Sunday, November 21, 2004

Horn and Khaaan go to White Castle Pt.2

Well the first thing when we got into the cab was trying to remember where the other White Castle Dave mentioned to us was. He gave us an alternate to the one we had seen before, as 35th & MLK (like Chris Rock says) isn't not the best neighborhood for safe late night adventures. Anyway, we got to the White Castle, which was glowing and white, and shaped like a castle. Incredible. The sights, the smells, all were overpowering our senses. We took two photos. After all the build up, all the hype, I only took two photos. It was drizzling and I didn't want to take a chance.

Anyway, inside we get to ordering 10 cheeseburger sliders, 2 drinks and 2 fries for under $9. We gobbled down two sliders each, and then we noticed the sign for Chicken Rings. Rings of Chicken. Good God, they've thought of everything. So we got a 20 pack of those too. But before we placed our order for the rings, a couple came into the store (this is well after 3am remember, not that the time changes the weirdness) with packages of cookies and fig newtons, and tried to sell them to the employees behind the counter (which also was separated by bulletproof plastic).
A) I didn't realize how many people sell things in Chicago. As you're stopped at highway offramps people jump at the chance to sell bottled water and socks. And apparently the late night burger joint is the place for cookies.
And B) I don't know why they didn't try their cookie pitch at us. We were wolfing down food not two feet away from them.

Anyway, there wasn't a place to sit, so I said lets get a cab back and finish our food their. Turns out finding a cab at this hour, in this neighbourhood, was difficult. Not terribly surprising, except for the fact that there was a cab dispatch across the street from the White Castle. After getting turned down a few times, we finally managed to pound on the window of a cab that was stopped at a red light. He took pity on us and drove us home.

Once home, we finished what we could, and reveled in the White Castle afterglow. We ended up making another stop at White Castle on the way home Friday so that Dave and Avery could be a part of a wonderful experience. Our petitions to bring White Castle North of the border will begin very shortly. (funny aside: the cab ride cost us more than what we paid for the food)







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Blogger Christine said...

Haran - your descriptions of things never cease to amuse and entertain me. I'm sitting in a public library with about 50 kids running around screaming and crying, and your messages STILL bring out a good laugh. Edit  

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