When on a road trip, you have to eat! Find an archive of delicious road food ideas, road trip snacks, and diners, drive-ins, and dives that will satisfy your hunger on the road. Whether you’re in the mood for drive-through fast food, a dinner sandwich, an all you can eat buffet, or a bag of chips in the car, here are some ideas for where yo stop for breakfast, lunch, or dinner on the road.
Are you taking a Wisconsin road trip and looking for the perfect state-themed snack to nibble on while driving? Wisconsin is known for many things: cheese, beer, cheese, pretzels, cheese, cranberries, cheese… well, you get my drift! Here are some must-try Wisconsin-themed road trip snacks to pack in your cooler or stop to grab on …
Whether you’re road tripping the Big Island, hopping from beach to beach on Maui, checking out Hawaiian roadside attractions, or merely want to get in the Hawaiian spirit, I have the road trip snack for you. This tropical trail mix recipe combines all the best flavors of Hawaii and will have you saying Aloha in …
I’m not going to lie: s’mores are my favorite camping treat. There’s nothing quite like sitting around a fire and topping a crispy graham cracker with a melty piece of chocolate and an oozing burnt marshmallow. If you’re not going camping on your next road trip but still are craving that campfire treat, I have …
If you’re looking for the perfect snack to pack on a fall road trip, look no further than this caramel apple snack mix. It tastes just like your favorite candy apple and is so reminiscent of all those autumn flavors you love. The recipe combines dried apples with caramel baking chips and peanuts. I added …
Is it ice cream? Or is it a potato? That’s the question everyone seems to have when they discover the famous Idaho Ice Cream Potato at Westside Drive In in Boise, Idaho. Idaho is known for it’s potatoes. And rightfully so. They produce about 13 billion pounds of the tubers each year. There’s a potato …
How much do you love ice cream? Enough to eat a giant cone? How about enough to eat AT a giant cone? The Twistee Treat franchise offers fast food and ice cream delights in giant ice cream shaped buildings across the US. About the Twistee Treat Franchise In 1983, Twistee Treat was founded in North …
Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket is an iconic Route 66 restaurant in Illinois. In Willowbrook, just off the famous route, and present day Interstate 55 (I-55) , this chicken joint has been serving up chicken since the 1930s. In the late 1930s/early 1940s Ervin ‘Irv’ Kolarik started selling chicken sandwiches at a gas station on the …
Being a Chicagoan has many advantages…one of those most definitely being that we have some of the best hot dog choices the country has to offer. Whether you love Portillo’s or Hot Doug’s, Gene and Judes or The Wiener’s Circle, there is definitely one place that stands in a league of its own…so much so …
You’re in Milwaukee and walking down a nondescript alley. You come across a plaque for an importer/exporter business. It’s something you wouldn’t normally pay attention to, but for some reason you are drawn to check it out. So you open the door and peak inside. A woman greets you and opens the red velvet rope …
Sometimes its 3pm and you’re at work, which means you are also on Twitter (hey, you’re only human) and you see the tweet you and many others have been waiting for too long: Superdawg Wheeling is open. Superdawg was opened in Chicago in 1948 by Maurie Berman and his wife Florence. The neighborhood carhop is …
Enjoy fun games and challenges to pass the time on your next road trip and have a keepsake to look back on for years to come with this entertaining must-have for your next vacation.
The road trip you’ve been dreaming of starts here! Journal about your stops and get to know your fellow passengers with activities and exercises designed to pass the time and bring you closer together. Instead of “Are we there yet?” you’ll find yourself asking, “We’re there already?”. Complete with prompts you can turn to while driving between locations, this journal will one day be a memento of your life-changing trip.
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