The HOV Lane Blog

Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Luxury Diner - one of my favorite pit stops in America.

The Luxury Diner was a serendipitous discovery on a road trip my Dad and I took in the Fall of 97. We were driving up from Denver through Wyoming to Billings, Montana. From there we headed West to Livingston, [...]

Phoenix, Arizona.

Closed?!! Drats!
As it turned out, I tried one of those roadside taco trailers while in Winnemucca, Washington. It was, perhaps, the best Mexican food I’ve ever had! More about that later.
That taco trailer does make me wish I had stuck around and taken a culinary dip into El Barrilito.

Kayenta, Arizona.

 
Navajo Nation of Northern Arizona. I was feeling a little crusty on the drive, having driven a long way in a short time. My spirits were later lifted by a latte at the Shephard’s Eye’s Coffee/Internet Lounge.
The Shephard’s Eye’s is the vision of Ron Watch. A multi-generational member of the Navajo Nation, Ron [...]

Lafayette, Louisiana. Another post from a couple of weeks ago… To cap-off Mardi Gras, we headed to a local favorite, Crawfish Time, for shrimp & crawfish.
Ever since becoming enthralled in the film, Raising Arizona, it has been a great love of mine to call these sea critters, crawdads. I drop the “crawdad” reference [...]

Mexia, Texas - Famed Home of Anna Nicole Smith. Driving around looking for “signs,” I noticed that most of the town either was lined up at or trying to enter the parking lot of Jim’s Krispy Chicken and Homemade Yeast Rolls.
This wasn’t the sign I was looking for, but it was a good sign.. [...]

St. James City - Pine Island, FL. Here in the HOV Lane, mentions of road-food focus upon the discovery of random deliciousness off the beaten path.
A couple of nights ago, The Waterfront Restaurant served one up - a coconut-encrusted, deep-fried cheesecake on a heaping pile of plump cherries and chocolate sauce.

At [...]