My personal food rules is.. if a restaurant has negative PR regarding food inspections.. I tend to avoid those places..

I use to frequent a chinese buffet in NE YYC.. well, when there was bunch of infractions.. as much as I like their food.. I avoided it..

After eating cockroaches in Thailand, there are no borders left:D

Not even Oklahoma Joes?

I'm breaking that food rule every time I'm in KC. ;)

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From "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon.

Moon claims the quality of a mom-and-pop beanery is indicated by the number of calendars from local merchants hanging near the register. The more calanders, the better the eats. I have never known this test to fail.

You need to read the book to grok the justification.

Enjoyed that book. Got it from the library. One day I was reading it and a teeny, tiny ziplock baggie full of white powder fell out from between the book and the plastic library cover. Seemed somehow appropriate.

My rule: Don't ever eat at one of those truck stop plaza places.

Good source of protein.. I'm for exotic..

So long as I know up front.. and I agree to consume..:)

THANK YOU! I was going to post that, but I couldn't remember if the gas pumps out front were active or if it was just an old gas station that had been converted into a restaurant.

No onions in any way shape or form, ever.

I like onions. Onions don't like me. Sigh

I don't like them and they don't like me. We have a mutual aggression pact:D

You may want to consider some borders. The fried bugs in Thailand are harvested from the fields AFTER they've been sprayed with insecticide. I don't think organic, cage-free, free -range bugs are an option.

Gas Station food
 

I used to think that, but then I started trying them out of necessity when driving alot for work. People who refuse to eat at gas stations are going to miss out. In Texas we have several great options, first is Buccee's, a local overrated chain of super stations for cars only, that have all kinds of decent selections and shopping, full meat counters, deli's, and sandwich items. Then there's the old throwback taqueria's which you'll find all over, they have standard barbacoa, chicharron, picadillo, and chicken style taco's, onions and cilantro only of course. Or there are several places that serve ok BBQ as well. And in Louisiana, you'll miss out on the best cracklin, pistolette's, meat pies, head cheese, and boudin in the state because they are traditionally sold at gas station/meat market's in small towns.

Buc-ee's
there are or there're
a lot
delis (the apostrophe may be acceptable if you specifically meant it as a contraction instead of a plural)
taquerias
tacos

Totally agree with the rest of the post. :D

I had some amazing Navajo Tacos (Navajo Taco) at a gas station north of Williams, AZ on the way to the Grand Canyon. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it.