{"id":263884,"date":"2026-05-08T20:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263884\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:20:27","slug":"whataburger-opens-third-tampa-bay-location-in-brandon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/263884\/","title":{"rendered":"Whataburger opens third Tampa Bay location in Brandon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"585\" data-attachment-id=\"359672\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/whataburger-opens-third-tampa-bay-location-in-brandon\/attachment\/photo-apr-30-2026-11-17-44-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-Apr-30-2026-11-17-44-AM-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1777547864&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00020699648105982&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Whataburger Brandon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-Apr-30-2026-11-17-44-AM-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C585&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Photo-Apr-30-2026-11-17-44-AM.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of a Whataburger zoomed into the name on the building with orange and white decorative flags above the building and a tent below it. The building number (1426) is visible\" class=\"wp-image-359672\"  \/>Credit: Press Marketing<\/p>\n<p>Texas\u2019s most famous burger chain is making a swift return to Tampa Bay. <\/p>\n<p>Whataburger opened at 1426 W Brandon Blvd. on April 30. The Brandon location, like most Whataburgers, is open for dine-in and drive-thru 24\/7. <\/p>\n<p>The chain opened a Lutz location also in April and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/food-drink\/tampa-bays-first-whataburger-opens-this-week-in-largo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Largo<\/a> spot in February. Whataburgers are also planned for Orlando and Fort Myers later this year, adding to more than 50 Florida locations. <\/p>\n<p>In 1959, Whataburger opened its first location outside of the Lone Star State in Pensacola. Tampa Bay was once home to at least eight Whataburger locations in the late-\u201990s and early-2000s, which have all closed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recent Stories<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tBring canned foods, dry good, breakfast items and other donations for the Feeding Tampa Bay collection.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/razorblade-suitcase-is-30-years-old-and-bush-will-play-a-lot-of-it-at-clearwater-concert\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bush-photo-by-Ben-Alexis--scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018Razorblade Suitcase\u2019 is 30 years old, and Bush will play a lot of it at Clearwater concert\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\"   data-attachment-id=\"359735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/bush-photo-by-ben-alexis\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bush-photo-by-Ben-Alexis--scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1668&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1668\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LEICA M11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775861169&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.011111111111111&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bush photo by Ben Alexis\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bush&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bush-photo-by-Ben-Alexis--scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C508&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tGavin Rossdale &amp; 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Prior to joining CL in 2025, she started the Axios Tampa Bay newsletter and worked for her hometown paper, The Capital in Annapolis,&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/selene\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Selene San Felice\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Press Marketing Texas\u2019s most famous burger chain is making a swift return to Tampa Bay. 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