Originally Posted by
edthesped
The GAP is really easy to find food, I believe a there's a grocery store in West Newton, I can't remember, I eat at the Trailside Inn or turn around at the rail car if I'm joy riding. There's Martin's Grocery next to the Adirondacks in Connellsville. My only advice and Alan S may be able to chime in on this is avoid the Ohiopyle House Cafe. Told me it would be a couple of hours to be served breakfast. Falls Market in Ohiopyle has an excellent brunch on Sunday, I'm not sure about Saturday and breakfast comes up very quick on weekdays. I always say I'm going to hit the Smokehouse BBQ in Confluence but either arrive too early to see a closed sign or am not hungry, but the BBQ smells great. In Rockwood I go to the Opera House.
Perhaps we are talking two different problems. I'm not talking about restaurants and prepared food. I taking about obtaining groceries. Frankly, I seldom eat meals during the hours that I ride. I suffer from too much discomfort when eating high fat meals while I'm actively riding. And, at the end of the day, I'm in camp preparing my food. I usually carry 3 days worth of food wherever I go on tour because I can't depend on finding food just anywhere.
As I said above, the GAP would be easier to find grocery stores because it has more towns along it. The C&O is about as close as I've come to Colorado and Western "wilderness" riding in the eastern US as I've found. It just doesn't have the "civilization" along it that the GAP does.