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Shurden still gets surprised from time to time, like the time he visited a place on Poplar Avenue in Memphis. I’ll do a review of a place and get comments like, ‘If you like that, you have to try this.’ I read the comments and I get fewer bad spots than I used to.” Nothing shocks me any more thanks to the feedback I get on social media.

“I do a lot more research ahead of time now. Gas station food is something people agree on – it doesn’t really push a hot button with anyone.”Īdopted at birth by “incredible parents,” Shurden is a third-generation cotton farmer. “You might see a tractor driver and a lawyer both ordering fried chicken.

“I guess it resonates with people because gas stations have a history of being ‘democratic’ places, even during segregation,” Shurden said. Shurden, a native of Drew, Mississippi, has a viral following on Facebook and YouTube for his Tailgate Gas Station Review series. “People actually recognize me when I go into gas stations,” he laughs. Yet the thing that Stafford Shurden is most known for is a series of online videos where he eats and reviews gas station food from the tailgate of his pickup truck. Along the way, he’s eaten a lot of good food and made lasting friends. The Delta farmer and restaurateur started doing gas station food reviews on social media in January 2020.

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