Posts Tagged ‘White Castle’
Monday, May 26th, 2008
I saw this info up on a local White Castle sign the other day and wondered whether it pertained to a national promotion or not. Lo and behold, it actually did. Here’s what’s written online:
“National Hamburger Month May 2008: Celebrate with 27¢ Hamburgers on Tuesday, May 27th ONLY from 2:00 pm – 3:27 pm. (At participating castles only. Limit 10. Cheese & Bacon extra. Dine-in and drive-thru only, no phone orders.)”
So I guess this isn’t just a Memorial Day promo come a day late — especially for those of us no longer off on a bank holiday in America. Hope you don’t mind your hamburgers in the midafternoon! Around 18 hours left tah go…
Tags: 27, bacon, burgers, cheese, hamburgers, May, Memorial Day, National Hamburger Month, White Castle
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Price: $0.73; paid – $0.69
Promotion: 69¢ cheeseburgers
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 5 out of 5 – great
Referenced repeatedly in the past, it’s high time we finally gave this baby a review. Obviously, I’m a big fan, as a visit to White Castle rarely passes without one of these sub-dollar sandwiches passing through my gullet. And what’s not to love about this perfect combination of meat, grilled onions, spongy soft buns, and jalapeno cheese? Contrary to the picture on the web site, the cheese we see here’s some variation on Swiss or provolone. Whatever it is, it plain works better than regular American, especially with the spicy burn at the back end (uh, of the throat) that makes it all worthwhile. This is the cheeseburger you should order when you’re at White Castle.
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Tags: American, back end, bun, burn, buzz, cheese, cheeseburgers, great, grilled, heartburn, hot, jalapeno, meat, onions, perfect, promotion, provolone, review, soft, spicy, spongy, stomach, sub-dollar, Swiss, throat, trip, White Castle
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Price: $1.99; paid – $0.99
Promotion: an expiring coupon from the White Castle web site
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 4 out of 5 – good
My experiences with White Castle sides haven’t been all that encouraging in the past, but people can let bygones be bygones when they’re hungry (and sitting on a coupon that’s about to expire). So what happened here? Not only were these chicken rings from White Castle hot and fresh outta the fryer, but they compared nicely to McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets in taste and texture, if not in overall shape. In fact, I was so busy gobbling ‘em up and taking pics that I didn’t bother to check ‘n’ see whether I got six rings or not with my order. Regardless of how many I got, they were all pretty good.
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Tags: barbecue, bygones, chicken, coupons, fresh, fryer, good, hot, McNuggets, promotion, review, rings, rounded, sauce, shape, sides, taste, texture, White Castle
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Price: $0.99(?); paid – $0.69
Promotion: 69¢ cheeseburgers
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 4 out of 5 – good
With that 69-cent cheeseburger promo going on at White Castle right now, it seemed like an easy choice to pick up a Jalapeno Cheeseburger and start the review process on it without delay. But my standard order morphed into “1 Bac Jal Che Brg” somewhere between voicing my desire and receiving a steamed sandwich. This item wasn’t even listed up on the menu board (either inside or out), so that 99-cent retail guess up top comes from the regular tab of a Bacon Cheeseburger, while my local pork-less Jalapeno goes for 73. I still only paid 69 cents, however, so whatever the regular price, I got my money’s worth o’ meat this Monday.
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Tags: bacon, cheese, cheeseburgers, crisp, freshly, fried, good, grilled, jalapeno, menu, promotion, review, sandwich, size, smaller, spicy, steam-grilled, steamed, tasty, White Castle
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Price: $1.39
Availability: the Midwest, New York, and New Jersey (locate)
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
If there’s one thing that White Castle seems to get right with me, it’s that — even late at night — my fried food is always pipin’ hot and fresh outta the fryer. The regular French fries I reviewed a while back might been a little too regular for their own good, but I did at least get them blazing hot. Now is this deep-fried outcome preferable to the time-tested steam-grilled method employed with the WC’s signature Slyders? Hard to say. All I know is that this fish was hot (and cheap) enough to try again, even if it wouldn’t readily be my first choice.
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Tags: acceptable, American, cheese, fish, fresh, fried, hot, juicy, packet, review, sandwich, sauce, Slyders, smaller, tartar, thin, travel, White Castle
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