{"id":151934,"date":"2026-02-11T19:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151934\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:07:20","slug":"whataburger-returns-to-tampa-bay-with-new-largo-opening-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/151934\/","title":{"rendered":"Whataburger returns to Tampa Bay with new Largo opening this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">After more than 15 years, a popular Texas burger chain is making its long-awaited return to Tampa Bay this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Pinellas County\u2019s only Whataburger will open Thursday, February 12th at 10150 Ulmerton Road in Largo, near Largo Mall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The grand opening begins at 11 a.m., with free Whataburger merchandise available for the first 100 people in line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The restaurant is also offering a free kids meal with the purchase of any Whatameal from February 12th through March 12th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The new location will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Founded in Texas, Whataburger is known for its large, customizable burgers topped with options like bacon, avocado, jalape\u00f1os and its signature creamy pepper sauce. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Menu staples include the Sweet &amp; Spicy Bacon Burger, the Patty Melt served on Texas toast, and the Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Sandwich. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than 15 years, a popular Texas burger chain is making its long-awaited return to Tampa Bay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-151934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-st-pete","9":"tag-st-pete-headlines","10":"tag-st-pete-news","11":"tag-st-petersburg","12":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","13":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}