Those of you old enough to remember the Boar & Castle Drive-In Restaurant on West Market Street (at Walker Avenue) will know all about butter steak sandwiches, green drink and Boar & Castle sauce. In the above photo, these items have just been served up at Fincastle's DIner (215 South Elm Street) in downtown Greensboro. Fincastle's owners, nostalgic for a taste of the old Boar & Castle as well as filled with great ideas of their own, have been preparing meals like the one above since opening downtown in 2005. The sandwich was great and just the way it would have been served in the 1960's: lots of special sauce, loaded with melted butter, a bun that was soft on the outside and crispy on the inside and, last but not least, a generous chunk of steak. The drink, with strong undertones of pineapple, likely would have been smaller in portion but equally sweet and GREEN!
We wanted to feature this iconic Greensboro meal today because both The Fresh Market stores in Greensboro are having a food event today where you can purchase Boar & Castle sauce. This Greensboro-invented sauce is the tangy condiment that gives butter steak sandwiches their unique flavor. Had we been true to history, we would have ordered fries or onion rings to dip in the sauce! If you want to learn more about Boar & Castle sauce, read this Jeri Rowe article. Between his article and all of the follow-up comments, you'll begin to understand why Grimsley and Curry High students flocked to the Boar & Castle Drive-In Restaurant for lunch and would return at night to hang out with friends.
Thanks for introducing me to this new to me food! Will the Boar & Castle sauce be only available today at Fresh Market? How did the green drink taste?
Posted by: Katja Brown | Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 06:16 AM
My, my. I'm really tempted but I'll have to pass GDP... for a while anyway. Strict orders from my family doctor... gotta lower my cholesterol. But, go ahead and enjoy an extra one for me. I've never heard of Boar & Castle sauce before... will check it out.
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Posted by: Ken | Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 12:49 PM
Oh my gosh, I am sure glad I had a sandwich in my hand while I was reading this or I might have hopped in the car and headed East!
I love , I mean really LOVE butter on steak! Crispy grilled bun just adds to the delight! I think I just drooled a little.
That Green drink sounds a lot like what I liked as a kid here in the West, a Cactus Cooler,very sweet and had a Pineapple flavor but it was neon Yellow!
I can hardly wait for the BBQ I am attending tonight!
Posted by: Janis | Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 03:02 PM
I have never heard of butter steak and I hope that green drink is limeade. It sure looks refreshing.
Posted by: barb farr | Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 06:10 PM