White Castle proved to be a late bloomer in this week's Readers' Choice poll on favorite milkshakes—with only a handful of votes through most of the week, the chain's fans came through overnight and catapulted White Castle to first place.

White Castle in Green Brook      105 (48 percent)

Sonic Drive-In in Green Brook     4   (21 percent)

Smoothie King in Warren             39 (17 percent)

Country Squire in Warren            13  (  5 percent)

Cold Stone Creamery in Warren   11  (  5 percent)

Baskin Robbins in Watchung          3  (  1 percent)

Total votes:                              217

Next week, we'll check to see which local music venue is the Readers' Choice—be sure to watch for the polling Monday morning.