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6. Kırklareli, Turkey

New Category: Seen at the World Cup

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Mike Bulgakov

Mike Bulgakov

G.O.A.T.
4. In-N-Out

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The legendary In-N-Out smack dab in the middle of California
Andrew Pridgen, SFGATE
Nov. 19, 2022

Kettleman City, an unincorporated town of 1,245, is smack dab in the middle of the drive between San Francisco and Los Angeles, or, if you are going east or west, between San Simeon and Bakersfield.

Part of the Kettleman City In-N-Out’s appeal is its key geographic positioning. It's at 33464 Bernard Drive, on a horseshoe frontage road that passes a Wienerschnitzel, Little Caesars and Baja Fresh. Make a right at the McDonald’s, and there you’ll find a long driveway that leads to In-N-Out’s oversized parking lot, adjacent to a new Tesla charging station.

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The restaurant sits not only at the first turnout off the bisecting freeways, but it’s also atop a gradual slope where you can see over the parking lot, past the chain’s signature double-crossing palm trees, and all the way down into the endless shimmering flats of the Central Valley.
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/holiday-travel-in-n-out-17595476.php
 
Mike Bulgakov

Mike Bulgakov

G.O.A.T.
6. Pea Soup Andersen's in Santa Nella (I mainly stop there for the restroom and neighboring gas station when driving between L.A. and San Francisco on the 1-5, and have been there probably 100+ times.)

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Pea Soup Andersen’s has delighted Calif. travelers with decades of soup
Kimberly Alters, SFGATE
Dec. 12, 2022

Anyone who’s done the interminable drive on Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles will tell you: It is deeply boring. It is flat and beige, with its most notable sensory experience coming through the nose, thanks to Harris Feeding Company near Coalinga.

But there is another memorable encounter near the West Side Freeway. It is thick and bright green, encased in kitsch and nostalgia dating back to the 1920s. It appears alongside humble saltines and packets of Melba toast. It is the split pea soup from Pea Soup Andersen’s.

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Views of Pea Soup Andersen's in Santa Nella, California

The legend began in 1924, when a Danish immigrant named Anton Andersen and his wife Juliette bought a plot of land in Buellton, California, and decided to open a restaurant. At first, it was named Andersen’s Electric Cafe, “so-called because it cooked with a new-fangled electric stove,” the Santa Ynez Valley News quipped in an article in May 1970.

The fare was catered to travelers making their way along the newly rerouted U.S. 101 and mostly involved simple pleasures like coffee and pancakes, per the restaurant’s written history. But eventually, Juliette’s pea soup, made from a recipe that she’d brought with her from her homeland of France, won customers’ hearts — and inspired a name change.

Thus, in 1947, Pea Soup Andersen’s was officially born. A pair of cartoon cooks named Hap-pea and Pea-Wee, two differently sized sauciers brought to life by a former Disney illustrator, completed the new branding, which holds to this day.

There are actually two locations of Pea Soup Andersen’s: the original in Buellton, about 40 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, and the other off I-5 in Santa Nella, just north of state Route 152.
https://www.sfgate.com/restaurants/article/pea-soup-andersens-roadside-stop-17641684.php

Comfort Foods:

1. Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Tomato Soup

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