Buy Photo Wayback Burgers will open soon at 5021 W. Saginaw Highway. (Photo: Vickki Dozier/Lansing State Journal)Buy Photo

DELTA TOWNSHIP - Wayback Burgers, a Connecticut-based chain known for fresh, never-frozen burgers, is headed to Lansing.

"We are a fast-casual burger concept, we’re not fast food," said Gillian Plummer, the chain's vice president of marketing. "You're going to wait 8 minutes for your burger, most likely, because we’re a cook-to-serve type of concept. Nothing is sitting in the back waiting."

Wayback also offers milkshakes in more than a dozen flavors, made with fresh milk and hand-dipped ice cream.

Wayback Burgers is projected to open a location at 5021 W. Saginaw Highway in Delta Township in the first week of March, though an exact date has not been announced.

There are two other locations in Michigan, both in Rochester Hills.

The Wayback triple triple burger has nine patties and nine slices of cheese, topped with lettuce and tomato. (Photo: Courtesy photo)

Burgers on the menu include the Wayback Classic (a build-your-own-burger available as a single, double or triple), the Chipotle, the Rodeo (with beer battered onion rings on it), the Cheeeesy, the Carolina, the Philly and more.

If you’re feeling gutsy, you might try your hand (or hands) at the Triple Triple burger: nine hamburger patties and nine slices of cheese, topped with lettuce and tomato on a toasted bun.

"We have a contest every year to see who can eat the Triple Triple burger the fastest," Plummer said. "Last year a woman in Milpitas, California won, and she ate it in 40 seconds. The year before, she also won and she ate it in 38.9 seconds."

Some of the burgers on the signature burger menu, Plummer notes, might not be available at the Lansing location.

"We kind of regionalize them a little bit, so they might sub in another burger for the Carolina burger," she said.

Wyback Burgers has hand-dipped milkshakes in more than 12 different flavors. (Photo: Courtesy photo)

If burgers aren't your thing, Wayback offers other options.

"We have chicken sandwiches, grilled chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers, turkey burgers, all beef hot dogs and an array of sides as well," Plummer said.

There are salads and kids' meals, also.

The company introduces limited-time offers throughout the year. Right now that includes a cheeseburger hero sub and a Wowbutter chocolate and banana milkshake.

"Wowbutter is actually a substitute for peanut butter, so if you have a peanut allergy it's definitely safe for you to drink and it tastes just like peanut butter," Plummer said. Wowbutter is a limited time offer item, available until the end of March.

The cod fish filet, which is always on the menu and is made with house made tartar sauce, is a big draw during Lent.

The Wayback Cheeeesy burger, two fresh patties with four slices of cheese on an inverted bun. (Photo: Courtesy photo)

"Wayback Burgers is very innovative, always weaving in different products, but we also have our signature menu," Plummer said.

Founded in 1991, Wayback currently operates in 26 states with more than 100 locations nationally and internationally in Argentina and Saudi Arabia. Through frachise agreements, it plans to open in 33 countries in the Middle East, northern Africa, Argentina, Pakistan and Brunei, along with pending agreements for Mumbai, India.

Contact Vickki Dozier at (517) 267-1342 orvdozier@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @vickkiD.

Wayback Burgers

5021 W. Saginaw Highway, Lansing

Typical hours: 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

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