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  Food Facts & Trivia: White Castle
White Castle began using frozen hamburgers in 1931 and all White Castle outlets were using them by 1933.
As an almost daily customer of White Castles since they first arrived in New York City, I may be able to shed some light on several questions which have arisen over their original makeup and cooking procedure.
The original White Castle hamburgers consisted of fresh ground beef which was formed into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
www.foodreference.com /html/fwhitecastle.html   (661 words)

  
  Castle Restaurant White   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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The male victim was shot in the parking lot of a White Castle restaurant in the 3800 block of North Keystone Avenue, according to a police report.
White, house at 620 Trotters Ridge Lane, $227,000.
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 White Castle (restaurant) Summary
While the White Castle company is based on four earlier hamburger stands owned by Anderson, the current name was chosen by Ingram in 1921 to distinguish it from other, less salubrious fast food outlets that many consumers were reluctant to visit.
(White Castle's own facilities, prior to 1921, were considered shoddy by some.) "White" was chosen for its connotations of purity, while the "Castle" element was selected as it suggested stability and permanence.
Food from White Castle has long been considered to be a part of cannabis culture since people are also said to be afflicted with "The Crave" if they are under the influence of cannabis.
www.bookrags.com /White_Castle_(restaurant)   (1623 words)

  
 Suburban Journals | News | Florissant White Castle to pull up its drawbridge for a while
Jordan, restaurant employees and city officials say seniors living nearby who often stop by for coffee early in the morning may miss the restaurant the most while it's closed.
White Castle officials told the council at the meeting that a similar but more modern facility would be built to replace the existing 30-plus-year-old building, one of the oldest in the area.
The new restaurant could be open by the end of the year, he said.
suburbanjournals.stltoday.com /articles/2007/06/16/news/sj2tn20070614-0614flo_white2.ii1.txt   (444 words)

  
 What was the First Fast-Food Restaurant?
The White Castle restaurant in Wichita, Kansas is credited with being the first fast food restaurant, even though the term "fast food" was not used when the restaurant opened in 1921.
Before White Castle and "fast food," hamburgers were sold mostly at fairs and circuses and the public thought of them as cheap food made from scraps of meats that were often improperly cooked.
White Castle was not only the first restaurant to serve fast food, but also the first to come up with a marketing slogan for fast food: "Buy 'em by the sack." It was also the first fast food business to use coupons to attract new customers.
www.wisegeek.com /what-was-the-first-fast-food-restaurant.htm   (385 words)

  
 Mini-burger joint enjoys trip to 'White Castle'
Screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg said it was their idea to use White Castle in the title of the film, though they have since discovered that people who have never heard of the burger chain are confused by the title.
White Castle has inducted Hurwitz, Schlossberg and director Leiner into the White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame and agreed to promote the film in radio ads, in its restaurants with packaging and collectible fountain cups featuring Harold and Kumar and in grocery aisles nationwide where its frozen burgers are sold.
White Castle also is giving away tens of thousands of free burgers at promotional events for the film.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000583096   (730 words)

  
 White Castle at home - Roanoke.com
In fact, the tiny white building is still there, near Georgetown, where we'd pick up a bag of those wonderful White Castle burgers.
White Castle claims to be the oldest franchise in America, dating to 1921.
The frozen White Castle burgers are available with American cheese or without but you won't get the traditional pickle.
www.roanoke.com /entertainment/food/wb/147301   (786 words)

  
 Find White Castle Restaurant Locations in Your Area - Insider Pages
White Castle Restaurant has been in the business of flipping burgers for over 80 years.
By Matthew B. This is a newer White Castle that was built just a couple years ago.
By Isao E. White Castle is open 24 hours and it is my favorite place for a late-night snack.
www.insiderpages.com /store_finder/find/white_castle_restaurant   (273 words)

  
 White Castle - Cincinnati, OH, 45223 - Citysearch
The menu is short and sweet: hamburgers, cheeseburgers and double cheeseburgers, with all-beef patties steam-grilled on a pile of onions and served on square white buns with pickles.
Many White Castle locations are open 24 hours; call your local restaurant for hours of operation.
I have been to a White Castles many years back...this one was just as good.
cincinnati.citysearch.com /profile/8169634   (215 words)

  
 White Castle (thing)@Everything2.com
When it was founded in 1921, the White Castle restaurant was a symbol of cleanliness and propriety.
The first White Castle restaurant had a bar with five stools, and was painted white inside and out to project an image of cleanliness.
The castle-like design of the restaurant's exterior was even chosen to echo the Chicago Water Tower, a national symbol of endurance after it survived the Chicago Fire of 1871.
everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1831354   (423 words)

  
 White Castle System, Inc. -- Company History
The distinctive taste of White Castle hamburgers is attributed to one of the restaurant's cofounders, Walter Anderson.
In each city where White Castles were located, the company hired hostesses who went by the name of 'Julia Joyce.' Julia Joyce would guide housewives on tours of their local White Castle, allowing them to examine the cleanliness of White Castle kitchens and the sanitary manner in which hamburgers were cooked.
White Castle's franchise-led expansion into the Pacific Rim had proved less than successful, but the company launched another attempt at overseas growth in 1996 with its first unit in Mexico City.
www.fundinguniverse.com /company-histories/White-Castle-System-Inc-Company-History.html   (3206 words)

  
 The History of White Castle Restaurants - Associated Content
The original White Castles were food stands that could be put up, taken down, and moved to different locations.
White Castle went on to become the first fast-food restaurant to sell one million hamburgers, the first to sell one billion hamburgers, and, the first fast-food chain to sell hamburgers made out of frozen beef.
White Castle was the first fast-food restaurant to sell one million hamburgers.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/90129/the_history_of_white_castle_restaurants.html   (753 words)

  
 Global and UK restaurant guide, free online restaurant reservations, reviews.
Web-based restaurant booking system, restaurantdiary.com™, has announced details this week of a deal that sees multi-site operator, Ping Pong, install the system in their 7 venues across London.
Web-based restaurant revenue optimisation and reservation system, restaurantdiary.com™, has announced details of a deal that will see multi-site operator, Heathcotes, install the system in their 11 venues across the North of England.
Restaurant operators are free to add to and edit their own restaurant listings free of charge.
www.booktoeat.com   (294 words)

  
 White Castle Sets Up Shop on the Sunset Strip to Promote July 30 Release of New Line Cinema's Harold and Kumar Go to ...
As part of a special promotional event, White Castle is opening its very first restaurant on the west coast for an 11-day promotional event leading up to the release of the film.
The full-scale replica of a White Castle Burger restaurant will be located at 8301 W. Sunset Blvd. (across the street from The Standard hotel) and will be giving away 50,000 free White Castle hamburgers over the course of the week in conjunction with local radio station Power 106 FM.
In addition to featuring the one-of-a-kind burgers that White Castle fans crave, the location will feature a variety of themed promotional activities and giveaways including a sweepstakes in which visitors will be able to enter for the chance to win a free car.
www.timewarner.com /corp/newsroom/pr/0,20812,670488,00.html   (434 words)

  
 Ben Neumann: Views From The Trenches: May 2006 Archives
In similar fashion to the movie, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, the participants, Terri Scott, a long time eBay’er, daughter Kerri Gomez, and Kerri’s boyfriend GW Whitfield, wanted to taste and experience the infamous Sliders so badly, that they decided to look for a sponsor to finance their trip.
White Castle loved the idea and already offered that the three could stay overnight in the store, should they need the extra time.
Throughout the trip and at the restaurant, they will be promoting Globat.com and our marketing Web site DefyingGravity.com by displaying a bunch of our logos on their vehicle, wearing temporary Globat.com tattoos, communicating through CB radio with fellow roadies and handing out Globat.com merchandise, such as t-shirts, hats and stickers.
www.benneumann.com /archives/2006/05   (431 words)

  
 White Castle - Real Estate at Weblo.com
White Castle System owns and operates about 400 hamburger joints known for their little square burgers called Slyders.
White Castle restaurants can be found in about a dozen states, primarily in the Midwest.
The first fast food chain in the US, White Castle was founded by Walter Anderson and real estate broker E. "Billy" Ingram in 1921.
www.weblo.com /property/Other/White_Castle/459969   (180 words)

  
 Darrin and Darrin Go to White Castle - an article by Darrin Vindiola
The White Castle restaurant pictured above in Wentzville Missouri, is the absolute closest White Castle to the Northern part of Colorado where we live.
The patty of a White Castle slider is only 2and1/2 inches by 2and1/2 inches square.
White Castle's menu is pretty simple and straight forward, but they do have a couple unique menu items that we just had to try.
home.comcast.net /~dadsdish/whitecastle.htm   (1671 words)

  
 White Castle - An answer for "Favorite Fast Food Restaurant" at Grupthink
White Castle is the oldest American hamburger fast food restaurant chain.
It is known for square burgers, commonly referred to as "sliders" (or "slyders"), which were priced at 5 cents until the 1940s, and remained at ten cents for years thereafter while growing smaller.
The typical White Castle restaurant architecture features a white exterior with a crenelated tower at one corner to resemble a medieval castle.
www.grupthink.com /answer/index.php5?id=38632&pap=1   (202 words)

  
 White Pines Inn
White Pines Inn, located within White Pines Forest State Park in Northwestern Illinois, is less than two hours from Chicago, but a world apart.
The "Pines," as it is affectionately called, is a place of simple pleasures — a place to catch lightning bugs, a place to watch a fawn play innocently in the forest, a place to catch the wondrous scent of the lush pine forest.
Tucked away in the scenic Rock River Valley of northwestern Illinois, White Pines Forest State Park is rich in history and filled with the unexpected.
www.whitepinesinn.com   (319 words)

  
 White Castle Jobs - Employment Opportunities at Monster.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, we are a premier family-held restaurant chain with an aggressive projected growth of 10 to 15 new stores per year.
At the Castle, our commitment is demonstrated by adhering to our philosophy of promotion from within.
We are one of the nation’s premier restaurant outlets with over 335 restaurants currently in operation.
company.monster.com /whtcs   (262 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Living: White Castle wear fits to a T
White Castle has made it into the movies — characters in the movie "Saturday Night Fever" eat at one of the chain's outlets, and cravings for the burgers figure prominently in "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle," a movie to open July 30 nationwide.
White Castle's status as one of the first burger chains contributes heavily to the nostalgia, experts say.
White Castle's burgers — two of which would fit on an index card — also appeal to young people because they are cheap, Hume said.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/living/2001979702_whitecastle18.html   (632 words)

  
 HippoPress   (Site not responding. Last check: )
White Castle is a peculiar fast food brand, one that inspires fierce loyalty among fans.
The chain's 300 or so restaurants, all in the shape of a white castle, are concentrated in the cities of the nation's rust belt, spanning the turf from St. Louis to New York.
White Castle is carried by Stop 'n Shop chain, which plans to open several new markets in the Manchester area in the coming years.
www.hippopress.com /food/021107_whitecastle.html   (1437 words)

  
 White Castle leaps into co-branding with Churchs - White Castle System Inc., Churchs Fried Chicken Inc Nation's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Since August, White Castle has added the Churchs Chicken brand to more than a dozen units, and it is in the process of rolling it into 14 more by year-end.
White Castle, a privately held chain with some 300 units, has become a franchisee of Churchs to carry out the deal.
Two years ago White Castle started to look for ways to get more business out of its existing-restaurants, many of which were built in the 196(3s and '60s and are larger than the typical efficiency-minded fast-food restaurant of today.
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 White Castle's two-pronged attack
White Castle might not be a household name in the convenience store and petroleum industry right now, but give it a few more years and it might become the next brand customers crave.
Restaurants aside, the brand has the unique experience of also offering a frozen version of its sliders that are selling in popular chains throughout the industry—chains like 7-Eleven, Quik Check and Kum and Go, to name a few.
White Castle is now pursuing co-branded sites with convenience store and petroleum marketers, "who want to offer a restaurant facility to their customers without shouldering the burdens of being a restaurant owner or franchisee," Albert says.
www.csdecisions.com /article/11906   (1265 words)

  
 Cool Things, Fast Food Giveaways, Kansas State Historical Society
Many historians have pointed out that Fred Harvey's restaurants along the routes of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway was the first restaurant chain in the United States, and the Harvey Houses are one of the first examples of food served fast.
This White Castle mug, probably dating from the 1930s, was acquired by the Kansas Museum of History to document the firm's early roots in the state.
White Castle does not currently operate in the state of Kansas.
www.kshs.org /cool3/fastfood.htm   (377 words)

  
 Mini-burger joint enjoys trip to ‘White Castle’ - MORE MOVIE NEWS AND FEATURES - MSNBC.com
Screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg said it was their idea to use White Castle in the title of the Danny Leiner-directed film, though they have since discovered that people who have never heard of the burger chain are confused by the title.
White Castle has inducted Hurwitz, Schlossberg and director Leiner into the White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame and agreed to promote the film in radio ads, in its restaurants with packaging and collectible fountain cups featuring Harold and Kumar and in grocery aisles nationwide where its frozen burgers are sold.
White Castle also is giving away tens of thousands of free burgers at promotional events for the film.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5487347   (861 words)

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