This post just shows how many Americans are on here. Buc-ees is shit. What other country would turn a gas station into a tourist attraction. Its sort of like a church for giant gas-guzzling child-smashing cars. Oh and dont forget to take a shit while you are there, tell your friends!
When WALL DRUG did it, it was cool
I don’t understand wall drug either, but to be fair I didn’t stop because I was trying to get through south Dakota as fast as possible
Preach brother! Smite the ignorant heathens for they willingly choose retardation instead of glory.
In France there’s some really nice gas stations on some of the popular highways. In the summer there’s so many tourists going on vacation through these that some of them even set up temporary art exhibitions or special activities like bouldering, bow&arrows, etc. I remember doing my first “dive” in a special water cube on the parking lot of Montélimar’s station when I was a kid, good times. Of course none of that is even remotely similar to putting a beaver themed slop-shop and calling it a day, the shops mostly just sell local products and the usual essentials.
In my lifetime the French petrol station toilets went from horrible squat toilets where you needed to bring your own paper to pretty well maintained, mostly really clean experiences.
There are still some stops without petrol stations that have unmanned toilets. Those can be a bit rough, but generally it’s really good.
Yeah these days the standard on the toilets have gone way up (and stayed free, looking at you Belgium/NL), TBH for me even the unmanned ones are okay in case of emergency, it’s more that these stops lack a simple row of vending machines imo so I only use them if I really just need a quick bio break, they could be so much better as a more nature/calm alternative to the ones with shops.
The big stations along “autoroute du soleil” have been huge for a while though, at least since my childhood over 30 years ago. Beaune, Montélimar, etc.
French gas stations just make me think of ‘The Vanishing’. Such a great film.
I would be so interested to see what a gas station bouldering popup looks like…
That’s a nice obscure reference there, lots of interesting trivia around that film and as a french living in NL, sounds like I should watch this. Looks pretty janky though haha.
France is doing it correctly, that sounds awesome. I wanna go to a gas station, get hopped up on some fumes and then start blasting arrows in every direction
I mean Rudy’s is all right. Best “bad” BBQ you’ll ever eat. Started in gas station and is now a chain across Texas and a few other states. Original gas station is still there, only now it’s just a restaurant. They make my favorite BBQ sause.
Arch Aplin, the owner of Buc-ee’s, is a huge Republican donor who backs Trump-aligned candidates in Texas, including Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton. Buc-ee’s really lost me when they opened one in Bastrop on 71 and planted a billboard over Hruska’s, trying to drive away their business, but I would never go there regardless.
So villainous Dolly Parton is opening a series of alternative chains
Perusing the comments here makes me glad to be loyal to no corporation. I really have Nestle to thank. Knowing how evil they are from a young age has proven one of the best barometers.
The brisket is beaver meat.
I used to pit stop at the original buccees for the nice bathrooms back in the day. Small place, nice bathrooms, a little kitsch.
Then they did the new ones. I am from here and they still completely astound me. The jerky is good though so I stop and get a supply about once a year. Then I am shocked when they scream about brisket.
I would stop in for the bathroom.
I was in awe at their bathrooms the first time I went to one.
Like a Walmart, Cracker Barrel, and a truck stop had a 3-way and out popped this abomination. I went once, never again.
I never heard of Buccees before but YouTuber Joe Scott hyped it up. But he’s Texan so of course he’s proud.
Buc-ees is the only good thing about Texas.
HEB though.
Yeah. The one by my apartment had a tortilla press… That and hot sauce was my midnight snack
And they say the orcs have no culture
Don’t try to park overnight at Bucees, they’ll kick you out and threaten to have you towed if you don’t leave fast enough.
And notice how they have a bunch of fresh cooked food but no place to sit and eat? All they want is your money and then for you to gtfo quick.
On a long road trip i keep camping stools (the tripod ones) in my car and use a cooler as the table. Nothing is gonna stop me from getting the XXL brisket sandwich
no place to sit and eat
Jokes on them, I eat right inside the store.
Actually fuck Buc-ees or whatever that gross Republican beaver is.
And here on the East Coast we already have Wawa and Sheetz so let’s not pretend Beaver Barn is special in literally any way.
Very clean bathrooms.
I’ve never been disappointed in a Sheetz or Wawa bathroom, but I guess maybe I could just have good luck on that one
Sheetz is the goddamn best my god.
Except the beaver nuggets
Admittedly I’ve never had them, but they look and sound like Corn Pops cereal, which is available everywhere.
Americans are so fucking dumb its embarrassing.
You’ve clearly never experienced the jerkey counter at Buc-ee’s.
More seriously: if you happen to be in Texas, and you’re driving somewhere, and you go by one, it’s amusing to check out. And the jerkey selection is bonkers, and they make it all, so it’s super fresh and great quality. But yeah, overall, it’s a bit hilariously overblown. The cult following is a bit much.
Jerky… Counter?
Goddamnit, yet another reason to visit a country right at the time I’d probably get arrested on the way in.
Get some peppered and call it a day. None of the others compare.
How you gonna just ignore Bohemian Garlic like that?!
Wut
Dammit you weren’t supposed to make me like them. I don’t even eat jerky
I have jerked off on a counter yes.
Funny thats what I told your mother on the counter lol.
Kindly go fuck yourself. The idiots are a minority and I’m sure there are plenty of morons from your area as well.
Are they a minority though? Because the last election kinda proved otherwise.
are you capable of doing math?
Yes, for example in 2024 Trump took more votes than Harris.
- ~77 million votes for Trump
- ~75 million votes for Harris
- ~90 million didn’t vote
77+90 million “stupid” people vs 75 million “smart” people. I think that easily qualifies for most people are stupid.
Does math matter when you lose and they kill us all?
Yes, but not because they have fun gimmicks on gas stations
The gimmick is we have gas stations in 2026. Whoa what if we built a gas station across the street from a gas station. Whoa what if we build a gas station so big you couldn’t see the gas station across the street! And there was a walmart inside to sell us slop. And the shitters are clean and the doors provide privacy. Yeah im laughing at you all.
Clean as fuck bathrooms, pretty decent bbq, affordable snacks, jerky for days, cheapest ice you will find, they pay their employees a fair wage…
We are dumb, but not because of this.
Never work for a company that does not give employees a break during an 8 hour shift. I mean they’re not even allowed to sit down. Not even lying
Hell yeah brother america is great again enjoy trump you deserve it.
The Cult of Buc-ees is only rivaled by the cult of personality of Kim Jong Un.
