White Castle

It’s what you crave.

No, it’s more like, why do you crave this? Please don’t think that this is a slam on White Castle. Those of us that go to White Castle can’t really explain why. If you ask someone, they will more than likely say that it’s good. It is a good, fast slider with a lot of history.

White Castle is legendary. They have been around for 90 years and counting. White Castle holds the credit for being the first fast food hamburger chain, and the first to sell a million hamburgers among other fascinating facts. Check out their timeline.

I have enjoyed many wonderful experiences eating here for years, but when you think about what your eating and compare it to a real hamburger it just doesn’t add up.

I started to question my interest in feeding the “Crave” when I took my best friend Nate to White Castle after a concert one night in August of 2010. We just returned from Mayhem Festival at Pine Knob (DTE Music Theater) and it was 3:00 a.m. As you can imagine, we were hungry. The only place open was, you guessed it, White Castle. Nate had never been, so we went.

We ordered, ate, and then asked why did we do that? Nate thought it was anything but good. I did agree with him that it was an acquired taste. From that moment on, I have been slowly decreasing my intake of White Castle hamburgers.

Before my experience on Tuesday, February 7th, I haven’t paid a visit to White Castle since my late night visit with Nate. I decided to visit one last time in the name of the Michigan Burger Boys website.

I ordered 6 cheeseburgers and an onion chip. I’m not going to lie. It was good. I enjoyed eating my sack of burgers and chips. There’s only one way to sum up a White Castle experience, it’s a guilty pleasure. They have what you want, but you feel bad for doing it once your finished.

~Kevin