re: So is The Texan a straight up knock off of Buc-cee’s?

The McDowell's appears to be Korean from the language on the far left sign in the background.

Husband drove past a Buccee's in north Alabama last week. It's at an exit to Athens where he'd never seen traffic before. then along came Buccee's and the place was packed and traffic backed up onto the exit ramp from the interstate highway.