That A-1 burger is still brought back to the menu periodically. Whataburger isn't the only restaurant that does this. McDonalds does it with the McRib. Are they on your banned list too?
I know Whataburger advertised the A-1 burger would be gone forever after a certain date but they must have changed their mind because it's back. Give it a shot.
No, what pissed me off is they first rolled it out years ago, it was great. Then they did away with it for several years, I was disappointed but it was forgivable. Then they made a big hoopla about how they were bringing back all the “classics” for good. I couldn’t have been more excited!
So for what seems like several years I gave Whataburger my business on every late night drunken excursion I had. I never even thought of cheating on them. My typical order was the A-1, a Justaburger and several breakfast items usually totaling in the mid $20 range.
But then.....then they decide they are doing away with it and once again make a big deal of it but at least I was given notification. I even went out of my way (sober mind you) a couple times to get the A-1 and celebrate it in all it’s glory. I figured maybe they got cross ways with A-1 or something because there’s no good reason to get rid of one of their most popular burgers.
Fast forward another ~2 years and they, once again, are bringing it back. This time it’s even more over the top with billboards, radio, etc. I couldn’t wait and got it the first day it was available. Fast forward another year or two, my wife is driving and I’m sloppy in the passenger seat at about midnight just craving an A-1 after a concert. We roll up, I place my huge order and throw in the A-1 at the end only to be told they didn’t have it. I was shocked and po’d, figured they ran out of sauce so I asked “so you mean you ran out of sauce”? and the lady said “no, we’re not carrying it anymore”.
No warning, no good bye, no nothing. Jerks just pulled it from the menu like it was never there. I was so po’d, I told my wife to just drive away. I went to bed starving but at least I saved a few thousand calories. So that’s when I had enough and banned them until they brought it back.
Well, they brought it back about a year ago with little notice this time. Had it a couple times. So the last time I knew I was going to a concert I called the local store the day before just to make sure they still had it since I hadn’t been in a few months. The lady said “we may have it tomorrow if we still have the sauce”. I’m like ***?! So I ask “are you running out of sauce”? she said “no, once it’s gone we won’t be serving the burger anymore”.
Again, no warning, no nothing. Anyways, to make a long story longer. I called on the way back from the concert and sure enough they had run out so off to In N Out it was. Screw them, I may be done permanently with their shady crap, plus add in the fact that they’re not really “Texas” anymore so they can take that A-1 next time it comes out and shove it up their keister.
