10-19-2008, 05:58 AM
They were frequently little dumps with a GREAT diner...
Hence the vernacular "choke and puke".
I remember a great place near/in Livermore CA called The Hungry Truck. It was a truck stop with tons of room for big rigs to fuel and park. It had a diner/restaurant for truckers/families.
The restaurant had a western motif with paneled walls, wagon wheels, etc. The food portions were huge, and as a kid, the stack of three pancakes seemed about a foot-and-a-half across.
It was a great place to eat. There were a lot of big rigs there, but there were always more cars than trucks on Sunday morning.
Hence the vernacular "choke and puke".
I remember a great place near/in Livermore CA called The Hungry Truck. It was a truck stop with tons of room for big rigs to fuel and park. It had a diner/restaurant for truckers/families.
The restaurant had a western motif with paneled walls, wagon wheels, etc. The food portions were huge, and as a kid, the stack of three pancakes seemed about a foot-and-a-half across.
It was a great place to eat. There were a lot of big rigs there, but there were always more cars than trucks on Sunday morning.