Years of Rumors, Sixteen Pumps, One Date: Wawa Opens Its First Nashville Store Nov. 19
Nashville has been hearing about Wawa for years. On Thursday, Nov. 19, it finally gets one. The Pennsylvania-born convenience chain has announced that its first store inside Nashville proper will open that day at 8033 Highway 100, in the Bellevue area, ZIP code 37221.
It will be the company's sixth location in Tennessee. The first opened in Clarksville on June 18, and stores are already running in Dickson, Murfreesboro, Lebanon and Manchester. The chain is expected to have seven operating Middle Tennessee locations by the end of 2026, which means the Nashville store is part of a fast-moving push rather than a one-off.
What is going up on Highway 100
Permit paperwork describes the site as a building of about 5,915 square feet with a 7,150-square-foot fueling canopy and 16 fuel pumps. That is a full-size fueling site, not a corner kiosk, with enough pumps to keep a morning rush moving. Add the building and the canopy together and the project covers a little over 13,000 square feet under roof.
Why the wait felt so long
Nashville's Wawa story is older than the building. Reports dating back to 2023 had the company working toward a Nashville debut, and at that point accounts suggested construction on a local store would not get going until 2025. The date slid, as dates on new developments often do, and the chain meanwhile opened elsewhere in the region first. For anyone who has watched Wawa fans swap hoagie stories from road trips to the East Coast, the announcement of an actual opening day is the news.
What it means for the west side
Highway 100 is a busy west-side corridor, and a large fueling station with a food counter changes the morning and evening routine for commuters who live out toward Bellevue. Neighbors in other Middle Tennessee towns have already watched their own Wawa open. J3 Media's coverage of the Murfreesboro opening and the hoagie taste test and of Wilson County's first store shows what a first-week crowd looks like.
It lands in a busy stretch for new openings around the city, including the 380-seat Puesto at Nashville Yards, which J3 Media covered this week.
What is not known yet
The announcement gives the date and the address. It does not, in what has been made public so far, spell out the opening hour, any grand-opening events or giveaways, or how many jobs the store will carry, so check the company's own channels as the date gets closer. Whether you are a longtime fan or a curious skeptic, Nov. 19 gives you something concrete to plan around. If the schedule holds, the sixth Tennessee store will be open a week before Thanksgiving, in time for the holiday travel rush.
Image: illustrative, AI-generated – not the actual location.
