She has worked as a kitchen manager there for 14 years. "We printed up fliers and invited
the townspeople," she said. She was married in the small aisle next to the station's six formica tables three years ago, surrounded by store employees and regulars. "We have such a small staff -- the only way everyone could be there was to have it at the station."
The food was also a no-brainer. She served her guests heaping platters of their rightfully famous chicken on a stick. The dish has become the stuff of legend among the Ole Miss crowd, inspiring knockoffs at other gas stations around town. But none compare to the Four Corners. A foot-long chicken tender is seasoned with a top-secret spice blend, battered, fried until the skin is crisp enough to snap between your fingers, and then impaled, kebab-like, on a skewer. The ease of gobbling perfect fried chicken off a stick might be what makes Four Corners the perfect late-night snack spot for generations of students, who stumble in after last call to soak up some of the beer in their stomachs. And it has made the Four Corners a community center of sorts.
"We have people that have been coming in since I started," Lantrip-Cevera said, "and the college students become like family. We take care of them, especially the ones that come in late at night. They come in here and act stupid, and you watch them grow up."
The food at the Four Corners, like many gas stations in the South, is simple and tasty; there are no drizzles, no deconstruction. It's built from tradition and served with the care that the cooks and owners would take in making a meal for their own families. To some degree, the customers are family. In short, the food is honest. https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-south-best-gas-station-food/food-and-drink
