White Castle

The WHITE CASTLE lives on but should have died long ago!
This place has been around since the VERY EARLY 1920’s and in the US is it pretty rare that things still exist now without the word VINTAGE being attached to it!
Not many or ANY are still in existence in California so while I was in Indiana visiting some peeps I saw this place and nearly jumped for joy but I was strapped into my adult car seat thus no ACTUAL jumping up and down occurred!
I was squealing like a pig for my driver to pull over, pull over, pull over I have to get some of those mini burgers while I am here! She begged me NOT TO but I of course didn’t listen! Because I thought I knew better and I had not had one in YEARS!
Since I had NOT had one since pre-​puberty when my taste buds were NOT quite developed and I still thought McD’s was good food I thought in my mind that I would truly enjoy these little burger bites!
OMG, REALLY ARE YOU FRICKIN KIDDING ME! WHAT THE H*LL WAS I THINKING? I was WRONG! Boy was I WRONG! WRONG as a $ 3 BILL! They were greasy and salty and LACKED this thing I like to call FLAVOR! The bun was fresh and seemed to be used mainly to collect the grease that came from the mini meat patty… and I use the term «MEAT» loosely because I’ve never seen any REAL COW MEAT look like that EVVAAAA!
The wrapper was FULL of GREASE and SO WAS THE FRICKIN BAG! I had to hold it away from me just so I wouldn’t stain my clothes with GREASE! Do you know HOW HARD it is to get out GREASE STAINS FROM CLOTHES if you can get it out AT ALL!
What I complete and utter DISAPPOINTMENT! It is truly AMAZING they are STILL IN BUSINESS and have NOT been SHUT DOWN by the HEALTH DEPARTMENT because there is ABSO-​FRICKIN-​LUTY NOTHING HEALTHY about eating GREASE and SALT! I am not talking about OLIVE OIL! I am talking ABOUT GREASE, FAT, LARD, WD40, PENNZOIL!
STOMP DOWN DISGUSTING! It is amazing my arteries didn’t clog up with a quickness and cause me to have a STROKE! REALLY, REALLY! Simply BAFFLING they are still in business!
I WILL NEVER EVVAAA GO BACK AGAIN!

OK its another WC they are open 24 hrs. Great for being a quick in, quick out, for travelers on the road or in the restaurant. The food is about the same everywhere service friendly. I only stop in 2X a year. I guess that helps to develop a crave again.
At the time I went the restrooms were clean.
Food 3
Ambiance 3
Service 4
Location 4
Value 3

As a child I thought White Castle was made for me. Small fish sandwiches with cheese, perfect size for my 7 year old hands. I took a long hiatus from WC until I started drinking. Then I was back at the Castle during the wee hours of the morning. Tried a cheese burger for the first time in my life at the Hilbert Circle Theater (?!) in 2010. Not too excited, probably would stick with the fish sammie. I am back on the wagon with a couple of exceptions, the hot chocolate and the red crème soda. On my last stop for a hot chocolate I looked over the menu and they have chocolate milk shakes. Don’t worry, it’s on the bucket list.

I still don’t understand why anyone would eat here, but the coffee is phenomenal. Really good, so stop paying over $ 2 for that burnt garbage at Starbucks when you can get a quality cup to go any time of the day for $ 1.

This is one of those things that has just become a tourist thing to do, being from the west coast — a far off land with no white castles, you just have to give them a try when the chance presents itself. So I did. Nothing special here. The little burgers cost about .60−1.00 each, and I think that says it all. It wasn’t horrible, it just wasn’t good either. If in the situation of needing fast food, and there is a white castle in front of me, I think I’d drive a little further until I hit the next option.
I could see these being good if drunk or under the influence something else (and this is the premise of their fame)… but sober its just not my burger of choice.

So I was at a business trip in Indiana in the middle of winter… I’ve never been to Indy before, and I’ve never had a White Castle burger. People always compared White Castle to our In n Outs over here in the west… so I decided heck… why not, it was near my hotel, I was famished, and I needed to stretch my legs out after my long arse flight. After a couple minutes of walking it started snowing… not just a snow flake here and there… or a nice calm snow like you see in those holiday movies… a full blown blizzard happened. All I kept thinking was their burgers better be worth it d@#&t… So I get to the restaurant… ordered me a sack meal 1… and I must say that I was a bit disappointed.
The thin slice of meat was very soggy, and it soaked into the bun and made the bun very mushy… the grilled onions was good. It was edible… but it wasn’t half as great as everyone made it to be. I would have to say an In n Out burger is still a lot better. So after sitting at the restaurant, I realized I wasn’t satisfied, I ended up going to the liquor store nearby, got me some alcy and ended up calling it a night in my room. Ironically Howard and Kumar was playing on the station as soon as I turned on my TV, and thought to myself… do I need to be high to enjoy White Castle? hmmmm… maybe next time…

I shudder each time I relive the nightmare of the one and only unfortunate time I went to a White Castle in Indy and was served gray soggy dust bunny globs they called sliders. When the limp slice of pickle is the best part, you know you’ve got serious crap.

It’s White Castle so four stars right off the bat. in this neighborhood it had the bullet proof glass where the cashier takes the orders, so there’s five stars right there.

White Castle!!!
First and last expierence for WC but it was interesting!
After seeing it on tv and movies and DH found out I have never had one we had to make a stop.
So 2 — #1’s which were 4 original WC burger’s, fries and medium soda — or I’m sorry — POP. The burger’s were like sliders and the patty was thin and kinda mushy, the onion was the only flavorful thing and the buns were really nice and soft. I thought it was ok after all the hype but I’d still eat Carl’s Jr (Hardee’s) before this stuff!!!
They had chicken RINGS! Weird thought and even crazier thought of ordering it but I didn’t since I wasn’t sure where the next bathroom break would be!
So thanks but No thanks White Castle.

Whenever I come home I think of the seasoned fries, and the chicken rings… But then I eat it and my stomach hate me for eating it…
I still love White Castle, regardless of what it does to my innards.