White Castle burger chain considers alcohol sales

pioneer press ^ | 12-21-11 | ap

[WOBBLY BOB]

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The White Castle hamburger chain is sipping on the idea of selling alcoholic beverages at its restaurants. The 90-year-old company is testing beer and wine sales at a location in Lafayette, Ind., that combines a traditional White Castle burger joint with a Blaze Modern BBQ, a new restaurant concept also being tried out. In other cities, Columbus, Ohio-based White Castle is testing an Asian food concept and a restaurant that serves grilled sandwiches.

[massgopguy]

wanna sniff the cap?

[InterceptPoint]

Dip them little burgers in your little beer. Now what’s not to like about that?? I wonder if they will sell 2 oz cans of beer by the sack.

[Prokopton]

MMMMMMMMMMMM Sliders and a nice Riesling...Heaven!

[Liz]

Boston burger served on "white trash bun" on butcher board----fries in brown paper bag.

[Puppage]

Just in time for the wedding

[Larry Lucido]

It’s a mistake to ever special-order a White Castle. It’s 2 am - I stumble in and just ask for 10 whatevers and they are in the bag in about a minute. All the food is the same. :-)

[goseminoles]

Amish wedding I see.

[Dr. Sivana]

While they are at it maybe they could figure out how to get a White Castle in Northern Virginia!

Do you really mean that? For years I have been conducting an informal study to try to determine what comes first, the "Bad Neighborhood" or the White Castle. After finding a Dekalb, IL neighborhood just beginning to decline and another White Castle off of a highway exit west of St. Louis that had not yet declined, BUT THE White Castle was brand new, that the White Castle precipitates the decline of the neighborhood.

On the other hand, it might be worth it. Also, a sense of danger (check out the WC on 72nd and Stony Island in Southside Chicago) might actually enhance the experience.

[Larry Lucido]

They could convert Castello di Amorosa winery into a WC!

[maine yankee]

“That Blue Nunn. She’s a mean wine.”

[WOBBLY BOB]

I get mine in the hood on Rice Street.

(The only drivethrough I’ve ever had someone walk up and offer to sell me crack- talk about one-stop shopping!)

[Larry Lucido]

I spent 5 years in DeKalb craving White Castles! I couldn’t believe one wouldn’t do well right off campus. I always had to drive 30 miles to satisfy my cravings for WC or Popeye’s Chicken.

That said, there was always Burritoville! And some good Chinese.

[oh8eleven]

Grew up on LI (50s-60s) and dining at the WC in West Hempstead was a must. Eleven cents apiece, IIRC.
Went back a few years ago - and it's still there!
Good food. "Buy Em By the Sack."

[Bobalu]

During the depression my grandfather stood in line in Chicago
and got a dollar from Al Capone. He spent it at a White Castle. He said the burgers were 7 cents each :-)

[njslim]

Wine sales at White Castle?

Let me guess the wine list

Ripple

MD 20/20

[njslim]

Wine sales at White Castle?

Let me guess the wine list

Ripple

MD 20/20

[njslim]

Wine sales at White Castle?

Let me guess the wine list

Ripple

MD 20/20

[Dr. Sivana]

I always had to drive 30 miles to satisfy my cravings for WC or Popeye’s Chicken.

You were worried about Popeye's when you had an underutilized Harold's Chicken Shack (now closed) in town?! For Shame! Shamer on Dekalb.

[Dr. Sivana]

Let me guess the wine list

Don't forget Thunderbird, Boones Farm, Red Rocket and White Rocket.

[moehoward]

....rookie......
Here's how we roll on the west coast...