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Indian restaurants popping up along trucking routes
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/indian-restaurants-along-trucking-routes/
Punjabi drivers make up close to 20% of the U.S. trucking industry
Ex-trucker: Couldn't find enough places to eat, biggest community issue
Restaurant owner: "It is the American dream"
(NewsNation) — Truck stops are being reimagined across the country, as a record number of Indian restaurants have been popping up along the biggest U.S. trucking routes.
For many truck drivers, there aren’t a lot of options on the road beyond fast food. However, the increase in Indian restaurants is fueling the trucking community and helping them get where they need to go.
In western Oklahoma, along the famous Route 66, hundreds of drivers flock to Truck Stop 40 at Exit 26.
“This place is right in the middle of the United States and this place is famous for our homemade Indian food,” restaurant owner Amar Singh said.
Singh’s restaurant has been around since the early 2000s. Aside from just one sign at Exit 26 along the historic Route 66, the restaurant has no advertising. Word of its existence is spread solely by word of mouth.
Punjabi drivers make up close to 20% of the U.S. trucking industry
Ex-trucker: Couldn't find enough places to eat, biggest community issue
Restaurant owner: "It is the American dream"
(NewsNation) — Truck stops are being reimagined across the country, as a record number of Indian restaurants have been popping up along the biggest U.S. trucking routes.
For many truck drivers, there aren’t a lot of options on the road beyond fast food. However, the increase in Indian restaurants is fueling the trucking community and helping them get where they need to go.
In western Oklahoma, along the famous Route 66, hundreds of drivers flock to Truck Stop 40 at Exit 26.
“This place is right in the middle of the United States and this place is famous for our homemade Indian food,” restaurant owner Amar Singh said.
Singh’s restaurant has been around since the early 2000s. Aside from just one sign at Exit 26 along the historic Route 66, the restaurant has no advertising. Word of its existence is spread solely by word of mouth.
Indians are stealing jobs from truckers and truck stops during a trucker shortage!
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/20/along-highways-indian-restaurants-serve-americas-truckers/
Gift Link: https://wapo.st/43ij2Gv
There hasn't been as much attention to Indians in rural America. We somehow manage to fly under the radar despite really sticking out visually. It's all over rural parts of West Virginia and Arizona and up in Canada too. The WaPo article gives examples in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Alabama, which are not known for having many Indians. Stealing your hearts through your stomachs.
Gift Link: https://wapo.st/43ij2Gv
There hasn't been as much attention to Indians in rural America. We somehow manage to fly under the radar despite really sticking out visually. It's all over rural parts of West Virginia and Arizona and up in Canada too. The WaPo article gives examples in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Alabama, which are not known for having many Indians. Stealing your hearts through your stomachs.
