{"id":231284,"date":"2026-04-14T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:24:07","slug":"white-castle-location-planned-for-st-augustine-first-in-northeast-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231284\/","title":{"rendered":"White Castle location planned for St. Augustine, first in Northeast Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. \u2013 Fast-food slider chain White Castle plans to enter the Northeast Florida market with a proposed location in St. Augustine, according to our news partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2,764-square-foot restaurant with a 270-square-foot outdoor seating area and dual drive-thru is slated for an outparcel in a Walmart Supercenter under construction at World Commerce Center off International Golf Parkway and Florida 16, just south of Tocoi Creek High School.<\/p>\n

The supercenter, at 3405 International Golf Parkway, is about 2 miles west of Bass Pro Shops, Buc-ee\u2019s and Costco at World Commerce Center.<\/p>\n

Columbus, Ohio-based archall architects is the White Castle architect. Gatlin Development Co., through IGP WCC Project LLC, is the property owner, according to the county property appraiser website. Steinemann & Co. is the developer.<\/p>\n

A project cost will be assigned when the county issues a building permit. The county Development Review Committee will discuss the project May 6. <\/p>\n

Florida has three White Castles, in Clermont, Kissimmee and Orlando, with a fourth scheduled to open this summer in Daytona Beach, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas, by Billy Ingram, White Castle owns and operates 341 restaurants, its website says. In addition, the company operates a retail division to sell branded food nationally in grocery stores, as well as meat-processing plants, bakeries and frozen-slider retail facilities.<\/p>\n

Time magazine named White Castle\u2019s Original Slider the most influential burger of all time in 2014.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read the full story.<\/p>\n

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