple years ago the kwiktrips did the same thing. Then the TA in Lexington VA put in IHOP replacing one of the best restaurants left in the country. Haven't been back since.

 

A couple of reasons why almost all truck stop buffets are gone. 1st because you guys would eat and eat and eat it was like you guys only ate once a day at the buffet and the majority of you would primarily eat the most expensive item on the buffet the meats and aviod other items. Also because due to rising costs of groceries the prices they would have had to charge to have kept the buffets and kept them profitable would not have been accepted by you. Despite what most drivers think I can tell you 1st hand that truck stop restaurant margins are low and truck stop restaurants don't see the same amount of business as other restaurants which doesn't help offsetting low margins with high volume.

 

Old flying J.
Steak on the buffet every Friday night.
Never missed it.
Those days are long gone.

 

Back in the day, the Hook was the stop of choice to fuel and eat for a company driver. 100 gallons got you a shower ticket and a voucher for a 24 ounce t bone steak dinner with all the trimmings.

 

the Flying J in Rapid City is/was a franchise store, or just a Pilot dealer. Back in the day, it was Crows I90 truck stop, and had great food. My nephew cooked there for quite awhile. So anyways, the owner can do what he wants.

 

Instead of hitting the J in Gibson Pa go down 1 more exit to Harford and go to PennCan diner 24/7

 

Thier Roast beef dinner is hard to mess up. Maybe try that if you get stuck in a bad spot with only Denny's again.