Kirby Posted August 6, 2022 Share #1 Posted August 6, 2022 Assume you are on a long drive on a highway and you stop for a rest break. You are short on time, so you don't have a chance to drive to a town off the highway or look for a local sit down restaurant, diner or even a Cracker Barrel. So you're going to have to choose one of the standard fast food places at the rests stop to get something to eat. Which would you choose? McDonalds, Burger King, Chick Fil-A, Dominos/Little Ceasar, Subway, Nathans? I'm probably forgetting some, so feel free to choose a different one that you're likely to find along the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 6, 2022 Share #2 Posted August 6, 2022 Chick Fil-A 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 6, 2022 Share #3 Posted August 6, 2022 Tim Horton's.... for a chain, I like a jalpeno toasted bagel with abit of "butter" or cream cheese. A dark coffee with milk Their muffins aren't too grossly large nor fatty either. Heck, I could take an apple fritter if I'm in the middle of nowhere. Or a BLT. For a self-loaded long cycle touring trip out in rural areas....I would prefer Tim Horton's because they offer a broader range of meal choices while in need of fuel, to sustain but not feel so lousy that one is eating pure crap. I have memories where dearie and I would be cycling for several hrs. in rural areas....a donut shop is god-send. I don't naturally gravitate towards a hamburger. Nor do I care for deep fried food except for a good donut (no icing, please). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 6, 2022 Share #4 Posted August 6, 2022 Wendy’s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted August 6, 2022 Share #5 Posted August 6, 2022 Subway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted August 6, 2022 Share #6 Posted August 6, 2022 Like the adult pull-ups, it Depends. How much time do I have? If I'm in a rush, Chic fil A or a Wendy's drive thru and I'll eat at 70 mph. If I am need of a break and have the time, Cracker Barrel is good. A lot of choices and their coffee is decent enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted August 6, 2022 Share #7 Posted August 6, 2022 PB&J out the trunk of the car. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 6, 2022 Share #8 Posted August 6, 2022 Which ever one looks like I won't get sick from. If I'm eating in the car than it has to be simple so it doesn't end up in my lap. Chic fil A tenders might do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 6, 2022 Share #9 Posted August 6, 2022 Wendy's or Sheetz if given a choice. Choices that can be eaten in the car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 6, 2022 Share #10 Posted August 6, 2022 Salad sweetgreen. We get it every Thu. We make our own salads on Mon and Wed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 6, 2022 Share #11 Posted August 6, 2022 Of late my fast food go to is an impossible whopper I think I have had 3 since April. Thinking about places I encounter on the road (I tend to eat while driving during the day and do something sit down at night. Subway might be another choice. Try to avoid chains..except on road trips. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted August 6, 2022 Share #12 Posted August 6, 2022 Chick-Phallus or Jersey Mikes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 6, 2022 Share #13 Posted August 6, 2022 Whatever’s closest, I can make it work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 6, 2022 Share #14 Posted August 6, 2022 Popeyes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 6, 2022 Share #15 Posted August 6, 2022 Our choices in this town are Dairy Queen, McDonald's and SubWay. I prefer Wendy's for a grab and go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 6, 2022 Share #16 Posted August 6, 2022 When one goes long-distance cycle touring ..for several consecutive days/wks., you really begin to appreciate the chain outlets in rural areas or on edge of unfamiliar cities/towns. For sure, I've enjoyed some independent places... though admittedly for some, I don't want to eat deep-fried food for breakfast.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Beanz Posted August 6, 2022 Share #17 Posted August 6, 2022 Del Taco. But I'll be hungry again within 30 minutes. FF just don't satisfy me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 6, 2022 Share #18 Posted August 6, 2022 Interestingly in Europe, for the routes we did, we hardly encountered any fast food places...I guess their zoning bylaws might be stricter along their pathways. Can't speak for much experience in true suburbia vs. tiny picturesque villages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #19 Posted August 7, 2022 Sonic. Subway or McDonald's otherwise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 7, 2022 Share #20 Posted August 7, 2022 I noticed in Spain and France, their version of fast food....was ie. lousier croissants. You could tell by flat pastry and more wooden...if you ate freshly baked croissants by a trained pastry chef in North America before going to Europe. Big difference. It helps to enjoy a trip overseas,...to experience certain first common foods found for a culture, if you can before travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 7, 2022 Share #21 Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, JerrySTL said: Sonic. Subway or McDonald's otherwise. Our sonic is the worst. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted August 7, 2022 Share #22 Posted August 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Kirby said: So you're going to have to choose one of the standard fast food places at the rests stop to get something to eat. Which would you choose? OK... if I HAVE to choose... probably Subway. That said... we gave up on fast food places. I had to look (Quicken has all of our financial data). These are the dates of the last visits to a fast food restaurant. McDonalds 3/8/18; Subway 2/21/19; KFC 2/29/19; Pizza Hut 6/12/19; Burger King 1/27/20; Wendy’s 5/27/20; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted August 7, 2022 Share #23 Posted August 7, 2022 Like @Mr. Beanz Del Taco. The item I get the most is their breakfast burrito. I have (well had) a standing Thursday coffee meeting with the team and afterwards would hit a DT on my way back to the office. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #24 Posted August 7, 2022 It would either be Chick-Fil-A or Arby's if I had a choice. Of course, I've been on some 50-miles-between-exits Interstates where the only restaurant at each exits was a McD's or a Hardee's - which we don't have locally but I remember there were a lot of them along I-90 in Minnesota at exits where you wondered if more than 100 people lived within 5 miles of it - etc. and they're all fine when you're hungry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted August 7, 2022 Share #25 Posted August 7, 2022 While on road trips, I have destination tunnel vision. Every minute we're not on the road is another mile/time missed towards our destination. Plus we usually have the dogs with us, so our restaurant choices are whatever fast food restaurants are available when we need gas. We have a system. I'll fuel up the car while Mrs gets the food. And we all go potty (including the dogs) before we get back on the road. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 7, 2022 Share #26 Posted August 7, 2022 5 minutes ago, team scooter said: While on road trips, I have destination tunnel vision. Every minute we're not on the road is another mile/time missed towards our destination. Plus we usually have the dogs with us, so our restaurant choices are whatever fast food restaurants are available when we need gas. We have a system. I'll fuel up the car while Mrs gets the food. And we all go potty (including the dogs) before we get back on the road. This is why I love a stop at at Sheetz. Clean bathrooms, fuel, decent sandwiches, and usually a grass area for the dogs. In and out in less than 15 minutes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted August 7, 2022 Share #27 Posted August 7, 2022 Whataburger is a must, Culvers in a hard solid second, McDonalds in third, Wendys in fourth 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share #28 Posted August 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, Airehead said: This is why I love a stop at at Sheetz. Clean bathrooms, fuel, decent sandwiches, and usually a grass area for the dogs. In and out in less than 15 minutes. I've never heard of Sheetz before. Just looked up where they're located. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm in one of their states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #29 Posted August 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kirby said: I've never heard of Sheetz before. Just looked up where they're located. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm in one of their states. Do you have Wawas up there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted August 7, 2022 Share #30 Posted August 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Do you have Wawas up there? No but when we go to Maryland we look for wawas. I like their egg salad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share #31 Posted August 7, 2022 6 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Do you have Wawas up there? Not near me either. Although my friends in southern NJ swear by them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #32 Posted August 7, 2022 Just now, Kirby said: Not near me either. Although my friends in southern NJ swear by them. My wife says their hoagies went downhill. I liked them because you could load them up with peppers and such for no extra charge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #33 Posted August 7, 2022 I eat a lot of chicken fingers. Mostly Zaxby’s, KFC, Church’s. I’d certainly do a Del Taco if available, Chic-fil-a is OK. I’ve done the arby’s sammy, but toss the bun. Wendy’s for chili (for about $0.35 they’ll put cheese in it) & a frosty. Sonic’s good for the burger, tots snd a diet limeade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #34 Posted August 7, 2022 On the rare occasion I eat fast food, Chick Fil A. Maybe a regional burger joint a couple times a year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 7, 2022 Share #35 Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, team scooter said: While on road trips, I have destination tunnel vision. Every minute we're not on the road is another mile/time missed towards our destination. Plus we usually have the dogs with us, so our restaurant choices are whatever fast food restaurants are available when we need gas. We have a system. I'll fuel up the car while Mrs gets the food. And we all go potty (including the dogs) before we get back on the road. That's pretty much what we do 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted August 7, 2022 Share #36 Posted August 7, 2022 2 hours ago, team scooter said: While on road trips, I have destination tunnel vision. Every minute we're not on the road is another mile/time missed towards our destination. I gave up on that during the FIRST road trip with WoBG, our grandson, and our dog on a drive to Colorado. We got up early ( maybe 4 AM) the Land Rover was loaded the evening before, and WoBG, our grandson and the dog were in the back sleeping on sleeping bags and I drove. I drove LOTS of miles on the job so hours driving didn't bother me. Somewhere in western Iowa... WoBG wakes up... "We need to stop somewhere." I explained we are on I-80 and the next exit is miles from here. "We need to stop somewhere." I explained we don't have a scheduled stop for at least 2 hours. "It's not a scheduled stop." Then we will need gas and we can eat, etc... A few minutes later... my grandson... "Grandma is blowing chucks!" Yeah... we stopped at the next exit and I got the opportunity to cleaning up the mess. Then converted the back to seating again. That changed the schedule a lot. I learned to ask more questions too. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder ★ Posted August 7, 2022 Share #37 Posted August 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: I gave up on that during the FIRST road trip with WoBG, our grandson, and our dog on a drive to Colorado. We got up early ( maybe 4 AM) the Land Rover was loaded the evening before, and WoBG, our grandson and the dog were in the back sleeping on sleeping bags and I drove. I drove LOTS of miles on the job so hours driving didn't bother me. Somewhere in western Iowa... WoBG wakes up... "We need to stop somewhere." I explained we are on I-80 and the next exit is miles from here. "We need to stop somewhere." I explained we don't have a scheduled stop for at least 2 hours. "It's not a scheduled stop." Then we will need gas and we can eat, etc... A few minutes later... my grandson... "Grandma is blowing chucks!" Yeah... we stopped at the next exit and I got the opportunity to cleaning up the mess. Then converted the back to seating again. That changed the schedule a lot. I learned to ask more questions too. My wife has a tendency to get car sick. When she says stop I stop. Also since we are old we each require more frequent stops. Life goes on. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted August 7, 2022 Share #38 Posted August 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, sheep_herder said: My wife has a tendency to get car sick. When she says stop I stop. Also since we are old we each require more frequent stops. Life goes on. I learned that lesson.... After it was 'over'... that was when I realized sleeping in the back, probably cause motion sickness. Yeah... I stop when WoBG wants to stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 7, 2022 Share #39 Posted August 7, 2022 On rt 19 in West Virginia, right by the New River, is a Biscuit World restaurant. When I stopped there for breakfast there were some older southern women doing the cooking. They made the best biscuits I’ve ever eaten But they were elderly and I don’t know how much has changed We ate at a different Biscuit World and it was not so good 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 7, 2022 Share #40 Posted August 7, 2022 6 hours ago, MickinMD said: It would either be Chick-Fil-A or Arby's if I had a choice. Of course, I've been on some 50-miles-between-exits Interstates where the only restaurant at each exits was a McD's or a Hardee's - which we don't have locally but I remember there were a lot of them along I-90 in Minnesota at exits where you wondered if more than 100 people lived within 5 miles of it - etc. and they're all fine when you're hungry. Arby's was 1 fast food place I would have been willing to try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted August 7, 2022 Share #41 Posted August 7, 2022 I actually didn't "appreciate" fast food chain restaurants, until I did long-distance, multi-day/wk. bike trips. Or when I worked out in the suburbs way out on the edge of city. Otherwise it was a simple food truck travelling amongst construction sites. And the food truck was pretty basic, unlike inner city food trucks that try to have a creative menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted August 7, 2022 Share #42 Posted August 7, 2022 It seems like every truck stop that we pull into when on the road has a Subway, Wendy's or McDonald's 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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