Two of White Castle's stores in the Las Vegas Valley are scheduled to close at the end of the month.
White Castle, the 105-year-old family-run fast food chain known for its small, square burgers sold by the bag, will soon be closing two stores in the Las Vegas Valley.
Jamie Richardson, White Castle's chief marketing officer, said it will open the Casino Royale location on the Las Vegas Strip and 535 Marks St. in Henderson. The store will close at the end of this month, Neon revealed.
Richardson added that other Las Vegas stores (Paradise Road, Fremont Street Experience) and the store located in Jean, south of Las Vegas, will remain open. ‘Happy’ partnership
Five White Castle stores in the Las Vegas Valley have been operated under license by Terrible Herbst, a local gas station and convenience store chain.
Turable Herbst, the first licensing partner in White Castle's history, proposed acquiring stores, and White Castle headquarters decided to purchase some of these stores and continue to operate them.
“They became interested in other areas of the business and decided they were no longer interested in running the White Castle stores,” Richardson said of Terrible Herbst. “As a family business, we felt that continuing to operate the three stores was better aligned with our ethos and direction.”
He added: “We have been very satisfied with our partnership so far.” Richardson said White Castle stores on Paradise Road, Downtown and Jean are scheduled to close for a few days around the end of March or early April as the store transitions from licensed to corporate operation.
Employees from the two stores that are closing will be offered the opportunity to work at the White Castle headquarters, he said. When these stores reopen, all White Castle stores, approximately 340 worldwide, will be directly owned and operated by the company.
White Castle's burgers are famous for their five-hole patty, resembling the figure of a dice. These patties are steam grilled on onions spread out on a flat countertop.
The holes in the patty allow steam to pass through the meat, allowing the patty to cook evenly without flipping, and allowing the flavor of the onions to penetrate the meat well.
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