"I'll bring the sweet, and you bring the sugar ... I'll see you soon at Whata...."
Do you have it in your heart to read one more Valentine’s Day story? What if we told you it had a mysterious note, a hero’s quest, and a romantic dinner involving one very saucy Mushroom Swiss Burger?
Nataly and Favian of Spring, Texas, spent their Valentine’s Day 2018 with us, and it was pretty special.
Nataly decided to surprise Favian with a Valentine’s dinner for two – a real treat since the couple has three kids. So her niece dropped her off at their local Whataburger before he got home from work. But not before she left him a Valentine’s Day card with a special note inside.
Nataly started her love letter simply enough:
“Oh my Valentine
You are so sweet
I’m not sure ’bout you
But I’m ready to eat.
Let’s have some fun
A dinner just for 2
I’ll get you a #3, no bun
Anything to show my love for you.”
And then things got spicy.
“So clean on up, and put on somethin’ purty
Meet me at our favorite place
No earlier than 6:30.”
Fortunately, he knew just where to go. And Nataly greeted him with a decorated booth – complete with candles and flowers – and his new favorite order: The Mushroom Swiss burger (Whatasized) with an unsweet tea and a side of Jalapeno Ranch for his fries.
He was a little sheepish when he first walked in, she says, but they both loved it. “This is who we are,” Nataly says. “We don’t need fancy … we just wanted to be together, the two of us.”
Of course, Whataburger has been part of this couple’s love story since the beginning. “For our first anniversary, we flew to Corpus Christi solely to visit the two-story Whataburger, and we ate every meal there for three days,” Nataly remembers. (They had to pull this photo off of her circa 2008 video camera!)
And now, they go to their neighborhood Whataburger three or four times per week with their family.
And while the kids didn’t get to go along on this whirlwind night on the town, Nataly and Favian do have a special keepsake to remember the night: a #12 table tent, marking that this was their 12th Valentine’s Day together.
Not that they’re worried about forgetting. “We could have gone somewhere and waited 45 minutes to get seated, and then spent $50 or $60 on dinner,” Nataly says. “But instead we got to spend that time together and eat our favorite meal. It was perfect.”
Whataburger has focused on its fresh, made-to-order burgers and friendly customer service since 1950 when Harmon Dobson opened the first Whataburger as a small roadside burger stand in Corpus Christi, Texas. Today, the company is headquartered in San Antonio with more than 900 locations across its 14-state footprint and sales of more than $3 billion annually. Whataburger is a 2022 Top Workplaces winner. The brand has more than 50,000 Family Members (employees) and more than 60 million customers who like to customize their Whataburgers just like they like it. Visit whataburger.com for more information. To apply for Whataburger jobs, visit whataburger.com/careers.
