Driving around the US I'd sometimes find restaurants attached to gas stations, and they kind of creeped me out, but unlike the one in the article they were always chain restaurants and seemed like tiny inferior versions of already inferior food only now in cramped/dirtier locations.

I'm also not brave enough to try the rotating hotdogs sold at gas stations and convenience stores. When I'm on the road, expected to be somewhere, and with occasionally long stretches of time between exits I really don't want to risk digestive issues.