US burger giant takes step towards Blackpool opening
A vacant restaurant unit on the corner of the Promenade and Church Street is earmarked to house the American chain, which is taking a third stab at breaking the UK market.
Square Burgers, which trades as Wendyâs, has applied for permission to convert part of the former Vegas Diner in Blackpool into a Wendyâs. Vegas Diner closed in 2023.
The other part of the former restaurant will remain a shell until an occupier is confirmed.
The 3,000 sq ft Wendyâs will provide 78 seats for diners. There are more than 30 Wendyâs across the UK but only one currently operational in the North West, which is located in Kirkby.
The chain announced last year its intention to open a restaurant in Preston as well as the Blackpool outlet.
Wendyâs returned to the UK market in 2021 with a restaurant in Reading, the first of a planned 400, the company said at the time.
Wendyâs had previously had a presence on UK high streets in the 1980s and again in the 1990s.
Wendyâs is a great restaurant and I had the please in the USA, Itâs not all about the food I hope they find the staff that all so help build a brand, as itâs all well and good having a good product with out good staff whatâs the point?
By Paula
My favourite burger restaurant in USA.. Hope the menu is the same!
By Nic
About time it got used
By Anonymous
The whole of Blackpool needs a mega overhaul. Possibly the only seaside town in Europe literally falling to bits. With the Lake District not too far away the city could have the potential of being the Riviera of the north.
By John