Lexington’s first White Castle restaurant, 1980

Crowds lined up inside and stretched out the door when Lexington’s first White Castle restaurant opened on Dec. 1, 1980. One day shortly after its opening, the restaurant at New Circle and Bryan Station roads sold 47,000 hamburgers — at 26 cents a piece. Almost exactly one year later, a second White Castle opened on East Reynolds Road. Both restaurants remain open today. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff

The  menu inside Lexington’s first White Castle restaurant in December 1980.  Photo by E. Martin Jessee | Staff