{"id":205514,"date":"2026-03-15T09:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/205514\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:30:37","slug":"ubp-burgers-food-truck-opens-first-new-braunfels-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/205514\/","title":{"rendered":"UBP Burgers food truck opens first New Braunfels restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cult-favorite food truck UBP Burgers has graduated to a brick-and-mortar. The New Braunfels favorite, known for its thick, juicy patties, has opened a fast-casual restaurant and drive-thru at 588 S Elliot Knox Blvd.<\/p>\n

Although the official address is off I-35, the restaurant is urging people to pull up to the second entrance. In several social media posts<\/a>, UBP says both the drive-thru and parking lot are more easily accessible on the Nacogdoches Street side.<\/p>\n

The food truck’s story reaches back to 2019 when owner John Evans designed and patented the Ultimate Burger Press. The plastic form has a divot in the center that presses ground meat into a doughnut-like shape that cradles toppings like cheese, cooks evenly, and achieves the caramelization of a smash burger with a much thicker patty.<\/p>\n

In 2023, Evans decided to test the invention in the real world by opening a food truck as a proof of concept. Since then, the burger joint has hooked a loyal Hill Country following that regularly votes it a top pick in the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung’s annual “Best of New Braunfels” readers poll.<\/p>\n

Now open, the restaurant serves Evans\u2019 chicken sandwiches and strips, and sides like beer-battered onion rings, queso-bacon loaded tots, and seasoned crinkle fries. But the burgers, made with quarter-, third-, and half-pound patties, are still the main attraction.<\/p>\n

When not cruising through the drive-thru, fans can order their own Ultimate Burger Press<\/a> to make their own patties at home. The website has some kooky creations that aren\u2019t on the UBP menu, including mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese and pizza burgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cult-favorite food truck UBP Burgers has graduated to a brick-and-mortar. The New Braunfels favorite, known for its thick,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1805,4178,359,423,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-205514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-burgers","tag-hill-country","tag-new-braunfels","tag-openings","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}