Hi everyone. I pulled my Rig into Iowa 80 Truckstop for the first time on 1 August 1982. I'm retired now, but if there's a better place to pull your Rig into, it hasn't been built yet. To all the employees there, Thank You.
I’m actually impressed how much they actually cook by hand and is fresh. Most truck stops only serve warmed up frozen dishes. (Yes, I know the food they serve is not healthy, but it sure looks tasty)
Also those trucks.. I've never ever seen even half as big trucks as you have over the pond. I am coming from very small country like it is only just a bit more than 60.000 squeare kilometers. Our roads are not even big enough for these enormous vehicles :D
I drove from 1996 until 2011, and this by far is the best truck stop in the industry. The food is amazing, as is everything else they serve up. If I was routing through Iowa on I-80, I always made certain to swing by!
I was a chef for 32 years I can tell you this much...if you do not have a Mr. Fix it...multi-tasking through out your kitchen your doomed. A Mr. or Ms. fix it is god sent.
I used to love truck stops in the 90's. Had on local to my little rural city as a teen. Used to go catch a movie after dinner then hit the arcade for a while. It was better than cow tipping.
When my husband and myself drove truck we always looked forward to stopping there. The best truck stop food in America, hands down! He LOVED their pork chops. I am a huge fan of their Apple dumplings.
That plate of meatloaf and gravy and green beans really brought me back to the local DINERS we went to as high school kids and ate delicious meals like that for just a couple of dollars and coke and coffee was just a nickle. That was in the early 50's when I was making $1 dollar an hour at a local supermarket. Loved those days.
My Daddy was a truck driver for many years hauling cattle out west. I was lucky enough to make many trips with him through the years. The truck stops were my favorite, the ladies were always so nice to me and finding quarters in the pay phone slots. My Dad passed away in 2004 and I still have the good memories. God Bless America. 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Wow! Is there anything that Jake doesn't do? He keeps track of the food inventory, runs out to pick up emergency food supplies, fixes broken kitchen equipment and then makes the truck stops signature apple dumplings! He is amazing ... 😳🍳🥚🔥🍎
Working as a team helps everything go smoother, and have the heart ever day you come to work,and loving what you do everyday and have the understanding on how to work together as a team.
This type of content is so much fun to watch and shows just how much there is to see in the USA. I have yet to leave California and see the the country, and I'm only getting older. I want to see Route 66, the truck stop, and much more plus, the birthplace of James Tiberius Kirk. I like Rick, the manager, "Never tell a trucker his breakfast isn't ready." Those are words to live by.
My mind is boggled by the numbers. Back in the late 70's, early 80's, Dad left home at 10:30pm in the truck. He drove to Iowa 80 and bunked down. It is amazing how the place has grown since then.
When my dad was alive and drove truck we went to Iowa 80 all the time. Best time is when they have thier Trucker Jamboree. Best show in the USA. The Moons have done a wonderful job running the Iowa 80. My dream is to get there one more time for a Jamboree. Love the food.
I drove from Long Island to Denver many times in my car. I always stopped here and enjoyed the diner style food. If your on the road, this is a must stop.
I used to work at the subway across the interstate from this place. Truckers are so dam nice when stopping in Iowa. I was an idiot kid and they always made me smile. Ive eatin so much taco bell from that Truckstop, its crazy
I use to own a successful restaurant. I look at this and think, “holy shit!” Lol. Good job guys. I’d like to visit this place with my Asian American family.
@@michaelb.42112 you mean the meatloaf that had a germ infested camera in the mixing bowl while the meat was dumped on top of it? yeah made me real hungry....
🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑🔥🛸 The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude. Deuteronomy 28:68 “And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thAee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 👆🏾Transatlantic slave trade/ Egypt spiritually means house of bondage/Captive.(Revelation 11:7). Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24 “But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Isaiah 14:1 “For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob Isaiah 14:2 “And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. 2 Esdras 6:9 “For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth - [ ]
I previously lived in Davenport and ate there NUMEROUS times a month. I ALSO used to work for the food service supplier and my company put in all their coffee equipment and other beverage dispensers, tea, cocoa and cappuccino in the 90's. The owners and managers are awesome people. ❤❤❤
I've eaten here before my husband's eating here before my entire family is eating here before my husband's a trucker 25 years. Ty so much for your great job guys 🎉
If you're on the road look for semis or cop cars. Those are the best places to pull in, get a meal, and head out again. In the case of stops like these you can grab a room and not get beat by the cost
My dad was a journeyman meatcutter starting in 1956 until the 1990's. In those days meat cutters cut everything you saw in the meat case. He carried sides of beef all day long to the cutting room. Can you imagine cutting and wrapping HALF of a steer?!
“SWIFT IS ON THE LOT”………….going to hear the sound of crunching fiberglass and metal in 3,2……….1 there it is!! Swift backs into another tractor then gets some pancakes with eggs. It’s a win in his book
I think the commentary is a little much, but aside from that it’s great that they feature this truckstop and they recognize the people that keep that truckstop going because that’s what keeps the truckers going.
One of the waitresses here brought my Service Dog a hamburger patty with gravy. I told her we hadn't ordered that. She told me one of the truckers had ordered it for my dog. 🤣
Up early this Sunday morning an thinking about big 80 ,can't get over what I learned after I got my CDL license and started driving ,I learn some of these truckers like myself can only eat dinner at the truck stops
As a European with American family I have been in some parts of America, but I do love this places. America to me it’s this kind of eatery and people. No politics, race, religion, just a bunch of people going through the great wide open
@@bobbyservantez2283I guess I need to clarify that part. What I meant about the video is that is kinda funny to me the presentation and I’m completely aware of how Religion and Politics are deeply embedded everywhere in the US, but sometimes you can be at the Waffle House having coffee and a bacon egg and cheese and just enjoy the moment, or a breakfast joint getting pancakes without having to deal with politics and religion. Just eating and hanging you know ? I enjoy that about America, i think Americans don’t understand how hard it is to get the things they can get abroad
Commentary is wild, “no one beats their meat like butcher bob” 😂😂😂
"Cant make a meatloaf without POUNDING some serious cow"😂
Time to get busy
"Uses flower power to prevent his dumpling from getting sticky"
The hungry man breakfast is the ultimate morning meat injection 🤣🤣
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"I've been dreaming about this Meatloaf since Pennsylvania..."
GOOD ON YOU, MAN!
Mine will be done Meatloaf in 40 mins. 😂😂😂 today Prob I’m in midwest or would welcome you a plate-😂😂
I’ll have try theirs Not my recipe 😂😂😂😂
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“Gravy, my favorite beverage” 😂
Hell Yes !
Gravy is in it's own food group
That was so cringe lol
Awe man and pass me the gravy 😊
Lies again? AVN AVL Never Learn
Hi everyone. I pulled my Rig into Iowa 80 Truckstop for the first time on 1 August 1982. I'm retired now, but if there's a better place to pull your Rig into, it hasn't been built yet. To all the employees there, Thank You.
What is your favorite meal there?
Stayed there many nights, years ago, in my astro van. Always wanted to be long distance trucker. Now to old, hardly walk. Living cheap in cambodi a
Who TFC
I stayed there about a year ago, they stole my britches !
@@jeto-gu5niI do
I could watch shows like this all evening long.
I do😊
Yes sir!
Me too!
Ok go ahead. Keep me informed
the korea street food is popular videos no sound
I’m actually impressed how much they actually cook by hand and is fresh. Most truck stops only serve warmed up frozen dishes. (Yes, I know the food they serve is not healthy, but it sure looks tasty)
What they showed isn't but they do have healthy options.
They have anything you want to eat healthy. The salad Bar is unbelievable.
Stopped for breakfast one day, spent the whole day there and slept through the night.
Had breakfast and then drove west heading for Avila Beach, CA
You're not kidding, the food is not healthy! Would be a good place for cardiologists❤ to advertise!
Cardiologists❤ should advertise their practice at the door.
Nothing could say Only In America more than this.
Damn, how did you know what I was going to say?
Fat nation
@@AodhMacRaynall-dr1sf cz u both have wasteful little American brains
Well, only in parts of America. In the West and South West, we eat differently.
Also those trucks.. I've never ever seen even half as big trucks as you have over the pond. I am coming from very small country like it is only just a bit more than 60.000 squeare kilometers. Our roads are not even big enough for these enormous vehicles :D
Gotta luv the truckers. Much respect I have for them. They and trains keep the heart beat of America going. True Americans，
@robertpollock8617…..don’t forget the farmers
Thank You 33 years on the road
I drove from 1996 until 2011, and this by far is the best truck stop in the industry. The food is amazing, as is everything else they serve up. If I was routing through Iowa on I-80, I always made certain to swing by!
Curious if you ever went to the giant Buc-ees in Texas and how they compare to the I-80 truck stop.
😂😂😂😂 ok
Getting high af and driving here in the middle of the night was one of the few highlights of growing up here.
lol me when I go to dennys
It's nice that family owned businesses can thrive today, and not be replaced with streamlined uniform chains
My late wife and I stopped there in 2012 on the was home from The Mayo Clinic.
Respect to all the workers. Thank you.
the sports stadiums they show are small to this on other videos big time i can still ake my own feast homeade
God bless yall feeding our truckers.
I was a chef for 32 years I can tell you this much...if you do not have a Mr. Fix it...multi-tasking through out your kitchen your doomed. A Mr. or Ms. fix it is god sent.
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As another chef, I totally agree. They are the oracles of the kitchen 😂
I used to love truck stops in the 90's. Had on local to my little rural city as a teen. Used to go catch a movie after dinner then hit the arcade for a while. It was better than cow tipping.
That was America in another dimension.
I have tipped a pig ...
This isn't just feeding truckers. This is feeding America.
That food lessens a person lifespan
@@WW3_Soon That food is just fine. Sitting for twelve hours lessens a person's lifespan.
Feeding Fat Gits
@@WW3_Soon They also have alotta healthy options lol
American truckers
11 yrs doing OTR and never stopped, might have to now!! Everything looked fantastic!!
Been there several times through the years YOU want it they got it Best Truck Stop in America for sure
There truck museum is incredible. Trucks from the golden age of trucking restored to perfection.
Those apple dumplings looks absolutely out of this world
It's just lovely to know that no matter how grueling our jobs can be, a good, hearty, homemade meal will always lift up the spirit ❤.
When my husband and myself drove truck we always looked forward to stopping there. The best truck stop food in America, hands down! He LOVED their pork chops. I am a huge fan of their Apple dumplings.
Thats the way of the road,way she goes😮
That plate of meatloaf and gravy and green beans really brought me back to the local DINERS we went to as high school kids and ate delicious meals like that for just a couple of dollars and coke and coffee was just a nickle. That was in the early 50's when I was making $1 dollar an hour at a local supermarket. Loved those days.
My Daddy was a truck driver for many years hauling cattle out west. I was lucky enough to make many trips with him through the years. The truck stops were my favorite, the ladies were always so nice to me and finding quarters in the pay phone slots. My Dad passed away in 2004 and I still have the good memories. God Bless America. 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Crazy. Respect to these folks. Could never do restaurant work
I got hungry watching this from Okinawa as it brought back great memories at truck stops from Minnesota to Iowa to Arizona.
Wow! Is there anything that Jake doesn't do? He keeps track of the food inventory, runs out to pick up emergency food supplies, fixes broken kitchen equipment and then makes the truck stops signature apple dumplings! He is amazing ... 😳🍳🥚🔥🍎
Glory to the trucker. Glory to the worker. Worker of the world, Unite!
I've ordered the hungryman before and finished it, and now i'm learning here that it's for truckers who eat big. I'm literally 5'0 and 120 pounds OMG
Working as a team helps everything go smoother, and have the heart ever day you come to work,and loving what you do everyday and have the understanding on how to work together as a team.
God bless your team and your clients
As an immigrant this is the America that I like, this is where I felt the American spirit.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇲🇺🇸🇺🇲
7:10 you can just tell he’s never, ever made this trip before and most definitely never volunteered to “give you a hand with that”. lol 😂
“We’re here to make sure we have those 500 eggs we need to pick up today..*sees truck*
“That’s a lot of eggs”😂
Just want to say thank you to all the workers without you guys it wouldn't happen so thank you❤
When I was otr I had visited Iowa80 6 times in my life man oh man it was something to behold
When I drove, this was my go-to. Loved the steak and eggs
these guys work hard driving and in store must get benefits and good pay but not like some others
I miss the food! My husband still drives,good place.
Wow, the scale of this truck stop's kitchens is mind-blowing! It's amazing to see how they manage such a huge operation.
This type of content is so much fun to watch and shows just how much there is to see in the USA. I have yet to leave California and see the the country, and I'm only getting older. I want to see Route 66, the truck stop, and much more plus, the birthplace of James Tiberius Kirk. I like Rick, the manager, "Never tell a trucker his breakfast isn't ready." Those are words to live by.
My mind is boggled by the numbers. Back in the late 70's, early 80's, Dad left home at 10:30pm in the truck. He drove to Iowa 80 and bunked down. It is amazing how the place has grown since then.
I have been there a few times, really enjoyed it.
that apple dumpling is a heart attack in a bowl , i want one
Lot's of heart attacks down the road. Notice the menu is big filling meals.
Be sure to eat some fruit and take your TUMS after dining.
Life is only so long, there are many things that can kill you, I want to die well fed.
I love how they casually glossed over the amount of sugar when all the other ingredients have specific measurements lol
When my dad was alive and drove truck we went to Iowa 80 all the time. Best time is when they have thier Trucker Jamboree. Best show in the USA. The Moons have done a wonderful job running the Iowa 80. My dream is to get there one more time for a Jamboree. Love the food.
This place rocks!🥞🍳🧇🥓🥚🥩🍔🌭🥪🍟🍕🌮🧆🍝🍜🍛
I Have been there 20 times in the last year and always had a great meal and a relaxing place to stop and enjoy the atmosphere..
I drove from Long Island to Denver many times in my car. I always stopped here and enjoyed the diner style food. If your on the road, this is a must stop.
I used to work at the subway across the interstate from this place. Truckers are so dam nice when stopping in Iowa. I was an idiot kid and they always made me smile. Ive eatin so much taco bell from that Truckstop, its crazy
Go america 🇺🇸 feed the truckers. We need them!
i dont use all that for meat loaf looks good and well done
Transporting things using trucks is so inefficient. Its just stupid.
😂😂@@kingcolz
@@kingcolzdumbest thing ever , u dont know none about basic logistics dont you
@@kingcolzwell ofc using trains is more efficient but think of all the car lobbyists that will go out of work 😂
You know what it’s missing ..??? Biscuits and gravy that’s was my meal in the U.S. Army
Military cooks from all the services should be trained here.
Sos😅😂
I use to own a successful restaurant. I look at this and think, “holy shit!” Lol. Good job guys. I’d like to visit this place with my Asian American family.
Banijay please ignore the critics of the voice-over. I hope you never quit making these awesome videos! I literally 'eat them up'!
They put their soul and work so hard everyday, it’s for the people. So proud of them.
That food must be good, I've never seen so many 300 lb. men in one place before.
Man O Man that food looks good.
Oh that crispy covered, gravy drenched meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans ! EDIT : I meant corn. Yum !
I live about 20 minutes from i80 it's hard to stay in shape so close to that place😂
@@michaelb.42112 you mean the meatloaf that had a germ infested camera in the mixing bowl while the meat was dumped on top of it? yeah made me real hungry....
@@landonoberly7381You're so lucky, I'm 1066 miles away in Texas. 😢
The people are getting as big as trucks, too
Why do I watch food vids like this late at night. I’m too cheap for a late night door dash so will have to settle for a pb&j sandwich.
No commercials! 🎉
A little too dramatic commentary for me!
Yes, can’t stand the over dramatic voiceover..
then you have never worked food service
@@kathyparkhurst7005 Your an idiot...
In a world where you must fight to survive, one man will....
🗣Repent Israelites all praise to the most high YAHAWAH AND HIS SON YAHAWASHI🤴🏽🦁👑🔥🛸
The so called black man, Latino, and Native Americans are the Israelites. Yahawah chosen people. That are scattered in all nations through our fathers. Making them Israelite foreigners/Scattered sheep/The multitude.
Deuteronomy 28:68
“And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thAee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
👆🏾Transatlantic slave trade/ Egypt spiritually means house of bondage/Captive.(Revelation 11:7).
Yahawashi speaking: Matthew 15:24
“But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 14:1
“For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob
Isaiah 14:2
“And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
2 Esdras 6:9
“For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth
- [ ]
"This apple dumpling is good. You can't have none, but it's good." 🤣
I previously lived in Davenport and ate there NUMEROUS times a month. I ALSO used to work for the food service supplier and my company put in all their coffee equipment and other beverage dispensers, tea, cocoa and cappuccino in the 90's. The owners and managers are awesome people. ❤❤❤
Chris gives the meat a good smack-down 😂
They wildin there
Put some seasoning on those dang porkchops
The hungry man🤣🤣🤣 it's just normal Chicago diner speak for a 2x2x2(then we order a steak or something else to compliment it)
Nobody underweight there!
The electric guitar jamming that's the money maker for the show
I've eaten here before my husband's eating here before my entire family is eating here before my husband's a trucker 25 years. Ty so much for your great job guys 🎉
Damn. Now I'm hungry as heck & it's 1:50AM.
This place looks absolutly cool.
i am not a trucker , but i want to go there.
If you're on the road look for semis or cop cars. Those are the best places to pull in, get a meal, and head out again. In the case of stops like these you can grab a room and not get beat by the cost
My dad was a journeyman meatcutter starting in 1956 until the 1990's. In those days meat cutters cut everything you saw in the meat case. He carried sides of beef all day long to the cutting room. Can you imagine cutting and wrapping HALF of a steer?!
Cook those hash browns son!! One thing I will send back is half raw shredded hash browns. Both sides need to be cooked.
This is extremely American. May God Bless each and every trucker that passes or doesn't through here.
Iowa chop is probably the best thing on the planet.
I have been here. It is really cool and the food is fantastic. I was on my way back to Cedar Rapids at the time.
Hungry man breakfast,also known as the heart attack special
I'm so hungry now, i have to come there and have some real home cooking~ God Bless you guys! A true service to your fellow man!, and so needed!
“SWIFT IS ON THE LOT”………….going to hear the sound of crunching fiberglass and metal in 3,2……….1 there it is!! Swift backs into another tractor then gets some pancakes with eggs. It’s a win in his book
@@shanewoods1980 and the SWIFT Driver goes to the toilet and causes it to backup.... something ha cannot do!....
Slow Wagon In Fast Traffic or a Stupid Whining Idiots First Truck
Ole Swifty Swift went to get him a sody water 🤣
I love truck stops.
I rode with truckers in Mexico. They always said "breakfast is the most important drink of the day."
nick has a great attitude !
drivers look foward to it im sure
Don't be afraid to actually cook those hashbrowns
I noticed that. The rest of the food was overcooked. Yuck.
I noticed that too think the breakfast meal is overrated.
@@paulanderson9407it’s just eggs bacon sausage and pancakes anybody can make them
oh man, adding this to my next road trip stop!!
That deep fryer looks like an antique.
I can just see Joe and Corn Pop barreling right in their 18 wheeler.
I think the commentary is a little much, but aside from that it’s great that they feature this truckstop and they recognize the people that keep that truckstop going because that’s what keeps the truckers going.
I love this video
Makes me want to do a trip from Florida to visit and spend a day up there
I could be conceived to watch this show allllll evening..
I've cooked in cafeterias larger than this.
One kitchen had 55 people on staff.
We cooked for 5-6 thousand a day!
Breakfast and lunch.
Point?
What's the name of this big cafeteria? Where is it Located?
@@johngirard8554probably military chow hall.
Cooking for large groups is a significant undertaking.
These Men do it Professionally.
Impressive.
One of the waitresses here brought my Service Dog a hamburger patty with gravy. I told her we hadn't ordered that. She told me one of the truckers had ordered it for my dog. 🤣
this popped up and at first, i thought you were Guy fiery!
I love Iowa 80 Truck Stop. Just discovered it a few years ago, but now it’s a stop I plan my trips around! The Best!
Of course, when the TV crew is there, it is the "busiest day" ever, and equipment "shuts down"... What a great coincidence.
lol chill
dude it's not that serious!
Thanks to this TV crew they never ever see so much costumers in one time.
Makes me hungry just looking at all that delist food!
Salad anybody - you need it 😂
Plenty of Fiber & Prune Juice would Help.
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Yeh Banijay. I support all who supply cooked edible food especially for big families and people with friends.
“Imma do 650 miles today.”
DOT enters chat…
Up early this Sunday morning an thinking about big 80 ,can't get over what I learned after I got my CDL license and started driving ,I learn some of these truckers like myself can only eat dinner at the truck stops
Have to love fresh made comfort food. 💕
I have never been to Iowa, but adding this stop to my bucket list. Everything looks extremely tasty (except the meatloaf).
As a European with American family I have been in some parts of America, but I do love this places. America to me it’s this kind of eatery and people.
No politics, race, religion, just a bunch of people going through the great wide open
That's hilarious for so many reasons.
Lmao 🤣 u got the wrong America buddy because this country is based on politics and religion
@@bobbyservantez2283I guess I need to clarify that part. What I meant about the video is that is kinda funny to me the presentation and I’m completely aware of how Religion and Politics are deeply embedded everywhere in the US, but sometimes you can be at the Waffle House having coffee and a bacon egg and cheese and just enjoy the moment, or a breakfast joint getting pancakes without having to deal with politics and religion. Just eating and hanging you know ? I enjoy that about America, i think Americans don’t understand how hard it is to get the things they can get abroad
Getting obese and diabetes together included?
@@kingcolz you're way too negative