“Hopdoddy has big plans coming,” says a post by the Austin Business Journal published on Instagram. “In the short term, we can expect six opening for 2026: six across Texas including three in the Austin metro. Long term, the burger chain is looking to add about 45 restaurants by 2030.”
That’s right: three new Hopdoddy restaurants are coming to Austin this year. You may have read recent coverage by What Now on plans for a new Hopdoddy in Leander, at 19389 Ronald W Reagan Boulevard, Suite 100, and in Pflugerville. But, in fact, news had already broken about the third location Hopdoddy has in store for Austin by the middle of 2024.
“A new Hopdoddy Burger Bar is slated to open next year in the Mueller neighborhood,” reported Community Impact in June 2024. (A Spring 2025 opening did not eventuate, but in fairness to all involved, predicting opening dates can be a quixotic enterprise.)…