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.

🍔 Poll

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