{"id":869639,"date":"2026-08-27T00:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T00:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T00:40:13","slug":"major-celebrity-burger-chain-quietly-shuts-multiple-australian-venues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/869639\/","title":{"rendered":"Major celebrity burger chain quietly shuts multiple Australian venues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future of Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg\u2019s burger chain<\/a> Wahlburgers is in doubt, with four of its six Australian locations closing their doors including its marquee location at Circular Quay in Sydney. This comes after the 2023 collapse of F45, the Australian-born gym chain in which the actor was an early investor<\/p>\n

A notice at the Wahlburgers Circular Quay location reads: \u201cAfter four remarkable years, Wahlburgers will officially close its doors from Monday, July 20th. We\u2019re incredibly proud of what we\u2019ve created here, and [are] deeply grateful for the loyalty and support of our wonderful guests and neighbours<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Multiple Wahlburgers locations have quietly closed in Australia.\u00a0Facebook\/Supplied<\/p>\n

The Circular Quay restaurant opened to much fanfare in February 2022 as part of a $50 million partnership with United Cinemas.<\/p>\n

Although COVID travel restrictions meant Mark Wahlberg\u2019s plan to attend the opening were cancelled, the actor promoted the opening via video link and on social media.<\/p>\n

Additional locations soon followed in Manly, Byron Bay, and Warriewood. These have also now closed.<\/p>\n

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The future of Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg\u2019s burger chain Wahlburgers is in doubt.\u00a0Instagram\/@wahlburgers<\/p>\n

Nine.com.au contacted Wahlburgers at Bringelly in New South Wales and Surfers Paradise in Queensland and confirmed they remain open.<\/p>\n

Wahlburgers and United Cinemas have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

When the venture was first launched, there were plans to roll out more than 20 additional locations across Australia and New Zealand. Planned locations at Craigieburn in Melbourne and Rockingham in Perth never came to fruition.<\/p>\n

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Wahlburgers at Manly, Byron, and Warriewood have also closed.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

Wahlburgers was founded in 2011 by Mark Wahlberg and his brothers Donnie and Paul. The famous brothers opened 51 locations across the US and Canada ahead of their Australian launch.<\/p>\n

Mark Wahlberg got his start as a singer with the hit single Good Vibration before forging a successful acting career in Hollywood. Brother Donnie is best known as a member of the music group New Kids On The Block, but he too is a successful actor. Brother Paul is a chef and the inspiration behind the burger chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis all started with my brother Chef Paul who has spent his entire career in the kitchen,\u201d Mark Wahlberg explained in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last 10 years he\u2019s dedicated himself to bringing guests an exceptional experience, no matter where in the world they are visiting Wahlburgers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The future of Wahlburgers in Australia is now in doubt.\u00a0Instagram\/@wahlburgers<\/p>\n

The chain was the subject of the television series\u00a0Wahlburgers, which debuted on\u00a0A&E\u00a0in 2014 and aired for 10 seasons over five years.<\/p>\n

Wahlburgers partnered with several high-profile corporate entities, franchisees, and groups across the US, Canada, and Australia, to expand its restaurant and retail footprint. <\/p>\n

In the US the burger chain partnered with multiple companies including Hy-Vee, SSP America, and Delaware North, with these partnerships resulting in Wahlburgers locations opening in shopping centres and airport terminals across the country.<\/p>\n

Wahlberg said in a statement ahead of the opening of its first Australian partnership he was \u201cexcited\u201d to be partnering with United Cinemas in Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love all the things we have in common, especially family, film, restaurant experience and music,\u201d the actor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to our first opening and visiting with my brothers and Wahlburgers co-founders, Chef Paul Wahlberg and Donnie Wahlberg.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wahlburgers serves American-style burgers, onion rings, and pickles.\u00a0Instagram\/@wahlburgers<\/p>\n

At its peak there were as many as 109 Wahlburgers locations around the world including in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. In 2024 multiple Wahlburgers locations closed, reducing the chain to approximately 32 locations globally.<\/p>\n

Several Wahlburger food trucks that operate in partnership with Home Depot Partnership in the US are reportedly still in business, and the burger chain\u2019s signature sauce Wahl Sauce is sold in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future of Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg\u2019s burger chain Wahlburgers is in doubt, with four of its six…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-869639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}