Tag: Hungry Truck Cafe

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Yesteryears’ truck stops served professionals As a driver who started in 1964 and is still going strong in my 1996 Freightliner cabover, I remember well the Hungry Truck Café in Livermore, Calif., described in the December story “Home on the Road.” I had my share of 15-inch pancakes there. The 76 Union Truck Stops in […]
February 1, 2011
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Home on the Road
From back-road mom-and-pops to today’s Interstate franchises, truck stops have played a colorful, key role in the trucking lifestyle.
December 1, 2010
The November 1961 Reader’s Digest featured The Truck ’Otel, now razed but then 5 miles south of Fayetteville, N.C., on U.S. Highway 301. Overdrive described it as “one of the newer, better truck stops on the East Coast” in the Feb.-March 1962 issue. Services included new showers, a large lounge, a barber shop, warehouse storage, ice and scales.
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