This conversation started with us listening to what you were saying on Twitter about bringing Whataburger to Chattanooga. 🍔
When we asked specifically about Whataburger, several Texas natives came through with strong opinions. ⬇️
“I’m from Texas. Got to be Whataburger. Closest one now is in Birmingham.” — Keith G.
But it quickly became clear that Whataburger had some competition in our readers’ minds.
So we used a poll to see what burger you’d bring here if you had your way.
🍔 The poll results
39% voted for Whataburger.
45% voted for In-N-Out.
4% took your life in your own hands and chose White Castle over Krystal, which locals love + love to hate.
12% of you had other thoughts you emailed us.
🍔 Other burger ideas
“I vote Shake Shack!” — Hannah O.
“Need a Culvers Badly.” — David B.
“Wahlburgers.” — Kenneth S.
“Due to making healthy choices, the only fast food I go to is Chick-fil-A - love their grilled chicken wraps … Fatburger, however, has a really good turkey burger - pricey, but good. When I lived in Vegas Fatburger was there. I guess as long as any of these establishments have healthy options, I’m in, but typically, they don’t have high quality ingredients.”
— Bonnie S.
🍔 Other food
Some people wrote to us and said they don’t care about burgers they want a Trader Joe’s or other types of food.
“Forget all of the burger hype, we’re still holding out for Chipotle!” — Carmen W.
“We have plenty of great burger places across all price-points. What Chattanooga desperately needs is a good fish restaurant … Let’s catch a Pappadeaux or King’s Fish House. (Sorry, Red Lobster doesn’t count. That’s like half a percent better than Captain D’s).” — Charlie B.
🍔 Forget chains
“I want to support the local burger places. We have really good options - Tremont, Slicks, [ZarZour’s], Dub’s. And, we have 5 Guys - a chain. #supportlocalburgers” — Lawrence M.
