Whataburger has landed at Daikin Park, home of the Houston Astros!
On paper, this collaboration feels like a home run for Houstonians. It’s hard to name a fast-food restaurant that’s more iconically “Texas” than Whataburger, and the chain’s orange-and-white color scheme fits perfectly with the Astros.
However, early rumors about the prices are making Astros fans feel like they’re striking out.
Last week, Apollo Dez, co-founder of the popular Houston sports blog APOLLO MEDIA, visited Daikin Park and posted images of the newly built ballpark Whataburger.
He also shared a photo of the Whataburger à la carte menu, which fans pointed out had some steep prices by Whataburger standards.
Here’s what the image showed:
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#1 Original Whataburger: $10.29 ($11.64 with cheese)
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#2 Double-Meat Whataburger: $15.05 ($16.40 with cheese)
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#3 Triple-Meat Whataburger: $20.95 ($22.30 with cheese)
Say you fancy some fries on the side or a beverage to wash it down. Whataburger has you covered — but you’d better hope your credit card can handle it:
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French Fries: $7.69
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Onion Rings: $9.29
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Chocolate Chip Cookie: $4.09
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Chocolate Chunk Brownie: $4.69
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Bottled Beer: $13.99
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Souvenir Soft Drink: $10.99
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Regular Soft Drink: $7.19
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Dasani Bottled Water: $5.79
In a rare moment of math for me, I calculated that a standard Whataburger with cheese, fries, and a non-souvenir drink will set you back $26.52 before tax.
I haven’t been able to find any online evidence of meal packages that could offset some of those costs, but they’d have to cut that price in half before it started to feel reasonable — even for a ballpark.
Just to show you how absurd of an ask this is, I ordered the same items from the Whataburger location on the Southwest Freeway, close to the KPRC 2 station. I ordered the same three items à la carte, for the sake of fairness to possible meal discounts.
My pre-tax total was $12.17, less than half of the Daikin Park price. Our friends at Daikin Park and Whataburger seem to believe their offerings are 117.9% more valuable when they come together.
It’s unclear whether the prices will look the same on opening day — after all, the venue is currently hosting the World Baseball Classic. Perhaps they’re inflated for the international scope of these games. Who’s to say?
But in this author’s opinion, seeing a double-digit number beginning with anything higher than “1” for a single Whataburger meal would just about spoil my appetite. Or at the very least, incentivize me to tough it out until after the game for a reasonably priced burger.
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