Whataburger plans for Mooresville location
The Mooresville location will be located at 604 River Highway.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — A Texas-based burger spot has “whata-sized” plans for Iredell County.
Whataburger, the popular fast food chain, has filed to operate a site in Mooresville, according to zoning records. The restaurant will be located at 604 River Highway at a former O’Charley’s location.
This brings the confirmed number of planned North Carolina Whataburger locations to nine. The company ended years of speculation with a mass unveiling in January that included a groundbreaking ceremony in Hickory.
Charlotte’s Whataburger is expected to open in Summer 2025 on Albemarle Road near Interstate 485. Locations in Gastonia, Indian Land, Greensboro, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem, among others, are also expected.
Plans for Whataburger have been cooking since at least 2022 when zoning records first showed plans for the site to be built on South Boulevard. However, those plans stalled, leaving Charlotte without Whataburger’s fancy ketchup or patty melts.
Whataburger has been a Texas staple since it opened its first location in 1950 with over 700 locations in the Lone Star State. The fast food chain has expanded to states across the country and now hundreds of locations outside of Texas.
South Carolina already has been given a taste of the chain’s burgers with locations in Columbia, Greenville, and Spartanburg.
The restaurant is unrelated to the local chain of What-A-Burger restaurants found in Concord, Kannapolis, and Mooresville.