歡迎來到美國的馬鈴薯芯片之都

如果賓夕法尼亞州似乎已經弄清楚了一件事，那就是薯片。國家不僅是本壘對於許多大眾分布的小吃品牌，包括Utz，Wise，Herr和Multess Snyder（柏林和漢諾威），也是許多心愛的地區籌碼公司，從馬丁（Martin）到Middleswarth，都致電Home。

如果賓夕法尼亞州似乎沒有弄清楚一件事，那就是如何在Breezewood交彙處保持體麵的食物選擇。這款與I-70和賓夕法尼亞收費公路連接的加油站和快餐店有些令人沮喪的地帶，對於曾經穿過賓夕法尼亞州下半部分的任何人都很熟悉，向東或向西方麵。As a Cleveland native with close family in Pittsburgh, I’ve passed through Breezewood about a dozen times each year since moving to the D.C. area in 2004, so for better or worse, I’ve become intimately familiar with the interchange’s (lack of) options and how they’ve evolved (read: devolved) over the years. There used to be a Wendy’s! And at least a Taco Bell! Sit-down options such as Perkins and a classic diner have also shuttered, though their skeletons still remain. Now Breezewood’s most noteworthy feature is its Subplicity sandwich shop’s use of Boar’s Head deli meat. In other words, those looking for一頓飯可能應該前往其他地方。（我可能會推薦Jean Bonnet Tavern，這是附近的貝德福德的曆史酒吧：它有一個crack啪作響的壁爐，出色的法國蘸醬，幽靈的曆史和兩隻寵物山羊在停車場旁邊閑逛。

除了批評之外，Breezewood顯然是最直觀的地方，停止了汽油，洗手間休息和某種小吃。“零食”是這裏的關鍵詞：由於其地理位置位置在賓夕法尼亞州下部中間，距漢諾威的芯片震中西邊約兩個小時，Breezewood是該州擁有一係列最好的薯片的完美十字路口to offer, especially if you’re a barbecue chip connoisseur like I am. Travelers who stop at Breezewood can choose between a Sunoco, Mobil, Shell, Marathon, or Sheetz for gas, but the real move is to fill up at the station with the best potato chip selection.

我以這樣的理論來研究這個故事，即Mobil加油站的旅行者的綠洲小屋應得出特定的名稱。這仍然很大程度上是正確的，但是在最近的一次訪問中，很明顯，其庫存已經略微簡化，可能是由於大流行的結果。在明亮的一麵，過道之間有更多的空間，這個地方感覺更幹淨，擁擠得多。Even though I didn’t spot the Middleswarth or Snyder’s of Berlin brands I was used to seeing there, I still was able to find Herr’s, Lay’s, Wise, Unique, Martin’s, Angie’s, Deep River, Bon Ton, and Wege of Hanover pretzels.

如果您真的致力於區域籌碼，則可以在Breezewood的其他加油站進一步擴展選擇。在附屬於Sunoco站的Fresh Mart（方便地位於Mobil的隔壁）上，至少有九個品牌（哦，有很多口味），包括芯片，包括Utz和Gibbles等地區選項，後者是我的後者’t tried before. I discovered it has a bright, if artificial-tasting, barbecue flavor, greasy with lard.

If I wasn’t such a devoted fan of Martin’s — which, thanks to its texture and balanced flavor, is the winner of my unofficial taste test of the Breezewood barbecue chip brands — I could buy the argument that this location has as much to recommend it as the Travelers’ Oasis. And given that the Sunoco is now the only Breezewood gas station to boast Snyder’s of Berlin (a thin-textured, particularly salty childhood favorite that my parents would regularly cover with melted American cheese for a late-night snack), maybe I’ve already convinced myself.

Across the street from Sunoco, I found that Shell’s SAC snack shop had not only the elusive Middleswarth, a cult-favorite brand whose chips are made crisp with the use of shortening, but also two lovely, enthusiastic cashiers who handily convinced us to buy some candy to help them place in a national sales contest that their manager really, really, really wanted to win. Sheetz and Marathon didn’t bring anything in the way of additional regional chip brands to the table, though I’m sure Sheetz loyalists will find a way to insert a “How dare you!” into this particular argument.

因此，如果您要去賓夕法尼亞州旅行，發現自己餓了，同時又揚起了Breezewood缺乏就餐選擇的眉毛，請不要擔心；您剛剛獲得了一個絕佳的機會，可以準確地證明為什麼午餐或晚餐是完全可以接受的公路旅行餐。至少，當您在該國籌碼之都時。

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