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Done in by Wawa, Sheets gas station closed

By: KHbiker
7/20/2025 12:30 PM

Driving by today I noticed the Sheets gas station is no more. Obviously done in by the new Wawa.

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By: johnbt
7/21/2025 9:15 AM

How old is it? They often close a store to remodel or rebuild.

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By: Bill
7/21/2025 9:28 AM

Where was there a Sheetz?


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By: ezbuckwheat
7/21/2025 9:47 AM

There once was a gas station where Island Dyes in KDH is now. It used to belong to a man named John Sheets. But that was years ago.



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By: W&M OBX
7/21/2025 10:02 AM

Where was there a Sheetz?


Bill


Was wondering the same. Looked it up, and there are no Sheetz stores in NE NC or SE Va. Closest one to Nags Head is in Washington, NC, about 100 miles away.

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By: NCSU Dad
7/21/2025 10:07 AM

Is it the Speedway that was Hess? USA Flag
Besides many of their pumps not working Speedway was not a bad place to buy gas & misc.

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By: KHbiker
7/22/2025 7:37 AM

My Bad! It was a Speedway! I mixed up the "S'es"! It is closed.

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By: Tim-OBX
7/22/2025 8:59 AM

My Bad! It was a Speedway! I mixed up the "S'es"! It is closed.

KHbiker


I was also wondering where a Sheets was. It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

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By: oldmember
7/22/2025 10:12 AM

My Bad! It was a Speedway! I mixed up the "S'es"! It is closed.

KHbiker


I was also wondering where a Sheets was. It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

Tim-OBX


Another WaWa on the other side of 158 to get the north bound traffic

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By: KHbiker
7/22/2025 11:20 AM

It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

Tim-OBX


Well, you can be sure it's not going to be a gas station! Since the building is built as one they may knock it down and start over.

Ok, I'll start the rumors! Arby's, Popeyes Chicken, Bojangles, Taco Bell!

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By: Tim-OBX
7/22/2025 2:23 PM

It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

Tim-OBX


Well, you can be sure it's not going to be a gas station! Since the building is built as one they may knock it down and start over.

Ok, I'll start the rumors! Arby's, Popeyes Chicken, Bojangles, Taco Bell!

KHbiker


Yes, Arby's or Popeyes or Hardee's Banana Banana

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By: oldmember
7/22/2025 4:46 PM

It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

Tim-OBX


Well, you can be sure it's not going to be a gas station! Since the building is built as one they may knock it down and start over.

Ok, I'll start the rumors! Arby's, Popeyes Chicken, Bojangles, Taco Bell!

KHbiker


Yes, Arby's or Popeyes or Hardee's Banana Banana

Tim-OBX


How about 'IN -N-OUT'

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By: KHbiker
7/23/2025 9:20 AM

>>>How about 'IN -N-OUT'<<<

I think they're just a west coast thing.....

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By: ezbuckwheat
7/23/2025 10:56 AM

K & W

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or any reasonably priced cafeteria or buffet.

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By: Greg MD
7/23/2025 11:21 AM

Good idea, EZ. That brought to mind an Amish market; one might be wildly successful there (they are amazing) but upon further searching, the last time any Amish lived in the area was 1944. Scratch that idea.

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By: ezbuckwheat
7/23/2025 11:45 AM

Good idea, EZ. That brought to mind an Amish market; one might be wildly successful there (they are amazing) but upon further searching, the last time any Amish lived in the area was 1944. Scratch that idea.

Greg MD



The pandemic put an end to a lot of buffets. And a lot of them, including my two favorites, never came back. On the state line on 168 was the best ever— Southland, still there but no longer a buffet. With the senior discount, the lunch buffet was priced at eight dollars. It was like grandmom‘s on Thanksgiving day, some of the best home country cooking anywhere ever. My best dog park buddy was the chef at the Outer Banks hospital. I told him about it and after he ate there, he told me it was the best fried chicken he had ever eaten in his life.

The other one was the Circle Restaurant in Elizabeth City. Similar price and similar quality of food. I miss those two buffets every time I head north to Virginia or Elizabeth City.

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By: ezbuckwheat
7/23/2025 11:22 PM

>>>How about 'IN -N-OUT'<<<

I think they're just a west coast thing.....

KHbiker


They are moving their headquarters from California to Tennessee, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they soon start growing in the east rapidly.

Click to follow link...

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By: eastcoast
7/25/2025 3:23 PM

It does not surprise me Speedway closed, what will go there I wonder. Sugar Kingdom or a bank maybe.

Tim-OBX


Well, you can be sure it's not going to be a gas station! Since the building is built as one they may knock it down and start over.

Ok, I'll start the rumors! Arby's, Popeyes Chicken, Bojangles, Taco Bell!

KHbiker


Yes, Arby's or Popeyes or Hardee's Banana Banana

Tim-OBX


How about 'IN -N-OUT'

oldmember


Could be IN-N-OUT. They are moving their HQ out of California to Tennessee.

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By: Greg MD
7/25/2025 4:51 PM

Considering the failure rate of fast food joints there, I would not expect another one to come and try their luck. Not enough customers to support that kind of business.

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By: jsncrso
7/29/2025 5:56 PM

It was a really nice gas station years ago, but the last few times I've stopped in there the past couple of years, it was definitely run down and had some shady people hanging around, and driving by, it always seemed empty.\

Speaking of buffets, has the Chinese one next to the Outer Banks Hospital started doing their buffet again? I know when I was last there a couple of years ago, the lady said they were going to open it back up eventually

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By: ezbuckwheat
7/29/2025 7:08 PM

It was a really nice gas station years ago, but the last few times I've stopped in there the past couple of years, it was definitely run down and had some shady people hanging around, and driving by, it always seemed empty.\

Speaking of buffets, has the Chinese one next to the Outer Banks Hospital started doing their buffet again? I know when I was last there a couple of years ago, the lady said they were going to open it back up eventually

jsncrso




I’m glad you asked that because I’ve been meaning to stop and see if they ever started it back. Although the current website says that they have a buffet, I called them and was told no. I used to eat there whenever I was down that way because after the Western Sizlin in KDH closed, it was the only affordable buffet on the beach.

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