Comments on: A Serious Eats Look at Midtown’s White Castle

By: adamprato

adamprato — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:56:28 +0000

Oh sure, when you put it like that. :)

By: roboppy

roboppy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:31:41 +0000

@adamprato: If I may disagree…

Burgers are one kind of food whose history in the US is deeply steeped in fast food chains. White Castle is the oldest burger chain in the US. I think it certainly has a place on a burger site that tries to include all styles of burger, from the cheapo slyder to an expensive fancy-pants burger.

By: Apikoros18

Apikoros18 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:13:36 +0000

I went back and apparently, I am not the only one who seems to make the same comments everytime.. (rootbeer, Chip Beef looking at you….)

By: Apikoros18

Apikoros18 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:06:43 +0000

I also miss the White Castle that was by the Empire State Building— Clean and relatively upscale. The one on 8th Avenue is one of the rings of Dante’s Inferno. I have never seen so many exposed sores in one place. Rootbeer, best comment I have seen in awhile, Thanks! (BTW, I think I make a similar comment every time this Particular White Castle gets mentioned….)

By: Chip Beef

Chip Beef — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:00:21 +0000

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: No review of White Castle is complete without a sampling of the Surf N’ Turf. It is truly an amazing feat of fast food art and alchemy.

Also, when it comes to White Castle, you’re much better served in the outer boroughs. I highly recommend the Fort Hamilton Parkway Brooklyn, Hylan Boulevard Staten Island, and Union City, NJ locations.

By: AL@1PP

AL@1PP — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:43:44 +0000

I can eat an entire crave case of burgers with/without cheese whatever. my mouth waters at the mention of white castle. good thing there is a white castle near me in Queens!

By: El Dubya El

El Dubya El — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:11:30 +0000

LOL Rootbeer, can’t say I have ever been to the Newark Ave WC in Jersey City. Your description of the cashier reminds me of Benny the cab driver from Total Recall though.

Benny: I got four kids to feed.
Douglas Quaid: So what happened to number five?
Benny: Aw, sh*t, man! You got me. I ain’t even married. Now put your f___in’ hands in the air!

By: CheeeeEEEEse

CheeeeEEEEse — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:04:19 +0000

@Rootbeer: I have to check out the JC one.

By: ahamburgertoday

ahamburgertoday — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:56:57 +0000

@rootbeer: Almost all NYC White Castle locations are beyond sketchy.

By: Rootbeer

Rootbeer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:37:19 +0000

Oh, White Castle that used to be near the Empire State Building, why have you forsaken us?

The 8th Avenue location is beyond sketchy — two out of the last three times I’ve tried going there, I was accosted by foul-smelling beggars, and on the other visit some pervert fondled a girl’s buttocks and then ran away after the police were called.

Never thought I’d have fond memories of the WC on Newark Ave in Jersey City, the one Harold and Kumar should have been able to find but didn’t, where everything is behind bulletproof plexiglass and one of the regular cashiers has a freaky bulbous edema-hand.