White Castle Corp
American
White Castle is America's first hamburger restaurant chain. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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Founder, Owner | Billy Ingram | 1921 | 1966 |
Supervising Architect | Lloyd W Ray | 1927 |
White Castle is America's first hamburger restaurant chain. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
Founder, Owner | Billy Ingram | 1921 | 1966 |
Supervising Architect | Lloyd W Ray | 1927 |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1921/00/00 | In Wichita, Kansas, E W Engram and Walter Anderson open the first fast food chain (lost), selecting the name 'White Castle' because 'White' conjures the image of purity and 'Castle' strength. | Established | Hamburger | Birth of American Fast Food | |||
1926/00/00 | After enjoying a few White Castle hamburgers, Henry Davis adds a handful of thin sliced onions to his own a cooking hamburger patty and creates the Fried Onion Burger. | Inspiration | El Reno | Oklahoma | Fried Onion Burger | El Reno Fried Onion Burger Day Festival | |
1942/00/00 | Fifty five of portable steel and porcelain White Castles are manufactured by 1942. | Manufacturer | |||||
1950/00/00 | After the owner of the Washington Ave property refuses to renew the lease, White Castle moves building No 8 to 329 Central Ave SE and begins operating it as No 16. | Owner | White Castle Building No 8 | Minneapolis | |||
1979/04/30 | White Castle closes restaurant No 3. | Owner | Indianapolis White Castle No 3 | Indianapolis | |||
1983/10/00 | White Castle Corporation closes No 8 as an operating restaurant and schedules it for demolition. | Owner | White Castle Building No 8 | Minneapolis | |||
2014/01/14 | TIME magazine calls the White Castle's iconic, square patty, slider as the most influential burger of all time. | Owner | Hamburger |
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