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(Helen C.) wrote in message >...
> I was really disappointed to hear that a full service truck stop off of
> I5 in the PNW is going to have an Arbys instead of a diner of some kind.
>
> Usually, truck stops have diners that are known for chicken fried steak
> w/ lots of gravy, hash browns that fill your plate and eggs cooked just
> the way you like em. May not be to every ones taste but have to tell you
> that I was looking forward to a 24/7, country style, great price, mega
> food, diner a few blocks down the road when the mood struck.
>
> Nooooo..... they are going to have an Arbys!!! I have to ask.... if
> there is a truck stop that has full service and an Arbys or a full
> service operation with a good country diner a few miles either way
> (which there is)... where would you stop to eat or stay the night all
> else being equal?
>
> I know it's not important but I had my heart set on a great country
> breakfast or dinner now and then at the local stop for about $4.95.
> Arby's.... shit!!!
>
> I mean that in the nicest way,
> Sincerely, Helen

With the exception of the Pine Cone at the Corvallis Lebanon exit on
I5 in Oregon, most of the truck stops I've eaten at between Olympia
and Corvallis have been forgettable. Arbys would have been better.

Sandi