A gas station convenience store in a Texas town just beat out 19 others across the country to be crowned America's best gas station restaurant. Bristol General Store in Ennis, known locally for fresh sushi served alongside burgers and chili fries, topped a new national ranking from car rental company SIXT.
According to the Dallas Observer, Bristol General Store was named America's Best Gas Station Restaurant by SIXT, topping a cross-country list of 20 contenders. The ranking weighed TikTok engagement for 70% of each restaurant's score and Google reviews for the remaining 30%, per MoCoShow. Bristol pulled in 380,200 TikTok views and a 4.7 average Google review score to claim the top spot, the Dallas Observer reported.
Ennis sits along the Bluebonnet Trail about 30 minutes south of downtown Dallas, the Dallas Observer noted. Bristol General Store is at 5710 FM 660 in Ennis. MySA reports that the restaurant is open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. People drive for hours for gas-station sushi.
Real Estate Agents Turned Sushi Restaurateurs
The business is owned by Eric and Jennifer Keathly, who, according to the Dallas Observer, bought it from original founders Han and Rachel Sanbock. A 2022 article from the Waxahachie Sun reported that the store's new ownership at that time included David Nevitt alongside Eric and Jennifer Keathly. Eric Keathly told MySA that he and Jennifer did not expect their gas station to be named No. 1 in America. The couple continue to serve real estate clients while growing their real estate business and investing in the Bristol community, per MySA.
The Dallas Observer described Bristol as a more-than-20-year-old roadside seafood gem, where a staff of seven makes everything in-house with seafood sourced from Indonesia and Scotland. MySA reports the menu includes sushi towers, nigiri, sashimi, deep-fried rolls, baked rolls and other Asian fare. Prices range from about $10 for five pieces of nigiri up to more than $21 for the restaurant's priciest sushi combo, the outlet reported.
A Menu That Mixes Sushi With Tex-Mex and Diner Fare
Beyond sushi, Bristol also serves burgers, tacos and chili fries, according to the Dallas Observer. The store's own website describes a menu that fuses the flavors of Mexico with the artistry of sushi, and it bills itself as a one-stop destination blending convenience with culinary diversity, per Bristol General Store's website.
Customer reviews cited by MySA back up the hype. Molly Kisner rated the store five stars on Google and said staff were kind to her and her children, while Shreeprasad Sonar wrote that he enjoyed the vegetarian sushi and Texas roll. Jason Taylor said the sushi had fresh ingredients and good flavor, MySA reported. Separately, RestaurantGuru also lists the spot with a 4.7 Google rating.
Who Else Made SIXT's Top 20
Bristol ranked ahead of Billeaud's Meat & Grocery in Broussard, Louisiana, and Joe's Kansas City BBQ in Kansas City, Kansas, which took second and third place respectively, according to MoCoShow. Rounding out the list, per MySA, were John's Backyard Grill at No. 6, Flamin Burger at No. 14 and Czech Stop at No. 15. In Maryland, 168 Asian Burrito inside an Exxon station in Olney came in fourth, pulling about 29,900 TikTok views and a 4.9-star Google rating, MoCoShow reported; that spot is owned by chef Peter Chen and specializes in Taiwanese-inspired dishes, sushi burritos and poke bowls.
Gas station sushi is no longer a novelty. Items once considered niche, including sushi, boba, pot stickers and noodle bowls, are becoming mainstream expectations at convenience stores nationwide, according to C-Store Dive. The outlet noted that Hissho Sushi now runs sushi programs in more than 3,000 grocery stores, college campuses and other locations, and that among convenience stores already selling sushi, all of them reported increased sales over the past year. Another example the trade publication cited is Akami Sushi Bar, which operates inside a Han-Dee Hugo's gas station in Apex, North Carolina.
A Growing Slice of a Massive Industry
The numbers behind the trend are sizable. U.S. convenience-store foodservice and merchandise sales reached $341.2 billion in 2025, up 1.7% from the year before, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores. Foodservice accounted for 28.5% of in-store sales and nearly 39% of gross profit dollars that year, the trade group reported, with prepared food such as pizza, chicken, burgers and sandwiches making up almost 74% of foodservice sales. The average U.S. convenience store rang up more than 45,000 transactions a month in 2025, the group noted, across a nationwide footprint of nearly 152,000 locations.
