Today Shake Shack announced they'll be opening in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, at 33 Boylston Street in mid-2013 (exact date TBD). More

Massachusetts-based Wahlburgers is opening in Britain and Ireland this year, according to actor and Walhburger's co-owner Mark Wahlberg in an interview with British newspaper Metro. He doesn't give many details about the expansion, just that they're "opening a bunch of them," but he does mention that the restaurant is "making $17,000 a day" and that there are "lines queuing around the corner." More

Today Shake Shack announced they'll be opening a location in New Haven, Connecticut, in fall of 2012 at 986 Chapel Street—right by Yale's Old Campus (lucky students, yeah) and about a block away from Louis' Lunch, known as "The Birthplace of the Hamburger Sandwich." More

Shake Shack just announced they'll be opening a location in Westbury, Long Island, in an upcoming development at 900 Old Country Road (map), in late 2012. (They're also opening a Philadelphia location in 2012). More

Three months after coming with their newest burger, the Hot 'N Juicy, Wendy's is releasing another burger, The W, in December. The burger will feature two 2.25-ounce patties, two slices of cheese, red onion, tomato, crinkle-cut pickles, and special sauce—looking like a smaller version of a double-patty Hot 'N Juicy. It will sell for $2.99, a price that falls between Wendy's value menu and the Hot 'N Juicy. [via Business First, AP] More

Red Robin is getting into the fast casual business with Burger Works, opening its first location November 21 in Northfield Stapleton in Denver (map). Compared to Red Robin, Burger Works features a simpler and lower priced menu of 1/3-pound burgers and also offers beer and wine. Some burgers from Red Robin appear on Burger Works' menu, along with original burgers and a build-your-own-burger option with choice of beef or chicken patty, 13 free toppings, and 10 "fancy" toppings. More

Domino's Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan is getting in on the burger trend by opening his first gourmet burger delivery shop, Gyrene Burger, in two months in Naples, Florida, at Central Avenue and U.S. 41, reports naplesnews.com. They'll offer two kinds of double-patty Angus beef burgers for under $6, one topped with ketchup, mustard, and pickle, and another topped with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise. Both will also have cheese and bacon. Sides and drinks won't be available for greater efficiency and speed (the goal is to deliver the burgers in 15 minutes or less). More

[Photograph: Elevation Burger] In 2009 Virginia-based organic burger chain Elevation Burger announced plans to open in Lower Manhattan by the end of the year, then changed the plan to open near Union Square by May 2010. And then...that didn't... More