Food
Kansas City region’s first Whataburger restaurant is set to open next week; Opening dates declared
Whataburger’s first restaurant in the Kansas City metro will open Monday. The Lee’s Summit restaurant at 1450 Douglas St. is set to open at 11 a.m. on Nov. 15.
The first Kansas City-region Whataburger is scheduled to open Monday in Lees Summit, followed by Independence later this month.
The Lees Summit Whataburger location would be the first in the metro to open, the organization said it will open an aggregate of two restaurants in the Kansas City metro this month.
The organization likewise released expected dates for more than a dozen extra Whataburger locations across the Kansas City region through 2023.
The Lees Summit Whataburger at 1450 N.E. Douglas St. will open Monday, Nov. 15 at 11 a.m.
Kansas Citians can at long last taste Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ favorite fast-food burger.
Mahomes made his love for Whataburger notable when he tweeted in 2018 that he wants a location in Kansas City. He likewise tweeted about Whataburger after a Chicago firm purchased a significant stock in the business.
A second Whataburger will open on Nov. 29, at 18902 E. U.S. 40 Highway in Independence.
Whataburger said the following locations will open over the next seven or eight months.
- 8420 W. 135th St., Overland Park, Kansas – late 2021/early 2022
- 905 Hwy 7, Blue Springs, Missouri – early 2022
- 1921 W. Foxwood Dr., Raymore, Missouri – summer 2022
- West 95th Street and Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas – summer 2022
KMO Burger, an investment organization that incorporates Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, additionally plans to open various locations into 2023. The franchise expects that this should be the timetable that its restaurants open, starting early next year:
- 10780 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas – early 2022
- 11300 Nall Ave. Overland Park, Kansas – spring 2022
- 400 NW Barry Road, Kansas City, Missouri – summer 2022
- Southwest corner 159th St and Hwy 69, Overland Park, Kansas – summer 2022
- 14123 W. 135th St., Olathe, Kansas – late summer 2022
- 9100 Block MO-45, Parkville, Missouri – fall 2022
- Southeast corner Interstate 435 and Bannister Road, Kansas City, Missouri – 2023
- Highway 152 and North Booth Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri – 2023
Whataburger is at present recruiting in the Kansas City metro. The organization said it intends to have more than 400 representatives here before the finish of 2021. It desires to enlist 1,000 extra employees in 2022.
The Lees Summit Whataburger is one of three locations on the east side of the city. A second location on 40 Highway in Independence is relied upon to open yet this fall. Teams are likewise assembling a third location in Blue Springs. There are likewise two locations under construction in Johnson County.
An aggregate of nine Whataburger locations is planned right now across the city. About half are owned by Whataburger, the others are franchises owned by KMO Burger, an investment group that incorporates Mahomes.
KMO plans to open 30 Whataburger locations over the next seven years. The restaurants will be situated from Wichita, Kansas to St. Joseph, Missouri. The group will likewise own at least two Whataburger locations in Kansas City’s Northland.
The Chiefs quarterback is the explanation Whataburger decided to expand into Kansas and Missouri. In November 2018, fans discovered that Mahomes liked to eat ketchup on nearly everything. He said that Whataburgers ketchup was his favorite. The organization proposed to send him a ketchup care package, yet rather Mahomes said that he’d rather have a store in Kansas City.
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