Krystal

Krystal is an American fast food restaurant chain known for their small, squared hamburgers with steamed-in onions, and 24/7 business hours, Krystal is often described as the Southern equivalent of the older Midwest American hamburger chain White Castle. Krystal is popular with college students, and has become known for competitive eating contests - one in particular, where a record-holding participant ate over 100 hamburgers in a matter of minut... more

Krystal is an American fast food restaurant chain known for their small, squared hamburgers with steamed-in onions, and 24/7 business hours, Krystal is often described as the Southern equivalent of the older Midwest American hamburger chain White Castle. Krystal is popular with college students, and has become known for competitive eating contests - one in particular, where a record-holding participant ate over 100 hamburgers in a matter of minutes. Founded October 24, 1932, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the first years of the Great Depression, entrepreneur Rody Davenport Jr. and partner J. Glenn Sherrill theorized that even in a severe economic upheaval, "People would patronize a restaurant that was kept spotlessly clean, where they could get a good meal with courteous service at the lowest possible price." Krystal is the seventh or eighth-oldest hamburger chain in the United States (the oldest being White Castle) and the oldest in the South. Davenport visited White Castle... less