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12-21-2011, 1:54pm
Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:19 am | (20) Comments
Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Share The White Castle hamburger chain is sipping on the idea of selling alcoholic beverages at its restaurants.
The 90-year-old company is testing beer and wine sales at a location in Lafayette, Ind., that combines a traditional White Castle burger joint with a Blaze Modern BBQ, a new restaurant concept also being tried out. In other cities, Columbus, Ohio-based White Castle is testing an Asian food concept and a restaurant that serves grilled sandwiches.
Customers in Lafayette can buy a glass wine for $4.50 or a domestic beer for $3. :datawiz:
White Castle spokesman Jamie Richardson tells The Columbus Dispatch ( White Castle giving sales of beer and wine a shot | The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/vWt7SS)) that feedback from consumers has been better than expected. But he says the company hasn't decided whether to expand alcohol sales or the new concepts.
Font Size: Default font size Larger font size Share The White Castle hamburger chain is sipping on the idea of selling alcoholic beverages at its restaurants.
The 90-year-old company is testing beer and wine sales at a location in Lafayette, Ind., that combines a traditional White Castle burger joint with a Blaze Modern BBQ, a new restaurant concept also being tried out. In other cities, Columbus, Ohio-based White Castle is testing an Asian food concept and a restaurant that serves grilled sandwiches.
Customers in Lafayette can buy a glass wine for $4.50 or a domestic beer for $3. :datawiz:
White Castle spokesman Jamie Richardson tells The Columbus Dispatch ( White Castle giving sales of beer and wine a shot | The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/vWt7SS)) that feedback from consumers has been better than expected. But he says the company hasn't decided whether to expand alcohol sales or the new concepts.