Jack-In-the-Box

I ordered 2 tacos here which gave me food poisoning!  DO NOT EAT HERE!

Some leave their heart in San Francisco, I left mine in San Jose approximately 166 miles away from this Lost Hills Jack in the Box.  

After being on the road for a few hours on a good long boring stretch of I-5, I stopped to use the facilities and get some grub.  The Lost Hills exit has a smorgasbord of choices but I settled on Jack in the Box.  It's right off the freeway and I've never eaten here.  My original intent was to try their breakfast since it's served all day long but then I decided to go with the Spicy Chicken combo and some curly fries.  Everyone I know who's ever eaten at a Jack in the Box has ranted and raved about the curly fries so why not?  It was a buck more.  Ok, sure.

They claim to make their food right when you order instead of letting it sit under a heat lamp.  I caught a nice sunset until my food arrived and tried to ignore all the truckers that were starring at me - the only girl eating by herself.  I really just wanted to eat and leave so I grabbed a seat facing away from them and continued to enjoy my sunset wishing I could share it but alas I was by my lonesome.

My sandwich and fries arrived piping hot.  I grabbed some hot taco sauce for my fries that wasn't all that hot, not even slightly hot.  Mild and bland is more like it. My sandwich was a slippery mess of mayo and as far as spicy, well you can rule that out too. And the curly fries?  Yeah, I don't know what you're all talking about.  I prefer the regular stuff.  No, curly fries in my future.  Thank you very much.   I guess I should have just gotten the breakfast.  You live and you learn, right?  

I did appreciate the sales staff though.  They really do know their stuff and the menu items backwards and forward.  I had made a mental note to ask where one would live all the way out in BFE Lost Hills but the truck drivers creeped me out and I tabled the side chatter for another time.

On a side note, not a bad place to catch a meal and clean restrooms.  This location is open 24 hours like pretty much everything else on I-5.  I will consider stopping again on my next adventure up north.

Not gonna lie, the sourdough chicken club is wicked good.  I don't care about the calories, its tasty.