One of my favorite things to say if I’m doing it: “I’m so hungry I could eat a sandwich from a gas station.” Thanks for the quote Clark!
I’m with Paintcharge. Damn Good Jerky kicks ass. Only available in upstate NY, as far as I know. I grab several packs whenever I drive up to visit.
There’s a Giant gas station/mini-mart near here that makes a fantastic breakfast burrito, and some very good green chile stew as well.
My favorite? Easy. There’s a station just off I-95 in New London, CT that doesn’t have any of that stuff. Go into the Kwik-E-Mart part to pay for your gas and you’ll find … a head shop. Nice glass counters full of bongs, rolling papers, hash pipes, everything you might need to make a long car trip easier to take.
And, best of all, munchies too. Along the back wall is a fine, clean, inviting chicken finger case, hot and fresh at all times of the day, with any sauce you might want right there too. Easily better than the processed nugget crap from Mickey’s or the other chains, since it’s all prepared fresh by proprietors who obviously care about their customers, and cheaper, too.
I haven’t had it in maybe 15 years, but my favorite late night munchy from 7-11 was their nachos. For .99 cents or something like that you would get a clear plastic clamshell container of Corn Chips. The rub was that they were make them yourself nachos, you would help yourself from the plunger squirt nacho cheese and hot dog chili/coney sauce and the Pickled Jalapenos and Hot Dog onions. I took liberties- I would empty the corn chips into a bag and fill the deep container with nacho cheeze whiz, coney sauce, jalapenos and onions for a big old bowl of dip.
Flying J Truckstops has a pretty unique fried food/Gas Station Food bar that is supplied by their attached restaurants. The Food is at the gas counter and behind glass and under heat lamps, but they have chicken wings, breaded chicken livers, poppers, chicken strips etc. You pay for it by the pound/weight. The only thing I ever had off it was a giant, one pound, smoked sausage wrapped in puff pastry-- Pig in the Blanket style. It was pretty good dipped in mustard… wasn’t great but it was filling.
The Stuckey’s Pecan Log.