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"The White Castle name and brand is one that’s long been synonymous with classic fast food for Ohioans. It was on June 3, 1929, that Columbus opened its first White Castle restaurant, and within five years, the chain’s success in our state would lead owner Edgar Waldo “Billy” Ingram to move his company’s headquarters to Columbus for good. Located at 49 S. Front Street, the building has since been removed to make way for construction of the Ohio State Office Building–but its early contribution to White Castle’s popularity in central Ohio, as well as the city’s central location to the company’s operation, were key in making Ohio’s capital likewise the “Hamburger Capital of the World.”
Originally founded as the White Castle System of Eating Houses Corporation in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921, the company was formally incorporated in 1924, the same year Billy Ingram and co-founder Walter Anderson opened their first restaurant outside of Wichita. The staple of the White Castle menu was a small hamburger (now widely called the “slider”) served on a bun with grilled onions. From the beginning, White Castle established a model for the chain restaurant, creating a standard of uniformity among its many locations in terms of restaurant look and operations, food preparation, and employee appearance." https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/archives/2350 See less
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WC was my dad's favorite burger joint. Mom hated WC. So when dad got the urge for a slider, he would always bring me along. Definitely different, I kinda like them.
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Never ate there once. Not even sure if I’ve ever actually seen one. Never around anywhere that I’ve lived.
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(05-08-2024, 11:31 PM)ScarletHayes Wrote: Never ate there once. Not even sure if I’ve ever actually seen one. Never around anywhere that I’ve lived.
Never? What sort of Godless heathen hellscape do you live in?
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I’m digging deep here and am thinking that I may have seen one in Lima ages ago. Maybe Sani could verify if there was ever one there.
WC just wasn’t really around the areas I’ve lived.
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I don't think I've ever had one of their burgers/sliders either. I know the same chain is called Krystal in the south.
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(05-08-2024, 11:31 PM)ScarletHayes Wrote: Never ate there once. Not even sure if I’ve ever actually seen one. Never around anywhere that I’ve lived.
I ate them once. Never again. Crap IMO.
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(05-08-2024, 11:05 PM)ChinaBuck Wrote: WC was my dad's favorite burger joint. Mom hated WC. So when dad got the urge for a slider, he would always bring me along. Definitely different, I kinda like them.
I think WC burgers are gross and disgusting. My husband absolutely loves them. Must be a gender thing!
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(05-09-2024, 05:51 AM)Iowa Mels Wrote: (05-08-2024, 11:05 PM)ChinaBuck Wrote: WC was my dad's favorite burger joint. Mom hated WC. So when dad got the urge for a slider, he would always bring me along. Definitely different, I kinda like them.
I think WC burgers are gross and disgusting. My husband absolutely loves them. Must be a gender thing!
Yeah, it's not a place you see a lot of women.
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Haven't had one in decades probably but as a kid a visit to White Castle was a special treat. I understand the quality control is not what it used to be.
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I've always loved White Castle. Their jalapeno cheeseburger is top tier.
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Nasty. Krystal’s is nasty. Looks like dog meat.
For the decades old slider burger, a lunch counter place in Akron near Goodyear up to 70’s was the best…Thackers. Which became Hamburger Station. Comes with enough onion to choke a horse. Real hamburger meat.
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