North Midway Travel Plaza

Why are all of the service plazas on the PA turnpike inferior to just about every other states service plazas? Yes it’s (relatively) clean, yep there’s restrooms, and a tres expensive gas station. Options for food here are basically subway or Starbucks. Not that I needed food as this was merely a pit stop but just sayin. There’s some kind of little convenience store that sells some chips, soda, and whatnot. But at least get an Auntie Anne’s or– gasp as all the plazas in Ohio have– Panera. Come on PA– you can do better…

Decent enough stop on a limited access highway. This one however has not been revamped yet. It’s still stuck in maybe the 1980s?
The inside of this particular stop is set a bit strangely and is definitely in need of a revamp. They have fit way too many things inside such a small space. I mean they still have one of those sun room type of seating areas. One of those spaces that makes you feel like you’re sitting outside, but in actuality it looks like you are just in a brown bubble.
I did enjoy my Sbarro, even if the workers there seem to think they had better things to do. Maybe I should save that for a review for that particular location.
The bathrooms were just as cramped as the rest of the place. And I was confused by the one narrow entrance. Everyone that stopped had to go through this one entrance. Talk about congestion, and not on the highway.

According to the sign on your way into the rest stop, this was one of the original highway rest stops in America. I love history and random trivia, so I found that to be quite interesting.
Due to its age, it has a lot more character than the typical rest stop, but it also makes it a little more challenging to navigate. All the food and eating areas are right when you walk in with a seating area to the right. The bathrooms are down a narrow hallway to the left. If there is a line at the convenience store/​hershey/​Cinnabon stand, you have to navigate your way through a stream of people to get to the restrooms. The nice thing is that they were clean and they were plentiful.
Overall, a clean and efficient stop along the Turnpike.

Its a rest stop with semi clean bathrooms, a starbucks and a sbarro… thats all i really need when it comes to getting through PA!

Bacon cheeseburger from Nathans was better than I expected. Then again anything tastes good after getting stuck in a car with your family for 6 hours.

Met my criteria of «I couldn’t find a Starbucks in Breezewood and I really want some iced coffee and they have a Starbucks.» But other than that it was pretty old and dumpy. The least nice of the three I stopped at betweeen Breezewood and Pittsburgh.

This smallish rest stop on the PA Turnpike is one of the original rest stops in the system. Let’s remember that the PA Turnpike preceded the Interstate Highway System by at least 30 years, and it was originally built without a penny of federal assistance by the Commonwealth, not for interstate business, but for pleasure. As a result, the rest stops were built as classy restaurants. And beautiful stone buildings. The genuine oak paneling in the dining area is still there, evoking a more genteel time. To maintain the historical site, the food concessionaires are sandwiched at the entrance, creating a bit of a hassle on the entry. Still, it is a beautiful stone building that should be kept. And yes, a Starbucks is ever present.

Nice lil rest area, got a starbucks (open 24hrs), sbarro, cinnabon, hersheys ice cream, nathans. Hot dog, a sunoco connected, bathrooms are clean. They’ve got a ton of seating and the buolding looks like an old stone mansion you’d never know it had all this in it if it didn’t have signage on it. Id say above average rest stop if you ask me and at this point I’ve seen my fair share.

This is a very clean service plaza, but it has a very odd design. There is no clear thought to the circulation and you are left to wonder where to go next and there are times you feel like you are lost in a maze. The surprises that you might get as you walk around the corner are a bit odd, but in the end it is a fairly decent service plaza. Clean restrooms, clean dining area, clean help desk. This is good.