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White Rose only puts Lettuce and Tomatoes on it if you order the Cali burger. You can get just pickles and onions on it if you order the normal burger. Both a great burgers. It's a notch below the Manna though.

There is nothing like a White Rose burger. I grew up in Edison and have been eating them since the sixties. I live down the shore now but whenever I'm in the area I stop by. It used to be managed by the father of a schoolmate of mine. The fries in the waxed paper bag are great. Too bad the don't use the old wooden sticks like they used to. The california cheeseburger is the best. FYI the old brick building to the left was the original White Rose during the sixties. There used to be one in Linden also, that is gone. I think there still is one in Roselle. When I'm not up in Central Jersey the best burgers are at the Windmill multiple locations, Belmar, Brick, Long Branch, etc. Excellent fire grilled burgers and rib eye cheese steak sandwiches. Get the burgers on a hard roll though, the regular rolls aren't that great. Of course, honorable mention to any White Castle, or the White Diamond in Clark, all good greasy spoons. Next time I go south I need to check out Krystal, appear to be a lockout.