Whataburger set to open first location in NC
HICKORY, NC — Hickory will soon be home to the first of eight planned Whataburger restaurants in the state.
Leaders of the Texas-based burger chain held a ground breaking on highway 70 southeast near the Valley Hills mall on Tuesday.
Hickory Mayor Hank Guess said the restaurant will help create more economic development and could bring more business to the area.
“I think Whataburger is going to contribute really well in this area. We’re all about partnerships and relationships, and they talk about hometown and having that hometown feeling. So we’re really excited about the future here,” Hickory Mayor Hank Guess said.
The Hickory location is expected to open in the early summer.
Company executives announced the locations of seven forthcoming Whataburger units set to open later this year, including two in the Charlotte area.
North Carolina locations and tentative opening timeframes are as follows:
- 3415 E Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28056 –– Late Spring 20252060 US Hwy 70 SE,
- Hickory, NC 28602 –– Summer 2025
- 12935 Albemarle Rd., Charlotte, NC 28227 –– Summer 2025
- 8574 Charlotte Highway, Indian Land, SC 29707 (Charlotte, NC Metro) – Summer 2025
- 1408 Four Seasons Station Blvd, Greensboro, NC 27407 –– Summer 2025
- 291 Harvey St., Winston-Salem, NC 27103 –– Late Summer 2025
- 10118 N Main St., Archdale, NC 27263 –– Fall 2025
- 2713 N Main St., High Point, NC 27265 –– Fall 2025
