Whataburger is Coming!

Whataburger is coming to White Oak! I enjoy seeing the progress as the workers put the familiar orange and white trim on the former Wendy's, It was over ten years ago that Wendy's became the first of several fast-food chains to expand to my town. White Oak has always been more of a bedroom community, with no real downtown, as such, and a population of about 5000.

When I first moved here in 1993, the only fast-food restaurant was a Dairy Queen. When Wendy's came, they opted to add onto an already existing structure rather than build a free-standing store. This practice now seems to have become fairly common. When McDonald's built a store here, they were part of a convenience store. Taco Bell and Sonic also put stores in White Oak.

Whataburger started in 1950 in Corpus Christi. While it is easy to find a McDonald's in most any part of the world, Whataburger is limited mostly to Texas and the surrounding states. It is sort of a Texas tradition, rather like Dairy Queen. The stores have the orange and white trim on the outside. On the inside, the lettering on the menus is a throwback to the fifties. Many stores are built around a unique theme.

One thing I appreciate is that many stores are open 24 hours a day. So if hunger strikes in the middle of the night, you can grab a breakfast taquito (similar to a McDonald's breakfast burrito.)

Whataburger should be great addition to White Oak.