White Castle: #1 Burgers Chain

Prices monitored May 2026 · Sourced from official menu data

White Castle is America's first fast-food chain, founded in 1921, famous for small, square steam-grilled sliders.

The White Castle menu has 74 items with prices ranging from $0.39 to $8.99. The average menu item costs $2.35. The cheapest item is the Mini Donuts at $0.39 (150 calories). White Castle has 9 menu categories and 345 locations across the United States.

White Castle Management Co. is the privately-owned company running White Castle, an American regional restaurant chain with about 345 locations across 13 states, with its greatest presence in the Midwest and New York metropolitan area. It was founded in 1921, in Wichita, Kansas. White Castle has been generally credited as the world's first fast food hamburger chain. It is known for its small, square hamburgers – commonly referred to as "sliders" – sold at low prices: five cents from their introduction while gradually increasing in price during the 1930s, with promotional coupons in the 1940s, offering five burgers for ten cents. In 2014, Time named the White Castle slider "The Most Influential Burger of All Time". The company's restaurant locations are white buildings decorated with a castle motif.

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White Castle is cheaper than 98% of the 414 restaurant chains we track. With an average item price of $2.35, it's one of the more affordable options.

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