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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Buc-ee’s is coming!.....................
Passed by the Arizona location of the I-10 last weekend end and it looks well under way. It’s really huge and at that location they’re going to get a ton of traffic.
The first time my wife walked into one, it was buzzing like Walmart a day before Christmas... she just stood there in shock and then said “we’ve GOT to buy stock in this place!”
She was so bummed when I told her it was privately held...no stock.
We have driven nearly 200 miles out of our direct path home, just to go and do Buc-ee’s again. Most unbelievable gas station experience on the planet.
Let’s Goooo, Buc-ees!!!
It isn’t fair. All my state ever gets is Californians.
Don’t waste your money on the Buc-ee’s waffle maker.
Great, now the rest of the country can pay $10 for a burrito.
My new Buc-ee’s billboard says, ‘You had us at hello.’ Can’t wait. Fresh brisket for breakfast.
Full Stop at The Sign of The Beaver!
Is Oklahoma one of the states?
Got a Three Bears less than a mile away here on the Peninsula.
Goes to show. All a business needs is one or two “halo” products. A product that no other company can beat.
I don’t know their business plan, but I hate when I see a company get so big that they are everywhere. McDonalds and Starbucks come to mind. So big, and the prices go up, and the quality declines. Buc-ees isn’t that big yet. I would rather see them open some stores that have the same cachet, but that specialize in different products...like a good competitor (with quality products) to Cabelas, or Home Depot, Lowes, or Harbor Freight.
I have been to Buccees in Tennessee and in Virginia. The cleanest public bathrooms on the planet.
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.
They seem to sell non-alcoholic, pure gas but maybe not top tier gas
I went there once ... never again ... never ...
I read that. But it talks about opening in 6 states NEXT year.
I live in Goodyear, it’s played havoc with the traffic at that intersection for about a year
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