Service and recreation signs
Food sign
There are restaurants at the next exit, anything from a drive through window to a sit down dining room.
- Square
- Blue
- MUTCD D9-8
Shape and background first
Federal designation D9-8 in the MUTCD, the national standard every state signs to. Often paired with a separate panel listing specific restaurant names or logos just past the main services sign.
What the MUTCD specifies
Designation: D9-8
MUTCD Section 2I.02
Conventional road size: 24 x 24 in
Source: Federal Highway Administration, MUTCD 11th Edition (December 2023), Part 2, Table 2I-1, verified 2026-09-26.
What the test wants you to know
The mistake people make
This sign and the gas sign get confused on picture based tests mostly because they sit on the same blue panel, not because they look alike. Learn the fork and knife against the fuel pump directly rather than relying on where each icon usually sits.
