Today, White Castle -- based in Columbus, Ohio, since Ingram moved the company headquarters out of Kansas in 1933 -- is experimenting with some different culinary concepts, including pulled-pork carnitas and cornbread.
This experiment may be a reflection of survival in this "Great Recession" -- restaurants expanding their offerings well beyond their core business. In the case of White Castle, the new concepts are being test-marketed in a restaurant-within-a-restaurant style. The first Blaze Modern BBQ is located in an existing White Castle restaurant in Lafayette, Indiana -- a college town -- and sells brisket, pulled chicken, Chinese char siu pork, pulled-pork carnitas, smoked turkey, andouille sausage and sloppy joes.
White Castle is reportedly set to open an Asian noodle concept inside an existing White Castle in Springfield, Ohio, later this year.
There hasn't been a White Castle restaurant in the Kansas City market in over a decade, though one of the original 1920s White Castle buildings still stands, next to the Anthony's Italian Restaurant parking lot, at 709 Grand. Future noodle house castle?
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I miss White Castle! I personally don't have to be drunk to eat them - and love them for breakfast. I recently rejoiced when I heard they opened one in Columbia. Now a short 2 hour drive instead of all the way to St. Louis!
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