Talk:Krystal (restaurant)

message: Vomit or grits?  Oddly I have never seen "vomit" on the menu.  Was that supposed to have been a joke?
:Yes.  Simple jokes from simple minds. Prometheus-X303- 13:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: If you're going to make a snide edit in how you believe Krystal "stole" from White Castle, back it up at least. --DodgerOfZion 00:23, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 

message: I am not saying that either is a rip of either. I am just curious, and feel that it may be noted. They do look alike, but I want to know, Do they taste at all alike??? Whether they are related or not, this is something that could be useful in the stating of their similarities. --MJHankel 19:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Taste is severely subjective, and it can't be scientifically proven.  I suggest that subject be left alone.  I think Smirnoffs taste like 7-Up, but not others around me. --DodgerOfZion 01:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, that is fine, though in your opinion is it similar? Either way I would like to know if it is at all considered to be. --MJHankel 15:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The only similarities are the shape of the cheeseburgers and the number of 24-hour locations.  Other than that, they are two distinct brands.  At least, that's been my experience. --DodgerOfZion 21:06, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok, thanks I have heard many people say that they are the same thing. I am currently in Dallas in college and I am from Chicago. A friend of mine wanted to try White Castle and I was not sure if Krystal was really anything like it besides the look. Personally I am not a fan of white castle but he wanted to try it so I thought I would see if it was an equivalent. --MJHankel 22:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They don't taste anything alike, and more noticeably, the texture is very different.  This is causing problems, at least for Krystal when trying to expand into White Castle territory.  Northern consumers have become so familiar with the White Castle taste and texture that they often expect it to be much the same, and when it's not they find themselves not returning to Krystal.  An example comes to mind in Murray, Kentucky where Krystal opened a new location in 2004 right next to Murray State University in town.  Both Krystal and White Castle have cult followings among college students due to late hours and cheap prices, but the problem was that many of the students in town were from Missouri and Illinois.  They visited Krystal expecting it to be like White Castle, but when they discovered it wasn't they did not return.  Students even created Facebook groups asking the Krystal to close and be replaced with a White Castle.  The Krystal soon closed down about a year later. 75.87.121.233 (talk) 18:56, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

text: They taste alike to me, but again taste is subjective. 64.45.250.225 (talk) 18:09, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

text: The nearest Krystal to me is about 2 hours. The nearest White Castle is about 10 hours. Ironically, I've eaten at many more White Castles than Krystals. I had Krystal once and that was about a year ago. I can't count how many times I've eaten White Castle. I ate there twice in the last month. A standard White Castle comes with just onion and pickle. I order with no pickle, put my ketchup on (1 packet per) and I'm good to go. Krystals come with onion, pickle and mustard. Mustard makes me sick, so I order with no pickle or mustard and add my ketchup. Anyhow, aside from that, they taste very similar to me. I give the edge to White Castle, but Krystal was good for a reasonable substitute to give me my fix. 1badgmc (talk) 00:10, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

text: Quite different to my taste.  They both date back to the early years of hamburgers, before the size and shape was standardized into a large round bun and a patty between a quarter pound and a half pound in pre-cooked size.  They happen to have similar shapes, so they are endlessly compared.  With different ingredients, cooking methods, and different sizes, they aren't really "the same".  They are the same in the way that the quarter pounder and the whopper are the same... roughly and generally the same food product, with variants on cooking and specific ingredients.  Of course, I live in a town (Nashville) with several of both, so they are easily compared.  I'm not sure there should be a bunch of White Castle stuff in the article at all (in the same way McDonalds information shouldn't fill up the Burger King article).  If somebody wants to source the history of either company, there are some good books about food history that have covered both restaurant chains. 74.240.246.239 (talk) 13:47, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Krystal - - - - White Castle ? ? ? 

message: My edits aren't the best, but I wanted to at least begin adding references to this article. Although the "I dreamed of Krystal" source may seem not-notable or WP:TRIVIA, it may make more sense when other sourced fan stories and "lore" are added. I also edited the White Castle section because bulleted points seemed a bit excessive in such a short article. Flowanda 01:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding references 

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message: under pop culture, the restaurant is referred to as "Krystals." Having never seen the movie, I can't say for sure if that's wrong. 68.155.128.138 00:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What movie?  It's quite common in my area for people to add an "s" to restaurant names to don't have one.  "Krystal" becomes "Krystal's".  Example. Prometheus-X303- 18:20, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo? 

message: Renfield 03:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture of a Hamburger

message: Has anyone else noticed they usually, if not always, have attractive girls in their commercials?  Xihix 22:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Commercials

message: For: "The current World Record is 103 Krystal burgers in 8 minutes by Joey Chestnut, set on October 28, 2007"
http://www.krystalsquareoff.com/competitive-eating-profiles/joey-chestnut.html
"2007 WAS THE YEAR CHESTNUT EARNED HIS FIRST KRYSTAL SQUARE OFF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AND DID SO IN CONVINCING FASHION. DESPITE MISSING OUT ON THE CHANCE TO BEAT KOBAYASHI HEAD TO HEAD DUE TO AN INJURY TO THE JAPANESE EATER'S JAW, CHESTNUT CLAIMED THE TITLE OF GREATEST KRYSTAL EATER OF ALL TIME, BY EATING AN UNPRECEDENTED 103 KRYSTALS, BESTING THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY 6 BURGERS."
--Tholcomb (talk) 06:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation 

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message: I updated this map: :File:Krystal-vs-whitecastle-locations-map.svg. It was removed from the article about 10 years ago and replaced by a PNG version, and the PNG image was then deleted as a "not useful" copy of the SVG. I'm interested in editors' opinion on whether this would be a useful illustration in the article. Jack N. Stock (talk) 00:34, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, User:Jacknstock Would it be possible for you to update the location map again by making the State of Florida purple to indicate that both Krystal and White Castle locations are located here. White Castle announced last year that they are opening a White Castle location in Orlando near the Walt Disney World Resort. Thanks for your assistance and contribution to Wikipedia. YborCityJohn (talk) 06:59, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  it's too early yet, sources say "late 2020, early 2021". There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, and it would be misleading to include a location prior to opening. Jack N. Stock (talk) 03:44, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Krystal vs White Castle locations map