Comments on: White Castle Hamburgers: The Story

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:59:05 +0000

I’m sorry if this means you lose the bet, but no there was never a White Castle in Decatur. For the sake of your bet would Chicago count?

All best,
Kate

By: William Wray

William Wray — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 19:03:17 +0000

Was there ever a White Castle in Decatur Illinois? Trying to settle a bet. I love White Castle and have been there in Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Las Vegas.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:02:37 +0000

In reply to Benjamin Minniti. Those are great memories, and I too hope you get a White Castle back in Verona. It's hard when a place closes that has been an instition in a community. Thanks for posting!

By: Benjamin Minniti

Benjamin Minniti — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 03:43:14 +0000

hi my name is Benny Just wanted to say growing up my family owns an auto body shop in White Castle used to be in Verona New Jersey for some reason the lease ran out and they had to close down but in the 50s my parents used to go there through my childhood I would go there for my hamburgers but rings surf and turf french fries vanilla shake but I used to go for coffee runs because they have the best coffee at White Castle buy my workers loved white Castle coffee the tea is very good basically everything my castle sells is very good but I miss my branch and verona that closed down we had to buy a coffee maker for our auto body shop and was one of the saddest days of my life watching them take down a landmark in the town of verona New Jersey me and my friends go at night there to hang out and have fun daytime after school I would be at the autobody shop to run down for lunch orders for the guys at the body shop and then walk back up to my shop now I go to orange to get my white castles and also to toms River on 37 to get my white Castle hamburgers and they have changed a little bit I was reading some peoples stuff but they’re still good and I’m sure you will adjust it back to the way it was and hopefully we can reopen one in verona thank you so much

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:30:31 +0000

In reply to Judith Colson Ross.

What a wonderful memory! Thank you so much for sharing it. And I know what you mean….the grocery store imitation of name brand foods is never as good!

Enjoy the weekend!

Kate

By: Judith Colson Ross

Judith Colson Ross — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:24:18 +0000

When I was growing up in the Chicago area in the 1940s and 50s, we would often be heading home to our south side suburb from Grandma and Grandpa Scott’s home on a Sunday evening after spending time with their 12 children, 40+ grandchildren and often a few “adopted” extra family members.
Dad would suddenly call out, “Who wants Whiteys?” We three children in the back seat would all shout in unison, “I do, I do, I do!” Then Dad would stop at 79th and Western Avenue to “Buy ‘em by the sackfull!”
Years later, some of our family members had moved out to Arizona after being diagnosed with asthma. When other family members would go out to Arizona for a visit, they would take a huge sack of White Castle hamburgers with them on the plane! This, of course, was before you could buy them from your local grocer’s freezers.
I have lived in Arizona since 1982 and I’m still waiting for White Castle to open restaurants west of the Mississippi! The “Whiteys” in the freezer are just not the same as those wonderful trips to the White Castle restaurants we used to make. Darn!

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:38:19 +0000

In reply to bobby dunkin.

Ha! Love that….well you now have a travel goal. Pack up the family when you can and make it a road trip! (I know gas is expensive but maybe there is a White Castle near you?)

We needed to visit my hometown 2 weeks ago….I got my wish of returning to Dairy Queen. I usually get a cup not a cone but for this occasion I got a cone and yep, ice cream dripped all over me! It was worth it… have a good weekend.

By: bobby dunkin

bobby dunkin — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 08:03:13 +0000

harold & kumar turned into a movie, would eat at white castle & use those porcelain white bathrooms. when i think of one of those juicy burgers it just moves me in a way my mother never could. i have dreams of it but i’ve never had one at my fingertips. with the grease just dripping down my chin i know it’ll make me a better man to my wife & children + a family cat.

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 15:19:23 +0000

In reply to Bob. Thank you for posting! I hope other people will weigh in on what they think of the current flavor.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:14:29 +0000

I don’t know what has happened to the delicious slider, for the past couple of times they just taste different, what happened to that great onion and salty taste they used to have? I thought it was just me, but I’ve been hearing a lot of people talk about the way they taste now as apposed to how they used to taste. Please, what ever you did different, go back to what you used to do.