New Pilot, Idaho Falls

In other words it's a typical pilot.

 

Hey! Welcome to the same place you were at earlier only 238 miles from the last one.

 

Go to Little America and report back to us.

 

It used to be a Dad's Travel Center. Had a nice sit-down restaurant, a unique convenience store/gift shop, a nice driver's lounge with comfy reclining leather sofa chairs, etc.

Now it is like any other pilot/J. And, inexplicably, they put in a subway even though there was already one right across the street!

 

This isn't a brand new Pilot, it's another good truckstop that they decided to ruin.

 

Have you noticed 20% of drivers have an incredibly hard time walking from the fuel island to the store? I would say its pilot meeting demand.
But seriously, it does make a lot of sense. A lot of drivers, truckers, and 4 wheelers are in a hurry when they're stopping for gas. So they are much more likely to spend money on a sandwich when it's right where they are, then check out and spend an extra minute or two to go across the street.
I hope that the same franchiser bought the pilot location, because that one across the street will lose a lot of business now.

 

The original showers there were awesome (well, as awesome as truck stop showers can get). YMMV

 

The Subway was owned by the former owners also.