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What it’s really like to eat Valentine’s Day dinner in a White Castle.
The degree to which your local White Castle participates in this Valentine's Day tradition may vary (some locations offer candles and music, some ... do not), but most get in the holiday spirit with pink and red balloons, tablecloths, streamers, and more. Sliders are ordered off a printed menu from a server, and prom-type pictures can be taken in front of a heart-lined photo wall. These are available online two weeks after Valentine's Day, and, if you want, you can order your photo on a White Castle coffee mug.
We, coworkers and platonic friends Katie Heaney and Arianna Rebolini, made our Valentine's Day dinner reservations for 5:45 pm at the East Williamsburg White Castle in New York. Here are all the things we felt about it.
Giddy Anticipation
One of us (Katie) had never been to a White Castle before, and what an introduction! Before we actually went inside, we basked in the empty transgression and muted thrill associated with doing something "as a joke." These feelings carried us across the entire tiny driveway area.
Pride And Belonging
On the door to the White Castle we were coming to think of as "ours" was affixed a sign that read: "Due to Overwhelming Demand Dining Room For Reserved Seating Only." There had been an overwhelming demand. We had been among that clamoring crowd. This was most evident when we called 10 days earlier to make our reservation (on the New York headquarters reservation-only line, open 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. strictly), and our request for a seat at the Midtown location was met with sympathetic laughter and the suggestion of a different borough. But we had made it in. We were on the list.
The Inevitable Letdown Of Unmet Romantic Expectations
When we were shown to our table (the one next to a young-ish couple, the only other people there at 5:45), one of us said "I weirdly thought this would be ... nicer?" and the other one said "Me too!" It is hard to say WHY we expected to feel genuinely impressed and moved by the romantic overtures of a White Castle restaurant. Actually it is not that hard to say: this is what Valentine's Day does to people.
But it does look pretty nice.
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