Craving a slider? Maybe some chicken rings? The world’s largest White Castle is scheduled to open in Orlando Florida tomorrow.
The 4,567-square-foot restaurant will be “the largest free-standing White Castle in the world,” the company said. It will also bring 120 new jobs to the area.
The Orlando White Castle is in southwest Orlando at The Village at O-Town West, part of a $1 billion mixed-use development.
According to the company, the new White Castle will have indoor and outdoor seating, two drive-thru lanes and will have “the iconic tower in a sleek, modern industrial-style architectural design.”
“Florida Cravers have long been asking for us to open a castle there,” Lisa Ingram, White Castle’s president and CEO said in a statement last year. “We believe now is the right time for us to enter the Sunshine State, and Orlando is an ideal location to launch our business there.”
The move into Florida comes on the heels of White Castle’s entry into another state – Arizona. White Castle opened a restaurant in Scottsdale on Oct. 23, 2019, the first company-owned castle west of the Mississippi River. Hundreds of people waited in lines for hours to purchase White Castle’s craveable little hamburger, called the Original Slider®, as well as its fish slider, its chicken and waffles slider, its plant-based Impossible™ Slider, and all of its other mouthwatering menu items.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, and known as America’s original fast-food restaurant, White Castle has more than 375 restaurants in 13 states.
The Florida location will bring that number to 14. Like most of the chain’s other restaurants, the Orlando castle will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, satisfying the crave of White Castle fans morning, noon and night.