No, you didn’t get lost on the turnpike. The very first Wawa gas station opened in the Triangle on Thursday, July 24.
This phenomenon of gas-pumping, hoagie-grabbing, coffee-swigging convenience stores has long been one of the greatest wants for Triangle transplants from the Northeast.
Wawa opened Thursday at 55 Masonboro Dr. in Garner, off of Interstate 40 and Highway 42. The popular Pennsylvania-born gas station opened its first North Carolina location last year in the Outer Banks. Other Wawas have opened in Wilson, Goldsboro, Greenville and Rocky Mount…