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White Castle breaks ground on 2nd Arizona location

A rendering of the Tempe, Arizona, White Castle. Provided.

November 16, 2022

White Castle broke ground this week on its second restaurant in Arizona. The restaurant is slated to open in the first half of 2023 and is located in south Tempe, just outside Phoenix, according to a press release.

White Castle officials from the company's home office in Columbus, Ohio, and team members from the Phoenix region, along with Tempe Mayor Corey Woods and locally based Cravers Hall of Fame members, took part in the groundbreaking ceremony. The Cravers Hall of Fame inductees kicked off the event with a fun processional. White Castle's own Town Crier added to the festivities by christening the ground with an overflowing ladle of chopped onions — a groundbreaking tradition — in recognition of their role in flavoring White Castle's iconic Sliders.

White Castle first came to Arizona in Oct. 2019 in Scottsdale.

"We can't wait to open our second Arizona Castle next year and serve up hot-and-tasty food to even more White Castle Cravers," Jamie Richardson, vice president at White Castle, said in the press release. "Our fans in the Valley of the Sun have warmly and enthusiastically embraced White Castle's Scottsdale location. We know they're going to love having another Castle right here in Tempe to satisfy their Crave!"

White Castle operates more than 350 restaurants as well as a retail division.