[Mrfriendly]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

There are several routes between NE and TV.
For foodie exploration purposes, where are great breakfast, lunch or dinner recommendations which you stop at frequently. . we don't have any favorites, we drive or stop depending upon the day

Please provide the establishment name, city or town, close or not to which highway, and favorite menu items. .

If someone wants to do MN to TV, please start another post, thanks!

Heading back to New Jersey we take 81 and stop in Salem Virginia. (Approx 11hrs) There is a brewery on the main drag with good food selection and beer is good. We stay in a reasonably priced Marriott, which includes breakfast then we hike for a few hours before our 7 to 8 Hour Dr. home.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

There are several routes between NE and TV.
For foodie exploration purposes, where are great breakfast, lunch or dinner recommendations which you stop at frequently. . we don't have any favorites, we drive or stop depending upon the day

Please provide the establishment name, city or town, close or not to which highway, and favorite menu items. .

If someone wants to do MN to TV, please start another post, thanks!

Depends on how picky you want to be. Headed north, we take 301 past Baldwin to McClellan, then FL 200 to 95 a few miles south of Georgia border. Usually leave about 5 AM, drive into SC and stop for gas and breakfast just over the border. There are Waffle Houses at the last Georgia and first 2 SC exits, and a few other choices such as Cracker Barrel. Not gourmet dining, but a relatively quick stop.

[Rwirish]

Burger King

[Dotneko]

Reins in Connecticut off of 84. Exit 264 maybe? Pickles, deli food, desserts.
The Blue Colony DIner on exit 10 off of 84 in CT also - pastry, greek food, all day eating.

[mike234]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

I know I’m not answering your question, but over the last ten years, and well over 20 drives between MA and the Villages, we have learned that the food options while traveling sucks. We now pack all our food on ice and eat our meals on the road. It’s much healthier, less expensive, and way less time consuming. My wife packs couplets (which are basically omelets made in a cupcake tin), fresh fruit, and yogurt for breakfast. For lunch we have cut up veggies and dip, and cheese and turkey on triscuits. When we get to the hotel, my wife has Tupperware containers filled with salad that we top off with smoked salmon. She also has bags of mixed nuts which are always handy for a snack. And of course, we make a couple large thermoses filled with hot coffee. Once we started doing that it has become a routine that we very much enjoy and we will never go back to dinning out while traveling. Just food for thought, no pun intended. Safe travels : (

yup. thats what we do.

[JohnnyT]

We drive from NY Long Island to TV twice a year and always stop at a Cracker Barrel usually for a late breakfast. All over on interstate 95

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

There are several routes between NE and TV.
For foodie exploration purposes, where are great breakfast, lunch or dinner recommendations which you stop at frequently. . we don't have any favorites, we drive or stop depending upon the day

Please provide the establishment name, city or town, close or not to which highway, and favorite menu items. .

If someone wants to do MN to TV, please start another post, thanks!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by JohnnyT

We drive from NY Long Island to TV twice a year and always stop at a Cracker Barrel usually for a late breakfast. All over on interstate 95

When my wife, our dog, and I drive we always stay in a hotel and pack all our food. On the occasion when I make the drive by myself, I put the cap on my truck and put an inflatable air mattress in the truck bed and stay in a Cracker Barrel parking lot (they allow overnight campers). Cracker Barrel’s are everywhere. When I wake up I grab a quick breakfast in Cracker Barrel and use the restrooms. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a decent breakfast and I want to give them some business for the overnight accommodation. My favorite stop is the Cracker Barrel right off I81 in Jonesville, NC. The rest of my meals are out of the cooler.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

When my wife, our dog, and I drive we always stay in a hotel and pack all our food. On the occasion when I make the drive by myself, I put the cap on my truck and put an inflatable air mattress in the truck bed and stay in a Cracker Barrel parking lot (they allow overnight campers). Cracker Barrel’s are everywhere. When I wake up I grab a quick breakfast in Cracker Barrel and use the restrooms. It’s nothing fancy, but it’s a decent breakfast and I want to give them some business for the overnight accommodation. My favorite stop is the Cracker Barrel right off I81 in Jonesville, NC. The rest of my meals are out of the cooler.

You Western, MA people know how to travel!

[margaretmattson]

When we stop for gas, we always ask the cashier and locals for the best place to eat nearby. If you are in the south, they usually recommend a great barbecue joint. Once in Virginia and beyond, seafood restaurants are often recommended. We had a few recommendations for southern style restaurants but we found all of them VERY BLAND. We now avoid them.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Bucees?, fine, what menu items? and which meal?
We only pass one on the way, and breakfast is great, but not sure about other meals. . .

So everyone eats once at the only Bucees and then the next meal is at home?

Buccees has great muffins we will stop for breakfast.

We do enjoy their brisket sandwiches and fried chicken sandwiches. Not the healthiest but good. No place to sit and eat, either eat in car or go to rest area.

Cleanest bathrooms around and great prices for gas.

[La lamy]

I'm one for bringing my own food to munch on while I drive, but if I want something healthy before retiring to my hotel I enjoy Subway. You can control which ingredient you eat which I appreciate. Certainly not gourmet, but nothing is better than healthy in my book!

[Joe C.]

Ditto on the Blue Colony in CT. Great menu choices!!!

[Joe C.]

There are plenty of Cracker Barrels along most interstates. They have the absolute BEST PANCAKES anywhere. Their meatloaf lunch special is fantastic. They are always reliable and their food tastes are consistent no matter which restaurant you go to.

[pedwards2932]

Clarks
114 Bradford Blvd, Santee, SC 29142

Genuine home style southern cooking.......just off I 95 in Santee

[bopat]

Buc-ees for sure, then when we hit Virginia or Maryland, Wegmans grab and go.