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Posted on 05/14/2026 1:23:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
As good, pro-business, pro-prosperity conservatives, we should love a success story like Buc-ee's, and I'm pretty darn sure most of you readers do. I'm a recent convert to Buc-ee's myself, having first experienced this wonderful mega-convenience store/souvenir store/truck stop/fast food joint for myself just last February, on a feral hog hunting jaunt to Texas. It's a great place, a great business model, and they have great barbecue brisket sandwiches.
Now, in the next year or two, they will be expanding into at least six new states.
At least six states are slated to open their first Buc-ee's locations by the end of next year, including two states expected to debut sites in the coming months of 2026.
The Texas-based gas station chain — known for its oversized travel plazas with clean restrooms and beaver-themed merchandise — is expected to open locations in Arizona and Arkansas later this year.
Buc-ee’s inaugural locations for next year also include Wisconsin, Louisiana, Kansas and North Carolina.
While the company’s website currently lists 55 locations across 12 states, the planned expansion would extend Buc-ee's into 20 states.
Sadly, Alaska isn't on the list. And Texas, of course, remains the heart of Buc-ee's, and that's appropriate.
While six states are expected to receive their first beaver-branded mega travel centers under Buc-ee's expansion plans, several states already home to the chain are also set for additional locations.
Texas will open its 37th Buc-ee’s site in July in San Marcos, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
That's a lot of brisket.
If you've never been in a Buc-ee's, well, it's hard to know where to begin to describe these great places. It seems a lot like the famed Alice's Restaurant, in which you can get anything you want, ranging from Buc-ee's swag, including t-shirts, hoodies, caps, and even (of course) stuffed versions of the famous beaver mascot. Want a six-pack of beer or a bag of beef jerky? You can get that, too. Hard candy? Ditto. A carton of smokes? Again, yes. The only part of the great trio they don't offer is guns, making them one leg short of being a true ATF - alcohol, tobacco & firearms - outlet.
For now, it seems, the southern United States and parts of the Midwest are going to be the primary locations for these great stores.
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So, no, Alaska won't be on the list, and that's mildly saddening; to enjoy an authentic Buc-ee's barbecue brisket sandwich still requires a long plane ride and, in most places, a trip by car, to follow. But we do have Three Bears here in the Great Land, an equally great chain named so because Alaska is the only U.S. state to have three native bears: Black, brown (grizzly), and polar. Three Bears is, in their larger locations, also an honest alcohol, tobacco & firearms outlet, in that one can buy all three under one roof. No brisket sandwiches, though.
Life is full of these little tradeoffs.
As it happens, I captured my first Buc-ee's visit in an Alaska Man Monday video. Here, watch:
VIDEO AT LINK.................
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In South Carolina, they do not have cinnamon rolls. I drove two hours out of my way to get them.
Allrighty Then...
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What’s the Offramp?
I was thinking....?
None in Georgia as yet.
I’d stop if they had a bumper sticker that said,
“I STOP FOR BEAVERS!”.
“It seems a lot like the famed Alice’s Restaurant, in which you can get anything you want*”
*Except for Alice.
CC
Caution: I brake for beaver!!!!!
Litchfield and I-10 just East of Hy 303.
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thanks got It.
Oh
It opens June 22nd 6am.
Try the Briskit
I’ll be Here All week!
Wally’s is better because they allow trucks to park, but there are only 3, one in MO, one in IL, and coming soon, one in IN.
Thanks. Didn’t know that.
Arizona, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Louisiana,North Carolina.Kansas
I’ve got one 35 minutes from here, at the next exit on I-75 from where we get on. We’ve got the process figured out, including when to punt when it’s too crowded.
>>None in Georgia as yet
The country in SW Asia? Correct.
But there are at least two in the state, one in Calhoun, one in Fort Valley. And there may be one on I-95 south of Savannah now.
But can I get a fountain Coke Zero there for less than $1.00?
You’re welcome.
Not sure. It’s in Goodyear on the south side of the freeway. Big yellow signage with a beaver; can’t miss it.
Nope.............
Going in HOT!
HILARIOUS 😂
Perhaps in 5 Weeks you’ll have a Deeper understanding of Buc Kees Fees!
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I can’t wait
They tend to have cheaper gas too. Not sure if they get top tier or not but we still fill up the tank and our tummies when we are travelling.
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