What's your guilty pleasure restaurant on the road?

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August 02, 2015, 05:59:00 PM   Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 06:01:30 PM by TravelingBethelite
For me, it's either Hardee's or Sonic, not-as-much for the food (it's pretty :meh: to be honest), but that there are none within convinient distance for me-at least for Sonic. My nearest Hardee's is a good 150 miles or more for me.

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August 02, 2015, 06:12:44 PM   Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 06:19:50 PM by CtrlAltDel
Waffle House!

(Where it's available anyway. Like Hardee's or Sonic, it's not all that good, but I still feel like I'm missing something if I don't go at least once.)
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#2
August 02, 2015, 06:17:16 PM  
Depending on the region I'm in, I usually have places I go to eat. I'd say my top three that I'll go out of my way for are:

1. Steak 'n Shake when either in the midwest or when I travel to eastern Montana for work. I never hesitate to stop at the one in Billings despite it being a ways off the freeway.
2. Runza in Nebraska
3. Blake's in NM

Mapmikey

#3
August 02, 2015, 06:21:12 PM  
Taco Johns (for the potato Oles)
Culvers (chicken cashew salad)

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#4
August 02, 2015, 06:23:13 PM  
For me it would have to be Burger King and McDonalds.
I'm going to regret it so much in the future when I have diabetes, won't I? Even though I don't eat it alot junk food always wins.
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#5
August 02, 2015, 06:42:54 PM  
Any local hot dog joint.

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#6
August 02, 2015, 06:43:31 PM  
Yep, Waffle House.
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#7
August 02, 2015, 06:46:29 PM  
in-N-Out, which I eat at once (and only once) just for the fries, every time I visit California.
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#8
August 02, 2015, 06:50:25 PM   Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 07:16:10 PM by DaBigE
Culver's (guilt comes from having a custard...Butter Burgers don't feel as guilty for some reason)
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#9
August 02, 2015, 06:53:30 PM  
Arby's mozzarella sticks. I make a meal of them. Especially if I'm in the Cincinnati area; those locations have a 9-piece for under $6.
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#10
August 02, 2015, 07:58:58 PM   Last Edit: August 02, 2015, 08:46:40 PM by SSOWorld
Culvers - nuff said.

In'N'Out became this while I was in California - though I was missing Culvers - and surprised to see them in Phoenix when I drove there.
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#11
August 02, 2015, 08:03:57 PM  
Culvers.
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#12
August 02, 2015, 08:05:07 PM  
Sheetz.


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#13
August 02, 2015, 08:13:44 PM  
Considering most of my travels take me not that far away from home, most of the restaurants are about the same. But I would have to say In N Out took this spot when I was out in California. We stopped there several times for food.

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#14
August 02, 2015, 08:34:59 PM  
Jack in the Box if I'm traveling past the Charlotte, NC area. :)

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#15
August 02, 2015, 09:29:39 PM  
Sheetz or Cook Out.
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#16
August 02, 2015, 09:40:21 PM  
I have not been there since 1998, but the first place that immediately came to mind was the Varsity in Georgia, especially their onion rings. Give me two orders of those, strap a pipe to my arse, and my car just might go faster than Concorde.

I keep hearing about In n Out but I've never been anywhere they operate. That'll change this fall when we visit my brother-in-law in Phoenix, so I'll have to try to check them out.
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#17
August 02, 2015, 10:00:56 PM  
I will say Sheetz probably more for the 3 cents off per gallon with a Sheetz card than the food itself.
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#18
August 03, 2015, 09:01:42 AM  
Jack-in-the-Box used to be on my list.  I used to love their fries back when I ate there in California in the late 1990s.  However, last time I was there a few years ago, the fries just didn't taste like I remembered -- they were more like wannabe McDonald's fries.

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#19
August 03, 2015, 09:04:08 AM  
Braums now if I am ever in Southern Kansas, SW Missouri, NW Arkansas, or anywhere in Oklahoma.
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#20
August 03, 2015, 09:41:26 AM  
For breakfast, it's usually Waffle House.  For lunch or dinner, it's usually Perkins.
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#21
August 03, 2015, 01:33:44 PM  
Waffle House.  Anytime.
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#22
August 03, 2015, 01:36:56 PM  
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on August 02, 2015, 06:23:13 PM
For me it would have to be Burger King and McDonalds.
I'm going to regret it so much in the future when I have diabetes, won't I? Even though I don't eat it alot junk food always wins.
Yep. Better stop now.

Me....it would have to be Red Lobster. I love the seafood they serve there (there is one in Chambersburg, by the way).
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#23
August 03, 2015, 01:41:06 PM  
Quote from: noelbotevera on August 03, 2015, 01:36:56 PM
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on August 02, 2015, 06:23:13 PM
For me it would have to be Burger King and McDonalds.
I'm going to regret it so much in the future when I have diabetes, won't I? Even though I don't eat it alot junk food always wins.
Yep. Better stop now.
Sadly the food is addictive. Every weekend I eat it.
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#24
August 03, 2015, 04:05:39 PM  
Lambert's...Home of the Throwed Rolls. Only 3 locations:  Sikeston, MO., Ozark, MO (Springfield), & Foley, AL.

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