#69 on this years Saveur 100

Hi,

White Castle Brisket sandwiches sang out to my Mother. I dutifully got her one with two sliders as back up.

In my mind's eye, I had expectations of shredded meat held together with BBQ sauce. I opened up the sandwich to see thin slices of brisket, some crispy onions (like you put on a green bean casserole) and a light hand with the BBQ sauce. It was pretty good.

It certainly exceeded the price and taste of the Lenten 'Crab' sandwich, which tasted like breading with flicks of red stuff. A friend had looked up the ingredient list, which was quite extensive for such a tiny sandwich.

Regards,
Cathy2

White Castle is making good on its plans to tear down its South Loop restaurant and replace it with a nicer one complete with WiFi, a dining room and flat-screen TVs. Construction will start May 21 at the northwest corner of Cermak Road and Wabash Avenue, said Darrin Cotton, a district supervisor at White Castle. The existing restaurant at 2140 S. Wabash will serve customers through May 20 before demolition.

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Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

White Castle Brisket sandwiches sang out to my Mother. I dutifully got her one with two sliders as back up.

In my mind's eye, I had expectations of shredded meat held together with BBQ sauce. I opened up the sandwich to see thin slices of brisket, some crispy onions (like you put on a green bean casserole) and a light hand with the BBQ sauce. It was pretty good.

It certainly exceeded the price and taste of the Lenten 'Crab' sandwich, which tasted like breading with flicks of red stuff. A friend had looked up the ingredient list, which was quite extensive for such a tiny sandwich.

Regards,
Cathy2

I also tried one lately along with the Black Bean sandwich while picking up a sack of bacon/cheese sliders they have on special for $6 (online only).

Both were pretty good considering the source. I ate a few slices of the brisket on their own and had a good flavor and enough fat for taste. The black bean was a touch exotic with the fancy sauces.

Won't push sliders off of my ordering but as a side, very good!

Tried the brisket slider today and thought it was ok, though definitely a notch far below a standard issue slider . . .


White Castle Brisket Slider

The brisket was sliced very thin and didn't have much flavor other than saltiness. I liked the crispy onions but the cloyingly sweet, fakely smokey bbq sauce on the unit was a major deal-breaker for me. I picked the meat off and threw away the bun with the sauce on it. I'm a long-time fan of White Castle but this was just not my thing.

=R=

ronnie_suburban wrote:the cloyingly sweet, fakely smokey bbq sauce on the unit was a major deal-breaker for me.

I rarely order anything that has bbq sauce anymore since this has become the norm and it also ruins it for me.

ronnie_suburban wrote:Tried the brisket slider today and thought it was ok, though definitely a notch far below a standard issue slider . . .


White Castle Brisket Slider

The brisket was sliced very thin and didn't have much flavor other than saltiness. I liked the crispy onions but the cloyingly sweet, fakely smokey bbq sauce on the unit was a major deal-breaker for me. I picked the meat off and threw away the bun with the sauce on it. I'm a long-time fan of White Castle but this was just not my thing.

=R=

I agree. Now the pretzel-crusted chicken rings with honey mustard, that's where it's at (in the category of formed chicken-foam, these are ace).

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Clean, friendly, comfortable, inexpensive, tasty in a gotta have it once every year or so fashion.

Cathy2 wrote:You can really wow your visitors by making turkey stuffing with those sliders!

I know I'm twelve years late to respond to this, but I made this stuffing last year for the first time for Thanksgiving, and it was gone in a flash. I want to say surprisingly good, but it's really not that surprising, as the recipe essentially is just a "hacked" version of a sage sausage type of stuffing.

Binko wrote:

Cathy2 wrote:You can really wow your visitors by making turkey stuffing with those sliders!

I know I'm twelve years late to respond to this, but I made this stuffing last year for the first time for Thanksgiving, and it was gone in a flash. I want to say surprisingly good, but it's really not that surprising, as the recipe essentially is just a "hacked" version of a sage sausage type of stuffing.

I made the stuffing this year, not in the bird but in a separate pan.

Followed the White Castle recipe and it was too dry.

Will try again with more liquid.

I make the White Castle stuffing every year. It's always a hit.

I also did a Tex Mex side batch this year. Took out the celery/sage/thyme; and substituted with:

chorizo (because no one could ever get sick mixing pork chorizo with beef sliders)
Roasted jalapenos
Corn
Jicama
Cilantro
Lime juice

It actually came out pretty good. People told me they liked it, or maybe I misunderstood what they were saying while fleeing to the bathroom.

I love and respect White Castle in a way that takes a personal offense to its relegation in the eyes of many as a drunk food only. Half a decade can pass between visits but when its time its time.

White Castle was there for me, without judgement, in the brokest years of my life. And in Minneapolis, where the pre-yuppie diners died early on in my childhood, White Castle served as the de-facto morning outpost where blue collar old timers could gather and talk shit.

MunicipalTruckin wrote:I love and respect White Castle in a way that takes a personal offense to its relegation in the eyes of many as a drunk food only. Half a decade can pass between visits but when its time its time.

White Castle was there for me, without judgement, in the brokest years of my life. And in Minneapolis, where the pre-yuppie diners died early on in my childhood, White Castle served as the de-facto morning outpost where blue collar old timers could gather and talk shit.

I worked with a former White Castle employee who told me what she said to a customer when he complained about the sliders giving him lower GI problems: "Oh,it didn't have anything to do with the twelve pack you had with them,huh?"

I can't mix my liquors.....maybe it was quantity???

Have a confession to make.

For the second time in my life I have found myself in an extreme time pinch and drove through the White Castle on Peterson and Ridge for breakfast. Two breakfast sausage and egg sliders.

I am not confessing to the fact that I found it necessary to stop at White Castle. I am confessing to the fact that I liked the breakfast I received.

They crack eggs here. The sausage was good and spicy enough. The sandwiches were plenty hot. It took a while before I got my order - like they were actually cooking something! The only sad part was the bun, but I knew that going in.

In my view, this was well above anything that can be had at the Arches or from the King.

White Castle breakfast is surprisingly good, but, then again, I love pretty much anything from White Castle. Definitely better than any breakfast from BK or Dunkin or Wendy's. McD's would be a tough one, for me, though. When that Egg McMuffin is on, it's on. Hell, even that dollar menu sausage muffin (if it still exists. I used to get them almost every day about a year ago.) But WC's breakfast is easily top two for the typical fast food choices around here.

Steak McBagel

Juicy, tender, seasoned, grilled onions, melty cheese, tender bagel (but still has a skin).

Oh, yeah, egg.


You probably haven't had one so you couldn't compare.

Steak juice dripping down your chin, every, single, time.

Sorry, but that is not a steak and that is not a bagel.

bw77 wrote:Sorry, but that is not a steak and that is not a bagel.

But it is the tastiest breakfast sandwich out there.

Mmmm....

I will have to give it a try.

I tell ya, every so often I love a few sliders from White Castle. They scratch an itch. Lots of different cheese options, super consistent, way more enjoyable than your average fast food burger.