Whataburger - Phillips Hwy - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 14.554 W 081° 35.897
17R E 442437 N 3345815
This Whataburger restaurant is part of a regional burger chain spread throughout the southern United States. It is one of nine Whataburger restaurants currently in the greater Jacksonville area.
Waymark Code: WM6XG6
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 08/02/2009
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Wikipedia:
Whataburger is a privately held, regional fast food restaurant specializing in hamburgers. The company, established by Harmon Dobson, opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 8, 1950. By 1960 the chain had grown to 17 locations in Texas, Tennessee and Florida. Today, Whataburger Restaurants, LP is still owned and operated by the Dobson family and has nearly 700 locations in the United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia). Operations in Mexico have currently been suspended. The corporate headquarters is in Corpus Christi, Texas, but will move to San Antonio sometime in 2009. The datacenter that hosts its sites and information is located in Austin.
Whataburger is known for its distinctive A-framed, orange-and-white striped roofed buildings (newer buildings are built similar to other fast-food chains, though the roof is built in the orange-and-white triangular shape). The first A-frame restaurant, which is still standing, was built in Odessa, Texas. There are currently over a dozen of these type restaurants still in operation.
Aside from the classic Whataburger, other menu items include the Whataburger Jr. (a smaller version of the Whataburger), the Justaburger (a Whataburger Jr. with only mustard, pickles, and onions), the Whatacatch fish sandwich, Whatachick'n, breakfast sandwiches and taquitos. Whataburger's breakfast menu is served from 11:00 p.m. through 11:00 a.m. each day, a wider window than most other fast-food restaurants, and all regular menu items are still available during breakfast service.
This particular Whataburger restaurant is located on Phillips Hwy near its intersection with Butler Blvd, a very busy intersection. There are several other restaurants nearby so this is a mecca for the lunchtime work crowds as there are quite a few businesses in this vicinity, but not too many residences.