Where are your favorite places to eat on the road?

Let's face it, our choices are very limited. I take my own food most of the time, but there are just days when you feel like a table or booth and getting a good meal in a sit-down restaurant. Fast food sucks for the most part, and every truck stop in the world seems to have a lousy sandwich shop or a Subway that we all get sick of. I can't handle places like Iron Skillet or Denny's very often. The quality and service varies a lot depending on the location, and most of the time the best you can hope for is a meal that is just average in quality for a high price.

So where do you go out of your way to stop for a great meal?

For the last 2 years I've been working the I-5 between San Francisco and Seattle. There are very few decent places to eat along the entire route. There is one in particular that I'll go out of my way to visit, and that's the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning California. They have a huge truck parking lot that's clean with security, great showers, spotless bathrooms, and the best buffet this side of the Mississippi. They have every kind of food imaginable, but my favorite is the prime rib. Every Tuesday and Thursday nights they have half off for those of us over 50 as long as you have one of their Player's Club cards which are free. So you get to gorge yourself with great food for $9 which beats the heck out of fast food or a Denny's any day. Whenever possible, I try to stay and eat at casinos. Nevada always has good food at border towns for a great price.

My other favorite stop was in Colorado on the I-25 south of Colorado Springs called Obie's Fillin' Station. Great BBQ, a full bar and an overnight lot. They have a pup trailer in the back that they converted to a smoke house and their BBQ is really great.

 

Yeah, their cinnamon rolls are da bomb. They make great regular food too but it gets pretty pricey. I've used their lot for my 10 on a number of occasions. The sandwich shop at 7 Feathers Casino exit 99 isn't bad either. I would get a sandwich there then park up on the hill at the rest area which is about the nicest and cleanest one in the state.