Like I said earlier, Buc-ee's is a life-changing experience.
“...but nowhere to sit down to eat its treats”
That’s so they aren’t required to have bathrooms.
Bucee’s has huge clean bathrooms with an attendant.
Not a restaurant in some states, so that means different insurances and associated costs. I wouldn’t sit and eat myself since it’s just a big gas station — gas, food, drinks, and git is the way I travel. But I figure once the dust settles, there’ll be at least outdoor seating (using Maverik as an analog here).
A trick I never heard of until your post.
In the 1970s I heard restrooms had lots of “Out of Order” signs to prevent drug addicts from shooting up and people from having sex in them. All, or nearly all, were still working fine.
Then “No Vacancy” on thousands of motels off interstates. But if you ask, and you look respectable, they said “oh, we have a vacancy after all.”
Another was a Korean nail salon located in the outer area inside a large supermarket-discount store which had one less than the illegal amount of marijuana plants under lights. (When that was illegal). Exactly one. So could pretend for assumed personal use misdemeanor.
Like I said earlier, Buc-ee's is a life-changing experience.
They have lots of clean bathrooms. That is why I stop.
They are NOT a stop and eat place.
You stop. Get gas. Go to the Bathroom. Buy trinkets. Buy snacks.
Then you hit the road.
There's one of these 120 pump Buc-ees near me in Central Kentucky as well. They do have bathrooms. I think you can rent a shower stall too.
You have apparently not ever been to a Buc-ees.
They have the best bathrooms in any public place and there are probably at least 40 or more. They are all immaculate.
I spoke with the bathroom attendant at Buckee’s in Alabama....... his salary was $22 per hour