jmcquown wrote:

> When I was taking classes for my insurance license exam the instructor told
> folks where to go to get lunch. There's a place at the corner of Poplar
> Avenue and Ridgeway which is a gas station. It's also owned by Japanese
> people and they sell sushi and sashimi (along with fried chicken and the odd
> hot dog and corn dog).

It always surprises me to see sushi sold in grocery stores around here because
there are very few Japanese people around here, like maybe a handful of them.

> It was funny to hear people coming back saying
> they'd had lunch at the gas station, but there you have it. I spent my
> lunch time over at Penzey's across the street buying herbs and spices LOL
>
> Apparently you can find good food in the oddest places, even at a gas
> station. I have had some really good food at old diners and truck
> stops. John and I seek out places like that when we are on the road.

There is a gas station on a secondary highway up in cottage country that has a
bakery inside, and they see the most incredible butter tarts. That is about 20
miles from the highway that leads into the provincial park where we go for a
week at the end of August every year, and there is a bakery at the intersection
of those two highways that has the best variety of really good baked things I
have ever seen. It is always packed. They are famous for their sticky buns and
you have to get there early if you want any or they will be sold out. I have
been in line there and had someone in front of me bought the last two dozen.