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MC Mill CityOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:
Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by Chugman:

I had heard so much about White Castle and their sliders that I decided I had to try them when I was working in Chicago a number of years ago.  I was shocked that the onion smell (or aroma depending on your perspective) was so strong inside that my eyes started watering. 

 

You must have caught the bulk chopping of onions. Crying normally only occurs if you don't take home extras for other people. Even if not, you were right about the smell. I can smell White Castle on folks for hours. But in a town with W.C. everyone knows the smell. People "in the know" would not hold it against you...unless they are hungry, and you are empty handed...forget the hungry part, remember extras.

 

Note the meat(good stuff) never hits the griddle, just onion steam is cooking them.

  

Adriatic,

Thank you for the answers.  So it sounds like I may not like them because I am not partial to onions.  Or maybe it is that they don't like me. 

Mark, I'm particularly fond of onions either, or as you suggest, not fond of me. But onions are an accentual ingredient, don't let them scare you off from the experience that truly unique to White Castle. Bon appetit.

 

Tip: Large Coke!

Mark BoyceMark BoyceOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by Mill City:
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:
Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by Chugman:

I had heard so much about White Castle and their sliders that I decided I had to try them when I was working in Chicago a number of years ago.  I was shocked that the onion smell (or aroma depending on your perspective) was so strong inside that my eyes started watering. 

 

You must have caught the bulk chopping of onions. Crying normally only occurs if you don't take home extras for other people. Even if not, you were right about the smell. I can smell White Castle on folks for hours. But in a town with W.C. everyone knows the smell. People "in the know" would not hold it against you...unless they are hungry, and you are empty handed...forget the hungry part, remember extras.

 

Note the meat(good stuff) never hits the griddle, just onion steam is cooking them.

  

Adriatic,

Thank you for the answers.  So it sounds like I may not like them because I am not partial to onions.  Or maybe it is that they don't like me. 

Mark, I'm particularly fond of onions either, or as you suggest, not fond of me. But onions are an accentual ingredient, don't let them scare you off from the experience that truly unique to White Castle. Bon appetit.

 

Tip: Large Coke!

Jon,

When there are onions on something I scrape them off.  Large Coke! 

 

Well I see the closest White Castle to me is 83 miles away in Akron, Ohio.  I may have to settle for the ones in the box at the grocery store.  What I need to do is plan a trip to Aaron's Trains and White Castle some day!! 

Mark BoyceMark BoyceOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:
Adriatic,

Thank you for the answers.  So it sounds like I may not like them because I am not partial to onions.  Or maybe it is that they don't like me. 

Then try 2 chicken sandwiches, one Whitey with all, clam bites, & one of the best chocolate shakes anywhere! My normal order. All sandwiches are quite small, but priced accordingly. And a thumb & some onions wont reproduce the magic, not even close.

 

You know, just the word "vignette" actually brings up a vision of a WC style diner at night, first and foremost

Chicken Sliders sounds like a winner.  I don't know about clams, though!  I haven't had a shake in years, I think I would get a vanilla one.  I'm a black coffee, plain vanilla kind of guy! 

 

I will have to plan a trip to Akron - Aaron's City Trains and White Castle.  Funny, Akron is only 83 miles away, but the only time I was there was in the mid '60s!!

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Jon....you are killing me with the pictures of the "sliders"!!  What did I start here!??  Holy Cow...whoops, I guess in this case the "cow" would be part of the recipe!!..LOL

 

Jon, your picture above of the White Tower got my memory stirring and so I went to one of my display cabinets to look for something that I had long forgot I had....a mini model of the exact White Tower architectural example you posted!!  So...I quickly cut out a couple of foam core pieces to set it on since it is somewhat undersized for O-scale and lifting it up helps slightly and then I put it on the layout...downtown next to the bus stop and subway entrance!  Snapped a few shots... here they are below..  Now I have got to build or find a better example of one of these or a White Castle.  Seems to me I saw a model of one at a train meet...perhaps it was at York!  I will be looking!!

 

Alan

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Mark BoyceMark BoyceOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by leavingtracks:

Jon....you are killing me with the pictures of the "sliders"!!  What did I start here!??  Holy Cow...whoops, I guess in this case the "cow" would be part of the recipe!!..LOL

 

Jon, your picture above of the White Tower got my memory stirring and so I went to one of my display cabinets to look for something that I had long forgot I had....a mini model of the exact White Tower architectural example you posted!!  So...I quickly cut out a couple of foam core pieces to set it on since it is somewhat undersized for O-scale and lifting it up helps slightly and then I put it on the layout...downtown next to the bus stop and subway entrance!  Snapped a few shots... here they are below..  Now I have got to build or find a better example of one of these or a White Castle.  Seems to me I saw a model of one at a train meet...perhaps it was at York!  I will be looking!!

 

Alan

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This White Tower thing is much bigger than I thought!!  It's almost as big as the Butler Pennsylvania Hot Dog Shop!!

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Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Jon,

Why do they have holes in them?  I've never seen that before.

 

Art,

Did you get any Sliders after Church?  I end up with Arby's after church, and I am tired of them  ;-)

No.  After church I suggested sliders to the family and was badly voted down 6 to 1.  We ended up at TGI Fridays instead.  And then the Bears lost to Green Bay.

 

Art

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Originally Posted by Mill City:

White Tower stores seem to celebrate many styles of architecture lending themselves to scratch building as demonstrated by Gene. Here's another fine example of a small White Tower rendered in the Moderne style.

 

That one has an art deco look to it.  I wonder if it's in Florida?

 

Art

Mark BoyceMark BoyceOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
Originally Posted by Chugman:
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Jon,

Why do they have holes in them?  I've never seen that before.

 

Art,

Did you get any Sliders after Church?  I end up with Arby's after church, and I am tired of them  ;-)

No.  After church I suggested sliders to the family and was badly voted down 6 to 1.  We ended up at TGI Fridays instead.  And then the Bears lost to Green Bay.

 

Art

That's A bummer Art.  Fridays probably set you back a lot more than White Castle would have!

 

 

MC Mill CityOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Chugman:
Originally Posted by Mill City:

White Tower stores seem to celebrate many styles of architecture lending themselves to scratch building as demonstrated by Gene. Here's another fine example of a small White Tower rendered in the Moderne style.

 

That one has an art deco look to it.  I wonder if it's in Florida?

 

Art

Art, I don't know the location of the White Tower you cited, but it certainly wasn't in Florida. White Tower was founded in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The chain was successful and expanded to other cities, including Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York City, Albany, Boston and as far south as Richmond, Virginia.

 

That's not say that there aren't similar looking restaurants located throughout the US. Following is a list of White Castle copycats culled from Wikipedia:

 

The success of White Castle led to numerous imitators. Restaurants copied the distinctive architecture of White Castle buildings, as well as created confusion for consumers by using a similar name. The first of these imitators in Wichita was Little Kastle. Many competitors created their names with a play on the White Castle name. Some restaurant chains just replaced the word "Castle" with their own word (Cabin, Cap, Clock, Crescent, Diamond, Dome, Fortress, Grille, House, Hut, Kitchen, Knight, Log, Manna, Mill, Palace, Plaza, Shop, Spot, Tavern, Tower, Turret, Wonder), while others chose to replace "White" with another (Blue, King's, Little, Magic, Modern, Prince's, Red, Royal, Silver). Some of the other imitators included Castle Blanca, Blue Beacon, Blue Bell, Blue Tower, Red Barn, Red Lantern and Klover Kastle. Despite all the competition, none of the competitors were able to match the success of White Castle.

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MC Mill CityOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Chugman:
Originally Posted by Mark Boyce:

Jon,

Why do they have holes in them?  I've never seen that before.

 

Art,

Did you get any Sliders after Church?  I end up with Arby's after church, and I am tired of them  ;-)

No.  After church I suggested sliders to the family and was badly voted down 6 to 1.  We ended up at TGI Fridays instead.  And then the Bears lost to Green Bay.

 

Art

Sorry to learn of your disappointing day, Art. I've discovered that White Castle is mostly a solitary pursuit. Treat yourself to some Castle, it may help ease the pain of yesterdays defeats.

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