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Mark and Donnie Wahlberg to Open Restaurant Named ‘Wahlburgers’

Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2011 Getty Images
Mark Wahlberg. Photo: Stephen Lovekin/2011 Getty Images

It’s really all there in the headline, isn’t it? You know right now whether you’re in or you’re out. (For the record, we’re in.) Here’s the backstory: Successful Southie siblings Mark and Donnie Wahlberg have opened quite a few successful restaurants in Boston, and when they made plans to start a burger joint, there was really only one inevitable name it could have. Unfortunately, the Tom Wahl’s chain in Rochester, New York, was already selling something called a “Wahlburger,” so the brothers had to work out a full-spectrum deal with that chain in order to acquire the name for … okay, maybe that backstory isn’t so important. The point is, they got the name, and now Wahlburgers is opening in a 120–seat space at the Shipyard, and the chef will be Paul Wahlberg, their older brother. Perfect. Road trip! [Boston Herald]

Mark and Donnie Wahlberg to Open Restaurant Named ‘Wahlburgers’