Hey Blake,
The new Buc-ee’s in Pass Christian is getting lots of attention, but when I was a kid, a place called the White Kitchen was where we stopped on road trips to the Gulf Coast. When did it open and what’s its history?
The two roadside locations of White Kitchen, known as a restaurant, lounge, gas station and liquor store, were landmarks from the 1920s until the 1970s. A third lesser-known location, in downtown New Orleans at Poydras Street and South Claiborne Avenue, operated from the 1930s until the 1950s.
The White Kitchen in Slidell was located at U.S. Highway 11 and U.S. Highway 190 (Gause Boulevard). Another location, sometimes called the “Short Cut” White Kitchen, was where U.S. 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) meets U.S. 190. Owner Onesime Faciane opened the Highway 11 location in 1926 and the other followed in 1935…