White Castle, buy 'em by the sack - Life in America
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I worked at White Castle in the early 90's, I still eat there because of the cleaning guidelines that they follow. The reason you only find one side of the restaurant open at a time is because the other side had been broken completely down and cleaned. You had to be able to see your reflection in the stainless still, that's a rule. We also had to clean the baseboards around the restaurant.
I meet my first husband while I was working at White Castle, he walked in one day asked me on a date, and we were married for 21yrs. I still love White Castle though the marriage didn't last LOL
I got some coming yum cant wait!!
White Castle at 2am is a snapshot of humanity
I have a vintage 40s White Castle coffee cup, and I still use it. The thing is virtually indestructible.
Had an aunt that worked at the Castle and she sometimes brought home china plates embossed with a White Castle logo. I still a few but do not use them. They are a quality product. She also brought home a load of bibs with Humpty Dumpty on them - I still have not gotten over the trauma of that!
@@johnzeszut3170 I'd love to have those great ole momentoes! (Remind me not to hire your aunt, she would steal me blind! lol, just kidding)
I gave mine to an old friend,Miss it😊.
Mike?
Things, before everything, was made in China.
Not racist but time to end; 'most favoured nation status' (thank you Nixon) and make them float their currency and then they can play on the worlds 'level playing field'..................despise trump and conservatives but they are right on this one.
I have a bag of burgers from 1950 and they are still inedible.
Have been a loyal customer of White Castle for 35 years. Quality has never changed my entire life
Still gives me the poops.
@@iusedtoliveinmymothergary9827 no offense, but that is a personal issue. And I’m sorry that happens to you. There are no ingredients in White Castle foods that should give any person the poops 🤷🏼♀️
@@JennRighter Lol. Why would I be offended? Well I have IBS.
@@iusedtoliveinmymothergary9827 as long as they aren't accompanied by farts were ok!
@@MarksKicksOnRoute66 Thanks for sharing your *personal* bowel problems with the world.
I haven't lived near a White Castle in over 26 years. Still miss them.
One thing I can say is they're a pop culture icon they after all appeared in a movie
Been eating them for over 60 years, never a rummy tummy. They opened their first location in the West here in Scottsdale, Az two years ago. Been doing land office business ever since. during the first month they had to close overnight to re-supply. If they expand into California it will be huge. I had 'em last week!
Surprised the family used to refuse to open any locations west of the Mississippi.
@dudelove8854 I imagine that Scottsdale AZ having a lot of retired people from the land of the Great White Castle may have had something to do with the family changing that rule. The largest one is now in Orlando. In the 1960's there were at least 2 in the Miami area but I believe that logistics may have had something to do with their eventually closing them.
We need on here at the first major off ramp in Florida I-75 & US 90 in Lake City.
I love White Castle still😋
I remember back in the early 60's when us kids rode and stood up in the back of the car without seatbelts and eagerly waited on the carhops and the burgers were 12 cents then. Good times! But don't worry folks. Still workin' on that time machine. I'm just a little short on plutonium, a couple of widgets, and a hamster wheel. LOL! Happy 100th WC!!
Standing up in the stake bed farm truck looking over the cab the wind in your face great fun now they would arrest the driver !! went to the WC in New Albany IN that way had a friend that lived on a farm out side of town .
My cousin and I used to sit upside down with our feet by the back window and pretend to be astronauts!
When you finish building that machine, I'm first in line to buy a ticket.✌❤ out to you.
@@scottsteel2395 No charge. Could use the company. Just make room and get in. LOL!
If you need any assistance completing it, I'm certainly available. If you sold tickets for that, your passenger list would be NEVER ENDING. Wouldn't it be GLORIOUS......✌❤out to you.
This the best channel on TH-cam for us Boomers! We had our youthful days in the sun, and they were wonderful! (sure, no life is perfect but for many of us, those years were pretty darn great!) Playing outside until the street lights came on, then home for a delicious homemade dinner that good ole mom spent hours preparing! We had church on Sunday, the only day I had to wear a suit, tie, and hat. After church, we had a rare treat, a meal at a restaurant at *White Castle* for a yummy lunch. (Plus, it gave mom an equally rare break!) I could continue, as the memories are flooding back, but you get the idea. Thank you for this wonderful channel, it brings back so many fond memories for this formerly carefree boy.
Jeff, YES...I think all kids in the USA went home when the street lights went on.😁
@@jda9193 Actually, *No, Not* "all kids" in the USA went home when the street lights went on." I remember how a few of the kids, whose parents weren't able or willing to keep their children in line, would laugh at the very idea of going home just because the streetlights came on. God Bless.
I remember those days well. When teachers could discipline us at school. And neighbors were tight knit and could spank you if they saw you doing wrong. And when your parents found out you got another whooping with the switch your mother made you go outside and get or even worse made one of your siblings go get. the switch. Fun memories
Glad you had a nice childhood. Your generation decided not to pass that down to anyone else
@@mattbehan417
I couldn’t have said that better myself.
In the 70’s I Bowled in the league it was in the Bronx New York.After drinking 5 to 8 pitchers of beer we would go to White Castle,I would eat 3 to 4 dozen burgers with 6 orders of fryes! 2 weeks ago I had quadruple bypass I am trying to figure out why🤔😁😁
Bowling is bad for your health. Hope you are okay.
@@charlesbaldo I've got a drinking team with a bowling problem...LOL
It’ll be the hot dogs at the bowling alley
Definitely the bowling
It was probably all of that beer that you guys drank.
I remember as a little girl my Mother took me to White Castle for the first time downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
I believe I was 5 or 6 years old.
To this day White Castle is still my favorite hamburger both by the sack and fish sandwich singles.
I got invited on a mystery bus trip once . It was to be about a three hour drive and the destination was kept secret. It ended up being a trip to a White Castle! I had never even heard of it before , but I’m glad I went..tasty burgers. Everybody had a great time and excellent meal!
I absolutely LOVE White Castle!
A history lesson, a business lesson, and a walk down memory lane, all in one.
If I buy White Castle hamburgers, I buy them by the Crave Case rather than by the sack! That's a restaurant that stays consistant in it's quality!
Not in Lexington Ky never eat at that one...........
I’ve had to buy the frozen sliders in my grocery store since there are no White Castles in Texas, but they are really good, I can only imagine how delicious they would be fresh from the restaurant! Thanks for all the great videos!! 🍔
The frozen ones arent the same. And no pickle!
The restaurants used to steam the buns with the hamburger and onions until normies complained about them being too greasy. I never thought they were greasy, they pulled apart and slid down your throat like the perfect croissant! And had the steamed flavor of a Chinese dumpling... the frozen ones sometimes come out that way in the oven, but really you have to have a spatula smashing it down like a patty melt, or in a sandwich maker. The slide down your throat part is the reason they're called sliders anyway.
Restaurant ones are much better
Hi , I remember being in PA in 1991 , around Christmas time, my friend moved there , I went to visit her & her family, I hadn’t heard about WC , Boy they were
Great, I have gotten them at Walmart in the frozen section, they are good but better fresh .
a good tip take them out of the wrapper before you nuke em .
Great memories of White Castle in Louisville KY, sitting in my grandma’s ‘66 Nova with the glove box open and our sodas perched there. Miss her and White Castle!
Grew up in Louisville too. My 84 year old Mom still eats at White Castle about twice a week.
where was that one ? used to go to the one in St Matthews Shelbyville road and Breckenridge lane they demoed it put a new one just down the street . also there was one at Bardstown road and eastern parkway its gone .
@@johnsiders7819 Yup, Eastern Parkway and Bardstown Road! Used to sometimes go there in high school and wait for the number 17 Bardstown Road TARC bus to Fern Creek!
@@markclark1654 there is a pizza joint there now I think. The WC at Preston street and eastern parkway is still there though .
Yup, I also grew up eating at the WC in "Luavul" back in the 60s & 70s. I think sliders were 12-15 cents a piece back then. Does anyone else recall the WC pay-to-use bathrooms? The toilet stall doors had coin latches. It took a dime in the coin slot to unlock the stall door. But, as a kid, I remember being small enough to crawl under the door. Good times!😄
There's a whole bunch of White Castles in the New York area. They're not just in the midwest.
They are in Indiana!
@@kirkmarrie8060
One in Indianapolis, on Virginia Avenue, was a block from my high school. I can’t even imagine how many sliders 🍔 I consumed in those four years.
@@wmw3629 Nice!
Thank you. I used to live in CT and was beginning to think that I had hallucinated White Castles in that area.
In Southern states, there's a White Castle knockoff chain called Krystal.
I used to go to White Castle in Missouri during my teen years. Loved it! Now many years later I'm in Mississippi and settling for store bought frozen. Not complaining, still tasty.
To this day...I STILL have sliders once a week...the taste has never changed,
and along with Top Hat, are still a treat. Long may they stay the same, so future generations will know what their ancestors 'craved' !
This guy's narrative is so easy to listen to and it is informative without bombarding you with useless information. Love this channel...
Always my favorite fast food place. Their burgers are so good, they have never needed some vast menu.
Same here!.
YUM, YUMMINESS! The frozen ones you can buy in the supermarkets are good too!
I've seen them at WALMART.
Wrap them in warm wet paper towel and microwave, perfect!
@@leannwinter1798 don't forget the pickle chips.
@@darrellsadler2848 never forget the pickle!
Not even close
White Castle left NE Ohio several years ago... the frozen product is OK but nothing can substitute the steamy goodness of a fresh off the grill slider.
This is great channel. Thank you!
What a beautiful sight: watching through the glass window as the cook steam-grills your sliders, assembles them, and then tucks them into those little cardboard boxes. A precision operation!
Still go there all of the time, several locations near me.
I’m Jealous !! I used to live 5 minutes from one, but now the closest one is 463.5 miles away (not that I’m counting) 😂
Lucky guy. All closed around me.
They're so good. Growing up in the midwest we had them and in fact my grandmother lived right by one. We'd go because she also liked it. I don't think I've had one since (1980s) must remember to stop by one next time I visit back there.
Great to hear the backstory! I've only ever had them frozen in California supermarket offerings, even though I realize having freshly made ones are probably way better!
Oh they are !!!
Grew up on 'em in Michigan. When I found them frozen I thought there was no way I was gonna relive that experience, I was wrong, they put a smile on my face right away. Missing the pickle though. PRO TIP: Put your own pickle on it.
Is it as good as fresh, don't be a silly pants, of course not but I'll be danged if it don't get pretty dang close.
Honestly I think they taste almost exactly the same lol
I never drive by a White Castle without stopping. If there is a White Castle in the area where I am driving I will go out of my way to stop & grab a sack. When I was a kid and we would be headed on a 4 hour drive to northern Michigan every weekend my dad would always hit White Castle to feed four kids
Delicious memories of White Castle in Paramus, New Jersey with my kids in the 90s. What a feast! 😁
Damn,I must be getting old. I remember when you could buy 10 for a dollar
Yeah Willie maybe in the Late 60's?
I remember WC burgers 10 cents too. But then gas was .35 a gallon then too...
David Copperfield-not the magician good one. Long time ago
David Copperfield-not the magician And you could buy a new car for around 3 thousand dollars
@@willie6185 Yes! A good car too! My first car, a blue VW Bug cost $500. Paid cash and drove it home...🚙
Loved White Castle during the high school years...and beyond 70's, 80's, (prior to closing).. Good Times indeed. Thanks for the memories.
I love White Castle. Grew up eating them. Way better than McD's & BK. Unfortunately,where I live now there's no White Castle & the frozen ones are not the same. Also love the Dusseldorf Mustard
take the frozen ones out of the bag/wrapper then nuke em much better .
Love White Castle, I see they finally opened in Arizona, I missed them ever since I moved from Hellinois!
There are four White Castle Burger locations in southern Nevada. Three in Vegas, and one between there and the California border, so they've actually expanded beyond their Midwest territory, and are even west of the Rockies.
They're getting ready to open the largest free-standing White Castle in Orlando, FL... not to far from both Disney and Universal. And they're opening a Portillo's next door.
@@AJ17_ Love me some Portillo's!
@Leonard Ticsay Had my first in NYC.
I don't think Nashville counts as the Midwest. WC has been there since 1986.
Those LV locations did not open until after 2012. The first location was on the strip and opened 6 years ago...which was not convenient to get to. 😆
My family loves Them
Unfortunately we don't have White Castles here in Tucson,Az...I didn't have a SLIDER until I met my girlfriend (now my wife) back in 2000 in Chicago Heights Area
You know there is one in Scottsdale now? Worth the drive.
@@itsjohndell ok..well it's a hike from here ...I'll wait until I go visit my brother in Goodyear..
Chicago is where I had my first sack of burgers..yum!!
@@lynnlynn5583 My wifes name is Lynn & is from South Side Chicago..
@@foobarmaximus3506 Haha!..No ..White Castle Sliders..
My favorite stop while in the military near Chicago! Great taste and also the same wherever I stopped by a WC store.
I LOVE WHITE CASTLE!!! Great Memories of my late Mom who loved them, too... Back in the 1980s, I drove a motor coach from Bloomington, Illinois to O'Hare Airport and back and would drive down to Schiller Park to get a Sack of Cheese Burgers with Extra Pickles and 'Everything' Sauce for Lunch... Mm mm mm m!
Thankfully, the Ingram Family has been a good steward of the gift they have shared with all of us, and even though they aren't as ubiquitous as other chains, they are still worth a couple hundred mile road-trip every year or two.
I grew up with white castle in minneapolis in the fifties. My brother and i loved going there with our dad..i can still remember the delicious smell and those neat white boxes. I think they were 12 cents each at the time. Cant get them in california unfortunately. Great memories!!
White Castle on Central Ave. and 4th St., walked there for lunch when I attended Holmes Elementary School in the late 50's, early 60's. Love White Castles, make my annual trip to Minneapolis every October from Corpus Christi, TX. Great memories.
My favorite fast food place! Awesome video!
My younger brother can't get enough of those White Castle cheeseburgers.
He was glad he can buy the frozen sliders from the local Walmart.
Even though the frozen ones cant compete to what you get at a Castle
We didn’t have White Castle where I grew up, but I remember seeing them on family vacations. I thought they were something fancy, being a castle and all. I was disabused of this notion many years later while drunkenly scarfing down a bag of White Castle after logging several bar hours.
Oh that had to be an interesting next morning.
I remember that motto vividly: “what you crave”. I wish I were there.
My mom and dad would take the family to the Whiting, Indiana location. (saw it listed on one of the coupons you showed in the video) Last weekend shared a Crave Clutch with my son. They are sooo good! Thank you for the video, RR
Sure Harold & Kumar would approve!
White Castle has never changed for me since I was younger. 29 years since my first one and it's still the best!
I never ate an entire sack, but, I ate a few when I lived in St. Louis, MO. The locals called White Castle Burgers "belly bombs."
Usually stop at the Fenton one after concerts or a Cardinals game
White Castle is always innovating. The breakfast sausage, egg and cheese on wheat toast is delicious.
Jalapeno cheeseburgers and I love those onion chips.
At 6:44 that sure looks like the beloved WC at Chippewa & Hampton in St. Louis that closed in the mid 80's
I think it was. Remember stopping there12 cents each in 1950s along with car hops.
@@stlrfn3190 That's definitely Hampton Village in the background.
Living in Wichita in the late 90's White Castle was legend, there was a number of Kings X and Toc's but they were on their way out when I left in 2005. The only place to get a real slider in KS is the Cozy Inn in Salina.
I had a couple of White Castle burgers while in Detroit years ago. They are good!
Their best ad was "Hamburgers For Breakfast? WHY NOT?" Still my favorite.
We had Krystals in the south! Same fare, and boy did I love them!
Thank you for your work putting this together. You do a great job explaining along with the photos thank you!👍🏽
My dad always called it the aluminum room. I love them too this day. Great video
Just got the Biggest one in the Country down here in Florida!!! Always went to White Castle in New York.
I currently drive an hour and a half to my nearest White Castle every couple months when i MUST have some.
They just opened up the world’s largest one in Orlando a few days ago. I guess traffic was bad for blocks around.
I never saw White Castles until I was an adult. Growing up in Nashville, the equivalent burger was Krystal. I can remember them being 10 cents. They had freestanding buildings, plus narrow “hole in the wall” diners on downtown streets. I recall once buying a sack of them and sneaking them into the Loews Theater next door to munch during the matinee. I still love both Krystal and White Castle, and enjoy them whenever I can.
I was waiting for this! I again, was working for them too! When I first saw them cook up the burgers, I thought it was rice they were placing the burgers on! Consumed a whole lot of these "bunnies"! Thank you so much for all the memories!
My favorite restaurant to take out of town guests who've never had a White Castle. I especially love the look on their face when I order first and get a sack of 10.
In the early 80s in high school, I would drive from the Anderson area and stop at the White Castle in Newcastle on my way to concerts at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The TV Guide had a coupon where you buy six, get six free.
Of course, this meant missing the opening act while in the bathroom, but that's okay.
The frozen ones are alright, but they aren't the same unless some teenager is sweating over them. I'd still go eat one today. Miss that place, that time, and the experience.
I will never doubt you White Castle
I remember as a kid getting a sack of burgers & being excited. I don't remember getting a pickle in my burgers? Anyways, there's ALWAYS a couple of boxes in the freezer. I left a message with the company today that they should make 4 packs instead of 3 & more onions on both sides etc.. I don't care if they raise the price... Just add more onions on!
Just had White Castle yesterday. Not something I have frequently... really good though.
The White Castle at about 5:40 is the Rego Park one on Queens Blvd. It's been there forever.
Yum,loved 'em !
I always wished White Castle was in the SF Bay Area! Finally had some in Brooklyn in 2001! Yummy!✨
Pops grew up in Chicago in the ‘30’s WC were 5 cents each or five for a quarter. Took him a year to figure out it was all the same
Loved White Castle sliders and had to travel to Cincinnati to enjoy them. Now they have just opened the world's largest White Castle in Orlando Fl. Now its only a 1 hour drive to get my Sliders. If you visit Florida or the Orlando area, be sure to make this White Castle location a must go to destination its large and beautiful !!
I had to go to White Castle when I returned to St Louis in 2018 for my 40th HS reunion. Still love those soft, small slider burgers.
I remember a White Castle in my neighborhood before they shutdown locations in the Florida in the late 60's. In the 80's, while working as a scenic designer for a local production of "Grease" I modeled the 'Burger Palace" exterior set on my memories of the big plate glass window that let you watch the grill from the north side of the building.
Now White Castle just built their biggest branch ever in Orlando. I'll have to plan a stop there when I'm in town, for old times sake.
I remember when White Castle Hamburgers were,
.19 cents and White Castle Cheeseburgers were ,29 cents each.
Nice video! Do you watch the Food that Built America? They made an episode about this! I had no idea that White Castle was essentially the first burger franchise.
Is that show still on?
I have been looting for it.
I remember the invention of the Reese cup , Mars vs Hershey and KFC and others.
1999 was the last time I had a fresh White Castle. And this video made my mouth water
I love White Castle, when I make my way home. The very first place me and my family to stop at isn't my childhood home, nope!! It's White Castle baby...... YUMMY!
My dad would get coupons from the summer camp or school he supervised in Chicago. When we would go on the summer vacation camping trip, White Castle was the last stop before hitting the open road. Bags and bags the my sister and I would eat in the back seat of the 1964 Corvair. I miss my folks, the trips and much simpler times. And I sure do miss living in a city with a White Castle!
We always stop at WC. The whole family loves it. We have been eating there in Brooklyn since I was a kid in the 60's
I loved WC when I was a kid. My pop called them "murder burgers". Our closest one was on Detroit's west side. Every few weeks some poor soul got shot in the parking lot.
That is what we call them in northern New Jersey!
@@williamgottlieb8723 I'm from Monmouth county and we called them Rat Burgers!
Sad
Was that the one near Tiger Stadium?
I grew up in Minneapolis in the late forties and fifties and it was a treat to go buy a sack in the car on a Saturday nite. I can still smell them!!🤗
I went to the one near the highway in Minneapolis in '98.
White Castle was a birthday favorite. Dad would drive to Hammond, Indiana, and order 100 hamburgers. We didn't refer to them as sliders. Good memories!
I grew up in Gary.
Was it the White Castle on Calumet with the huge truck parking lot??
ate there many times, dad would ask me ----- dave, how many can you eat? I usually replied 6. we would eat at the counter. this was in the early 50s. good times for sure!
Always my favorite burgers. Loved to "buy 'em by the sack."
2 double cheese and 1 fries for me always, yum!
“White Castle fries only come in one size.”-Beastie Boys
Ask for fish salt on your fries.
I love White Castle! I used to be able to eat 8 burgers, but not anymore!
I just checked the White Castle Locator for the state of Michigan and I see the one we used to go to when I was a kid is still open! Harold and Kumar here I come!
Such a great story of true American entrepreneurship! I love that they even started a subsidiary company to supply the building materials for White Castle outlets. amazing! :-)
No white castle near me, but i buy them in the freezer case at the grocery store. Pretty good !
If you ever get to try one from an actual White Castle, you'll never eat the frozen ones again.
The Doors, a 69 Road Runner, White Castles on the South Side of Chicago. Good times man. Good times.
We still have one in Bayside, NY! The original architecture is intact.
I just ate some White Castle sliders earlier. Still delicious as ever!
I love White Castle! Grew up in Minneapolis and still recall the various locations (East Lake Street, LaSalle & Grant, East Hennepin). When I was in junior high in the ‘70s, I usually had 4 White Castles ($0.14 each) & 2 Turkey-burgers ($0.25 each) . I now live in Columbus Ohio, where White Castle is HQ. Fun fact: Columbus is HQ to the two best-known square burger chains in the country : White Castle & Wendy’s. I still go there once every 2-3 months. Sliders are still awesome, but please bring back the turkey-burgers!
Car hops and pay toilets are among my White Castle memories as a kid in the 60's. As we got older and they became the post bar hop stop, we called them "Murderburgers".
I just put away a sack of ten earlier this evening with an order of crinkle fries. Delicious as always 😎
My favorite burger bar none. When I was a boy they sold for 12 cents. They were the greatest meal a poor and hungry boy could have. Their french fries were also tops. I am grateful even to this day for the delicious and inexpensive meals they provided me. My only kick is that they changed mustards. I love White Castle. They were a big part of my childhood and life. If I had to order a last meal it would likely be steaming hot off the grill White Castle hamburgers, fries and a coke. I could go out happy and well fed.
Memories of eating White Castle with my niece in NYC.
Loved going to White Castle in The Bronx NY
@@lucysmithers357 yes!
Being a New England boy I didn't grow up on White Castle but there is one right down the street from the Greyhound station in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is where I was introduced to White Castle and still the only one I've ever been in. Made it a point over years of numerous bus trips to go there every time I got laid over in Indy.
White Castle was a rare treat for us on summer vacation!