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| Work has started on rebuilding the White Castle at 191st and LaGrange in Mokena. |
By Bob Bong
Southland Savvy
Don’t fear Mokena White Castle fans, the iconic fast-food restaurant will soon return bigger and better than before to its spot at 191st Street and LaGrange Road.
In case you missed it, the restaurant disappeared the other day. It was just gone. There was a vacant muddy lot and a couple of signs telling Slider fans where they could go to get their closest fix – on U.S. 30 in New Lenox and at 159th Street and Harlem Avenue in Orland Park.
“The new building should be ready by May 5, depending on weather,” said Bill Thompson, regional director of restaurant operations for White Castle. “Since it’s been such a mild winter, we should be able to easily make that date.”
Thompson said the new Mokena restaurant will be similar to the one in New Lenox when finished.
“It’s the same design,” he said. “It will have a little bigger front room.”
The new building also will sport a drive-through lane with two windows, Wi-Fi, and televisions, Thompson said.
The Mokena restaurant has been there since 1997 when it was acquired and converted from a Hardee’s.
White Castle is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The Ohio-based chain has been operating in Chicago since 1929.
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