Unique 30-foot-tall A-frame design spiked interest in Whataburger restaurants FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 The exterior of the original Burger Boy restaurant at 2323 N. St. Mary's.Chuck Blount / StaffShow MoreShow Less 2of11 Whataburger founder Harmon Dobson stands in front of his first restaurant in Corpus Christi, which opened in 1950. It was a plain “wooden box” building; Whataburger’s iconic A-frame, which Dobson sketched on a napkin, was first used in 1961 for a restaurant in Odessa.Courtesy / Whataburger /Show MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 This is one of the original A-frame Whataburger restaurants still standing. There are only 10 original A-frame Whataburgers still in service out of more than 840 in 10 states. The closest to San Antonio is at 6106 Cameron Road in Austin.Courtesy /WhataburgerShow MoreShow Less