Breeze Thru Convenience Store and Gas

Breeze Thru is a gas station, convenience store, and liquor store rolled into one, right on NC-12 in Avon. On a barrier island where services are strung out over dozens of miles, a stop like this earns its keep — top off your tank, grab ice and cold drinks, pick up snacks or sundries, or swing by the liquor store before settling in for the night.

It's open daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., covering most of a beach day's schedule: early enough for a morning ORV run onto the seashore, late enough to restock the cooler after a day on the water. Avon sits roughly midway down Hatteras Island, making this an easy stop for anyone traveling between Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo to the north and Buxton and Hatteras village to the south. On an island where NC-12 is the only road through and can close during storms, having a reliable spot for fuel and supplies close by is worth knowing about before you need it.