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It took me about halfway into the little-too-cleverly titled article to figure out that the author meant simply food joints that are attached to gas stations an
by SOLAR_FIELDS 3y ago
It took me about halfway into the little-too-cleverly titled article to figure out that the author meant simply food joints that are attached to gas stations and not some unique schtik I had never heard of where they fill your tank while you eat. In any event I don’t really think about these places that much, aside to be surprised when really good food comes out of them.
In North Austin there is a Rudy’s + Shell that is more Rudy’s than Shell, to the point where if you are filling up there it even feels a little kitschy. Rudy’s is not the best BBQ in Austin by a long shot but they are at least respectable for the price in Austinites eyes, at least until they sold out a few years ago.
Further down south in Austin there is some place slinging damn good pizzas out of a window in a gas station. I think it’s called Luigi’s. I haven’t tried it but have heard others rave about it.
- AaronM 3y agoI never liked rudy's bbq for any meal except breakfast. The bowls and burritos are pretty good, and a good value
- snapetom 3y agololol. I tell people if they're going to Rudy's for bbq, they're doing it wrong, BUT you can't beat their breakfast tacos in terms of bang for the buck - especially if you just landed on a red eye to IAH.
- ars 3y agoThank you for the summary! > not some unique schtik I had never heard of where they fill your tank while you eat I was imagining literally serving the people some kind of gas to smell or inhale. I didn't not make the connection of gas = gasoline.
- snapetom 3y agoRudy's is in a few locations in Austin and Houston, at least, and I believe they are all bbq+Shell's.
- crazygringo 3y agoMe too, it took me forever to figure out what the heck they were talking about. Some kind of soda carbonation? Laughing gas? People will fart in your face? Gas stations sell gas. They don't serve gas... Not even if they've got a restaurant attached. Only things that can be eaten/drunk are served in this sense, as both common understanding and a dictionary will tell you. I get that the author is trying to be poetic... but they tried too hard.
- joecool1029 3y ago> Gas stations sell gas. They don't serve gas... Someone's never been to New Jersey...
- fragmede 3y agoApplejack's pretty stiff, but I wouldn't stoop to calling it gasoline...
- yosito 3y agoGrowing up, I would have understood "gas" to mean gasoline. But having lived in many places where the word is used differently, I was really unsure what they were talking about for most of the story. A note to the author: the story would have been much clearer if you said "sold gasoline" and not "served gas".
- SOLAR_FIELDS 3y agoYeah, I think about ordering sparkling water in South America “agua con gas” when I think of served gas. Not offering gasoline for purchase
- sentientslug 3y agoPortugal as well, água com gás. Probably Brazil too.
- klausa 3y agoThe purpose of prose isn't to strive for maximum clarity.
- yosito 3y agoClarity usually improves communication and makes it easier for the intended message to get through to the audience. Clarity serves a purpose.
- kcplate 3y agoThe story was perfectly clear to me, but then again I live in the south. And most gas stations around here sell food and often are the best food destinations around for certain things.
- pbj1968 3y agoWaller County Line BBQ - attached to a Shell and amazing. Prasek’s Smokehouse - attached to a Shell and amazing. Rudy’s is okay. Buy a six pack in the gas station and put it under your table. Much cheaper than their bottles of the same stuff. Their smoked turkey is good, tho.