{"id":363492,"date":"2026-07-07T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/363492\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:00:09","slug":"whataburger-to-build-new-2-5m-restaurant-outside-of-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/363492\/","title":{"rendered":"Whataburger to build new $2.5M restaurant outside of Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lone Star State’s biggest burger chain is expanding its presence in Central Texas. Whataburger<\/a> is planning to build a $2.5 million\u00a0restaurant in a small town, known as a growing tech hub<\/a>,\u00a0outside of Austin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This comes as the\u00a0Corpus Christi-born fast food giant<\/a> prepares to bring back its iconic orange-and-white A-frame designs at new restaurants across the state.\u00a0Although it’s unclear if this new Whataburger in Bastrop will have the chain’s upgraded architecture integrated into its design, there could be a possibility.<\/p>\n

Construction on the new\u00a0Whataburger locations across the country is expected to begin later this year, with openings slated for early 2027. According to the TDLR, construction on the future Bastrop Whataburger is planned to begin on August 3 and is expected to be finished by the end of December, which could mean an early 2027 opening.<\/p>\n

The scope of work for the project includes the “construction of a new 3,800-square-foot fast food restaurant with sit in dining and drive-thru service.” All TDLR filings are subject to change at any time.<\/p>\n

But Bastrop isn’t the\u00a0only\u00a0Whataburger location in the Austin-area that the company has planned to upgrade this year. In January, the chain filed TDLR plans for a $2 million renovation\/alteration to one of its East Austin restaurants.<\/p>\n

Find it:\u00a0401 W. SH 71,\u00a0Bastrop, TX 78602<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lone Star State’s biggest burger chain is expanding its presence in Central Texas. Whataburger is planning to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1112,92904],"class_list":["post-363492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-mysafood","tag-mysastafff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363492","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=363492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}