Gerry Goldstein remembers his childhood trips to Royal Castle like yesterday. Burgers at the Miami restaurant chain were only 3 cents each in the 1960s. After Goldstein and his friends collected glass ...

James Brimberry piles diced onions onto sizzling burger patties at the last Royal Castle in the world. “You can take notes all you want, but you’ll never get it exactly the same at home,” he says with ...

The first Royal Castle opened in Miami on March 18, 1938. Soon the burger chain dominated the South Florida eating landscape. By the mid-1970s, they were gone. Two holdouts survived, operated ...