I never had a genuine White Castle burger growing up for the same reason. In college though I would buy the grocery store freezer section White Castle burgers and enjoyed them. They really nailed that "tasty garbage" quality.
Being from the west I had only known those freezer burgers, and loved them. When I moved to Baltimore, I calculated the closest White Castle on my way to my destination so I could finally try them. I landed in Newark NJ and was genuinely scared for my life just how sketched out everyone was in the immediate area. Turns out, White Castles are primarily in bad areas, kinda like the iconic Little Caesar's + Payday Loans + Liquor store trio.
Interesting in LA it’s usually liquor store or smoke shop but not dispensary in those shady little combos they’re referring to. Dispensaries are actually really nice here.
Having lived in Maryland most of my life, I really haven't seen a lot of White castles until I moved to the Midwest. From what I can tell, they are in one of two locations: immediately off the highway next to the cracker barrel (because sometimes when you're driving long distances in the middle of the night you need something easy to eat and awful for you) or in the sketchiest neighborhood possible. There used to be one I think on the edge of Corktown in Detroit that had no other non-blighted buildings a couple blocks in every direction
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u/Dry_Spring4108 10d ago
Never had White Castle, they don’t exist in my state. They seem like a “hate it or you love it” type chain though.