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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Openings & Closings

Sorry, Whataburger fans, there's no KC restaurant in the works right now

Posted by Jonathan Bender on Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:30 AM

Sorry, theres not going to one near you (at least not in the near future).
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  • Sorry, there's not going to be one near you (at least not in the near future).
Twitter has a way of codifying rumors — taking a hopeful tweet and spinning it into a small frenzy of happy online folks who, in the span of a weekend, turn my Twitter feed into a cartwheeling celebration trumpeting the arrival of Whataburger in Kansas City. While I don't doubt the love for the Texas-based chain, I didn't think Twitter was breaking news this time.

"I don't have any information on that currently," said a Whataburger spokesperson when I contacted their media hot line.

I'm sorry I don't have better news for fans of the Whatacatch (Whataburger's fish filet sandwich) that is still at least four and a half hours away in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Whataburger is perhaps on our minds because of Kansas State's appearance in the Cotton Bowl — there are 19 locations in Dallas alone — and Lunch Blog KC's attempts to build a Whatafarm (a burger, fried chicken, bacon and fried-egg sandwich).

I did leave my contact information, so if a Whataburger is actually in the works in the Kansas City area (the spokesperson suggested that the first sign of this would be in the zoning process), you'll be the first to know.

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I'm with Abe, the first time I ate a Whataburger in Stillwater, OK I had a serious case of the shits.

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Posted by Severin on 01/12/2012 at 11:23 AM

I don't know what it is about those stupid pull-top ketchup packets that I love so much...I'm sure it has something to do with Modernist Cuisine.

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Posted by Zeemanb on 01/10/2012 at 12:50 PM

Abe, do you wear an onion on your belt and yell at clouds?

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Posted by PharmD72 on 01/10/2012 at 12:16 PM

It blows my mind when people actually think one fast food chain is "better" than another. Same shit, different color.

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Posted by Abe on 01/10/2012 at 11:59 AM

why o why cant we have whataburger here??? It is a joy of my brothers to send me pictures of them eating a whataburger on their way to our home state of Texas to torture me and vice versa..The family would be in heaven if they did open here. Whoever started that rumor is very cuel lol

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Posted by Rebecca Renee on 01/10/2012 at 11:54 AM

@c: Tulsa

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Posted by PharmD72 on 01/10/2012 at 11:40 AM

Wheres the nearest city to KC that has a Whataburger ?? After all this hype i want to try one

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Posted by c on 01/10/2012 at 11:22 AM

Not sure what it is about Whataburger....their burgers remind me a lot of Sonic, but for some reason I am much more satisfied eating a meal from Whata then I am Sonic..

Must be a 'sum of the parts' type scenario....

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Posted by HanksCabbageandCasual on 01/10/2012 at 10:11 AM

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! I miss Whataburger! Their Fancy Ketchup is the best fast-food ketchup, hands-down.

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Posted by Megan on 01/10/2012 at 10:06 AM

Whataburger is awesome and they should definitely bring that delicious greasiness to KC

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Posted by sad on 01/10/2012 at 9:11 AM
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