With gas prices rising, travelers are doing what they can to reduce their costs elsewhere as they journey to the vacation destinations. One way to cut costs is to buy your meals at the same place you fuel your car, at the service station. John Lindner of the Baltimore Sun, noticing that gas stations were starting to offer more elevated fare, has conducted an unscientific study of gas station dining.
Using a five tire ranking system (one tire is the lowest and five is the best), he and his wife noshed at five stations in the Baltimore region. Their approach was to eat a hot dog at each location (as a control) and additionally have one of whatever the station's "signature" dish was. They ate at High's, Wawa (although they should have had a hoagie, not the salad), Royal Farms, BP and the Sunshine General Store at a local Chevron station. Overall, they were pleased with the offerings, with Sunshine garnering a solid 4 1/2 tires for their bacon cheeseburger and hot dog.
Personally, I'm particularly partial to Wawa (even though they recently closed the one a block from my apartment). What are your favorite service station eats?
[via The Hungover Gourmet]
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