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A great place for delicious cheeseburgers. While fried egg and country ham additions are not unique to the White Spot, they've been serving them there for decades. Along with Pat's in Roanoke, Wright's in Staunton and Mike's in Blacksburg, the White Spot is certainly a must on the 'high altar' of Virginia's burger stops. More often than not enjoyed after a night on the town only makes these ample, juicy, full-of-wonderful-favors, burgs more enjoyable.

After I saw a pic of the Shake Shack burger,my burger standards have changed....

Love White Spot! Haven't been in years (graduated way back when) - but will def. make a late night stop next month when I'm in C-ville for a hoops game.

think about the gus burger so regularly im forced to make it at home (see: www.imhighoncooking.com nov11 post)

Never thought I'd see the White Spot featured on "A Hamburger Today." The Gusburger will always be etched in my memory as the go-to meal for post-fraternity party nights (early mornings) at UVa. I'm not sure I've ever been in the Spot during daylight hours.

i adore white castle cheeseburgers. period.

I worked in detroit for a while; about once a month I'd drive out to White Castle for a sack. If I ate them every day, or even every week, I'd probably be sick of them, but now that I'm back in Toronto, we can only get them on family trips to the US. And we found one in Ohio that shares space with Church's chicken which has vanished from Canada, and was our favourite fried chicken. A wing and a thigh from Church's and two cheeseburgers - great road food.

And I'm curious - to all those people who said "they taste like ass", where, exactly, did you learn what "ass" tastes like?

If you're eating white castle before 10pm, you're doing it wrong.

Never ketchup on white castles either, just bun, onions pickles and cheese.

The chicken sandwiches with honey mustard are good, as well as the cheese sticks, but you'll want to pass on their "marinara".

WC's also has some of my favorite fast food fries. love the kinkle cut.

Like they say "You gotta get to White Castles before the crazies do!"

I have said this before on Slice (regarding Co/UPN style vs. Lomardis brick oven vs. a plain slice) and the same holds true for burgers. There is a time and a place for all burgers, for me.. it is circumstantial! Sometimes I want some LaFrieda meat, sometimes I want a pub burger, sometimes I even crave a McDs, and yeah... sometimes I actually crave a steamed bun, oniony White Castle slider. Just how it goes! Now I might get a LaFrieda burger 10 times before I hit McDs or WC, but still.

I think this a pretty accurate description of a typical WC experience, minus any real case of the munchies! I have to second the mozz sticks though, the tomato sauce is pretty gross, but the coating is made out of some kind of addicting crispy batter I find irresistible. I live within 10 minutes of both a WC and the original White Manna in Hackensack, NJ and I must say - I'd take White Manna hands down, any day. P.S. The Jersey City location um, sucks.

Oh, those lovely memories of shuttling through after college classes in my yellow VW Beetle, first stopping at WC for me (3 cheeseburgers & onion rings) and then through KFC for the SO (2 Chicken Littles and fries). Ah - when dating was just so simple...

you need to go to white manna in hackensack, nj - wayyyyyy better than white castle

I love White Castle, but even I am hesitant about going to the hole-in-wall joints that may or may not share space with other brands.

I also get them sans ketchup or pickles. The steam grilled beef, cooked onions, and soft juiced buns are what do it for me. Tempered with hot fries and unlimited carbonated drinks to balance any overwhelming factors.

Late night type snack food occasionally eaten during actual meal times. That's all I expect.