Virginia’s first Buc-ee’s travel center opened Monday at 6am, just off I-81 in Rockingham County, near Harrisonburg.
Why it matters: It’s the first of three planned Virginia locations for the massive, and beloved, Texas-based gas station chain.
State of play: Our first Buc-ee’s has 120 fuel pumps and 74,000 square feet of roadside convenience store offerings, open 24/7.
- But Buc-ee’s, as anyone who’s been to one knows, is more than a simple roadtrip pitstop.
- Those square feet are chock-full of treats like Beaver Nuggets, Texas barbecue, homemade fudge, kolaches, jalapeño peanut brittle and a whole wall of jerky.
- Then there are the award-winning bathrooms.
The bottom line: In the words of our colleague Adam Tamburin in Nashville, Buc-ee’s turns a roadside pitstop into “a visit to Willy Wonka’s factory.”…