Kirk A. Bado

USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee

Whataburger will not be coming to Nashville, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Tennessean today.

"Whataburger is always looking for expansion opportunities, but we currently do not have plans for a restaurant in Nashville," a statement from the company said.

The Tennessean reported last week that Whataburger might be coming to Nashville after the company posted a job opening on LinkedIn for an area manager in Nashville.

"The job posting was made to attract candidates to apply to our existing locations in the southeast," the statement clarified.

The popular Texas-based burger restaurant currently has over 800 locations throughout the south in over 340 cities, but none in Tennessee. There were several franchises on Gallatin Pike and Charlotte avenue in the 1970s, but all have gone out of business.

In 2015, Whataburger was one named one of the top 5 chains Nashvillians want to see in the city by the Tennessean.

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