Second best truckstop bakery

jon f mn · Jan 7, 2014

Now all I have to do is decide which one. The one in Mn. is more than twice this size, but this ain't bad for Illinois.

Mark - IN. · Jan 7, 2014

If you are ever in Manhattan, IL, you have to try Kirbys. "...aint bad..." doesn't describe Kirbys. When I used to pass it when working the area, I'd stop in and buy some stuff for my first customer of the day, or if passing by on my way home. I'm not sure, but I think that there might be a federal law that anyone passing, must stop. I think its a federal law anyway. At least that's what I always told everyone.

Mark

OH Boy · Jan 7, 2014

I like the one at Clearwater MN a lot.

samn40 · Jan 7, 2014

I like the one, second in from the left on the bottom shelf!
LOL....Sam

JMS/.MN · Jan 7, 2014

Yeah, Nelson Bros is a good place!! Great selection.

Frank 41 · Jan 7, 2014

There was a Shell truck stop at Ottawa, IL on I 80 that had the best big cinnamon rolls ever.

Dave in GA · Jan 7, 2014

It's too bad you can't send us some cake slices through email.

the tractor vet · Jan 7, 2014

That is the one thing that has changed and not for the better is the TRUCK STOP. Back when i was running my own truck there were real truck stops that had real FOOD . The 76 in Bloomington Ill had really good food and you could order what ya felt like like most truck stops but Bloominton was rated the #1 for food. The OLD Rebal at Ohio 46 and I80-76 had the best pies . One union 76 down in Va had the best ham you ever sunk your teeth into . And now the menu is the same , you go into a Flying J it is the same at all J's T/A's are all the same Petro's same . Now everyonce in a while you will get off the beaten path you will find and old Ma and Pa Truck stop that the food is good the price is reasonable The Fifth wheeler over in Mo across fro Quincy Ill. is not to bad .There is a Arco Truck stop in Fergus Fall Minn. that is a little hole in the wall and there food is excellent .

Scott 730 · Jan 7, 2014

I've never had a bad meal in Rothsay MN on I 94.

jon f mn · Jan 7, 2014

That is clearly the best one and my favorite place to stop in Mn., other than home that is. lol

jon f mn · Jan 7, 2014

Another good place for food and pies.

farmerwithmutt · Jan 7, 2014

Shouldnt put this up i dont want to get anybody in trouble but one thing i have learned is be nice and helpfull to the people that work at convience stores .keeps me in donuts.jump started one the other day gave some extra meat to a single mom that was struggling and the all got my phone number in case of trouble.

Nathan (SD) · Jan 7, 2014

20 years ago there was a place called Judys along US71 in Missouri. It was out of date then already but it was reelief to plop your butt down there. Old fashioned cooking put it mildly.

kruser · Jan 7, 2014

Hey Jon,
Where are you at in Illinois?
Peoria. IL here,
Jim

jon f mn · Jan 7, 2014

Tonight I'm in Chicago. Was in Bloomington last night.

504 · Jan 7, 2014

Tractor Vet, it is [The 18 Wheeler] US61 & state rt 6(I live 10 miles up rt6)

Keith Molden · Jan 8, 2014

The Bobber truck stop in Effingham, Ill. used to have the best cinnamon rolls (they filled a dinner plate). Used to stop in there going and comming from Union, Mo. hauling drill pipe back in the 70s. Keith

welled deers · Jan 8, 2014

Agree, Clearwater is an excellent stop with a wonderful selection of goodies

rrlund · Jan 8, 2014

Like I told you when you were here,if you're in Clare Michigan,check out Cops and Dounuts Bakery.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 8, 2014

Has been a lot of year's since I've been there, but the one in Mitchell, S.D. use to be excellent and the prices were good too.

Bill in Colo · Jan 8, 2014

Johnson's Corner south of Ft Collins on I 25

Anonymous-0 · Jan 8, 2014

I wuz one of the first customers at the Clearwater Truck Stop, that vas back in the day they pumped the diesel fuel fur yo, and cleaned your vinders inside and oat and swept the floor board.
It didn't take too long fur them to go to self service.
I liked their mexican combination for dinner, all I could eat.

jon f mn · Jan 8, 2014

Another good one.

T in NE · Jan 10, 2014

The Petro off I-69 at the Indiana/Michigan line used a different supplier for their food and it was a lot better than the standard stuff, but corporate put an end to that at some point.

There's a small place on I-79 at the PA/WV line, exit 1, if you're not there by 4PM you will have to go down and turn around in the industrial park and park on the roadside for the night. Mount Nebo, WV, has 2, one has a full restaurant and is a dump, the other has a gravel lot and is cleaner.

Crazy D's in Indiana had good food, even if the rest of the place was about a dump. And affordable. Pilot bought them out, as they have with every little ma-and-pop place they could get their grubby little hands on. Really surprised they didn't put fast food in the flyin hooks and do away with kinda-real-cooked food. We've only got 3 nationwide truck stop chains now, Pilot-flyinj (Pilot also bought out Williams when they got in trouble), T/A-Petro, and Loves. There's Wilco and a few Sheetz on the east coast. Sapp Brothers has one on 80 in Pennsylvania, and a few out here in Nebraska and Wyoming (also on I-80), guess they used to be pretty big.

The Walt Whitman in Philly got tore down a good 8-10 years ago now.

Some friends and I have a running joke. The first of us to win the lottery is going to open Angela's truck stop, IHOP, and t t bar.

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