I LOVE LOVE LOVE waffles! This summer when my boyfriend and I went to Colorado Springs we ran across a Waffle House. He had eated at one before in Kansas City but I being from Omaha,NE unfortunately had no knowledge that such a place existed! So I was extremely excited to try it out. Now I love old fashioned homemade waffles none of this belgian waffle crap that other breakfast places serve, so when we found it and ate there you can imagine how I instantly fell in love with the place! I was immensely pleased and impressed!The waffle house is truly and American icon and there should be one in every city! They have the best food and the best service at a great value and you can go there anytime! Best of all they have the best waffles!!! I boycott the IHOP's in town and was greatly disappointed to find the nearest Waffle House is in Kansas City! However, it will not hinder me from driving there just to visit a Waffle House. I am a huge fan! It is truly a joy to have the one I love bring me the experience of the Waffle House! Long live Waffle House!!!

Kelli

My husband is the manager of unit 769. I did a google for Waffle House. Who knew!! You guys keep eating those waffles!! Don't they smell heavenly when they are baking?

KatBalloo

I lived in Atlanta GA for the first 18 years of my life. Last year, thinking I needed a change in atmosphere, I relocated to a college in Boston MA. While Boston is a better city than Atlanta, it's missing one critical element: WAFFLE HOUSE!!! I can't even begin to describe how much I miss the hash browns, grits, vanilla cokes and waffles. To all considering school in the Northeast: it's a great place, but life without Waffle House is simply not worth it. Thinking back on the late night meals and the early morning breakfasts, the fact is nothing beats WaHo. I had a first date there, post prom meals, a grit-filled food fight, and it even served as stalking grounds for the hot guy my friends and I lusted over. Thank you Waffle House for the memories, and I'll be back soon. BYE.

I know I'm pushing my luck here, But I'm trying to find out which Waffle house I was at 2 weeks ago In Georgia on I-95 somewhat near the FLA border. (We were traveling from Boston) It was the middle of the night and the waitress was named Kim. (Thin with Blonde dyed hair) Any idea of how I might find out this info?

Thanks for your help,
Chris - Boston MA

I came here to pick up my spirits about my Waffle House, and lo and behold, it seems to have been forgotten along with the other 8 Waffle Houses in Panama City. what could have happened? Do I not smile as I lovingly serve you your diet Coke, Berl? And Mike, do I not religiously already have your order called in by the time you walk through the door? Wanda, have I not discussed Waffle House drama with you everyday at your lunch time for the past 3 years so that you'll have enough gossip to get you through the rest of your work day? You couldn't survive without your daily dose of "As the Waffle Burns." I have been let down, saddened really, by this deplorable behavior. Please redeem yourselves, or may your children never taste the goodness that is Waffle House #1247 in Panama City, Fl.

P.S. Smebycakes, if you read this, Crystal misses ya.

Well I Have to tell ya, the Northern Invasion Of Waffle Houses are Moving north, Me Living In Ann Arbor, MI. It use to be 115 Miles Southwest Of Ann Arbor In Lima, OH. Now It looks like its now 55 Miles South Of Ann Arbor In Perrysburg, OH. I'm Wondering Could it happen. Could Waffle House Cross the State Line into Michigan. if this waffle house chain keeps moving north into Toledo It may very well happen which would be good since Michigan Doesn't have any Waffle Houses, Plus some of the residents who live in the south like in Georgia, Arkansas, And Tennesee Would love to See Waffle Houses in Michigan. Well time for me to go, but keep up the good work Waffle House.

~Shawn

Iwas living in Nowestern North carolina in 1997 and was working a contract job in New Jersey for several months. Can you spell n-o g-r-i-t-s? I managed to get home most weekends, sometimes by flying and other times driving the 600 miles. My most memorable driving trip home was after I'd been in NJ for three weeks. I came into NC on I-95 about supper time and stopped at the first Waffle House I could find in the Raleigh-Durham area and had the best scramble cheese raisin plate I'd ever had. The grits were perfect, and the eggs mixed up with 'em were a dream. How do they survive up north without it?!?!

Dave

This is a letter to Dave, the guy who is at Colorado U. There are Waffle Houses in Colorado. I don't know if you are close to one but here are a few to check out: 2 in Colorado Springs, a couple in Denver, 1 in Aroura, I think the total of them is seven in Colorado. I used to work in the 2 in Colorado Springs. So if you really like them take a better look around.

I miss Colorado I now live in Pennsylvania.

Good luck in your search.
Donna

Hi, I like waffle house because I have been to houston and oklahoma plus I know about the place first from the movie Tin Cup each time I go, I ask the staff for a hat or matches or whatever I wish they had t-shirts or ballcaps

thanks

I mention WH in my chronicle of going to Florida on the Hot Rod Magazine 1999 East Coast POWER TOUR...

James

We frequent Waffle Houses quite often. Either to grab a quick snack or just a cup of coffee. 99% of the time, we are quite please with the service and food. However, we are occasionally disappointed, like tonight for instance. We went to the Waffle House at 500 Roberts Court, Kennesaw, Georgia this evening about 7 PM. We ordered one waffle, dark, with 2 eggs over medium on the side. The other order was a waffle, dark, with bacon. One waffle was imbedded with a black bitter substance, probably previously burned waffle. The bacon was burned and un-edible. We sent the bacon back, and it came back in about the same condition. In observing the food prep area, it was worse than a pig sty! Had we noticed this when we arrived, we would not have eaten there. I do believe it was the worse condition I have ever seen in a Waffle House in the many years we have frequested the establishments. This needs to be brought to the attention of management. If anyone doubts what we are saying, we kept some of the evidence.

Robert & Dorothy Beatty

PS: We have eaten at this unit several times in the past and it was quite OK.

I lived in Hawaii for most of my short 18 years of life but for a tad bit I lived in Kentucky. The local punk kids adopted me and showed me their scene. Anyway the waffle house is such a cool diverse place, after every punk show we would always go to the waffle house for some cheap quality food and a place that doesnt care how rowdy we were. I will always remember the sight of punks eating at the waffle house at 3 in the morning.

CornFlakeGirl

what up just wanna say how much i love waffle house i go there on the weekends with my friends late at night after parties and its some of the best times of my life chillin with my friends there talkin to the people its fun.

later
andrew

hi my name is mike i work at waffle house unit #1091 in conyers, ga next to publix, i must say im proud of it too.

see ya later
god bless,
Mike

I am pretty sure I have been inside a Waffle House establishment at every time of the day. In high school (in Atlanta) my friends and I used to skip our early classes and go to waffle house to drink vanilla coke and eat raisin toast.

But my most exciting Waffle House moment was when I was visiting a friend in Montgomery and she took me to a spot where you can look out and see 4 Waffle Houses.

In all the thousands of times I have been to Waffle House, I have never eaten a waffle there.

Go figure.

Julie from Atlanta

Hey,

My girlfriend and I are heading to Florida for a few days in March. We are going to save money and only eat at Wafflehouse establishments during our trip. The rest of the time we'll probably eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. We are mystified by the employee short-order lingo.

Long Live Wafflehouse!
Dan from Illinois

We are sponsoring a golf tournament in atlanta,ga on august 4th ,, friends from all over the country come to play and all proceeds go to mda ,right there in atlanta . after the tournament as is our ritual ,we all go to a waffle house and pack the place..we have done for 10 years and couinting ,,what i would like to know if there is anyway we can get shirts or smocks that the waitresses and cooks wear to work ,,or if they have any kind of apparell they might sell,,if you could help in any way please respond

Chris

Can anyone help this guy?

Thought you might like to post this at on the Shrine. My uncle scratched this on a Waffle House napkin in Atlanta a couple of years ago:

WHAT A WAFFLE CAN DO

Take my daughter to the Waffle House,
For some coffee, eggs and ham.
She can't be with her Daddy,
‘Cause he’s a truck-driven?man.
These times all seem so precious,
Though the hours spent are few.
It’s a miracle what a waffle,
In these absent times, can do.

-Michael Cerrone

Hope you enjoyed it!

Chris Cavaliere
Worshipper of Waffle House

i was reading some of the feedback on your site..

i don't know if this is the westernmost waffle house, but i live in tempe arizona and the WH is about 3 miles away

maybe sunil will get this: just take i-10 through phoenix, exit to the left on baseline rd., the WH is about a quarter mile east down the street on the right

Check out this map.

Hello,

Darlene

Hi,

I'm a waffle house waitress!! WWOOOHOOOO!! Come to Schillinger Road, Mobile Ala, unit 1303!! Get some hashbrowns scattered smothered covered chunked diced peppered and topped!! Don't make us send Santa a lil note, if ya don't!! LOL

Once a year, our group of friends has a party to celebrate,...on the anniversary of his death, ...the life and times of one Elvis Aaron Presley, The King! The only requirement is that you dress as your favorite version or interpretation of Elvis, Priscilla, or any of the rest of the clan (Lisa-Marie, Michael J., Bubbles the Chimp....all fair game).

Mike from GA

I just wanted to share a story about an experience at the Waffle House on 1470 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, GA. My 5 year old daughter had been bugging me to take her to WH for lunch. After a Saturday morning Soccer game, we went to get some of the fantastic and utterly legendary chow this place is infamous for. She adored the huge waffle and the dinky glass of orange juice. I opted for the patty melt plate and coffee. Our waitress was delightful, offering crayons, a waffle house to color, and even posted the proud art on the wall above the jukebox. My daughter was delighted, and since it's October, looks forward to a Halloween visit to the upcoming spooky WH which we're informed will feature many ghostly things including a casket. Awesome! Thank you, Waffle House!

Hey I just ran across the Waffle House site you created.It was sooo cute and had me laughing my ass off.it was a good way to end my night of working third shift at the waffle house off of exit 18 unit 829 and Number One in our division I am proud to add.So if you are ever near Aiken,South Carolina be sure to stop by we would love to have you.Its people like you that make the Waffle House sooooo much fun to work for.

If you are a regular at the Waffle House then your time may be running out. I hope you can find time to read the rest of this email.

First of all I want to say that the Waffle House is my favorite eating place besides home. The only problem is that I live in New Orleans and of all places it seems that the Waffle House has totally forgotten about my city. My wife and I love the Waffle House but we have to drive all the way to Slidell or Hammond to eat there. It would be very appreciated if you could get the word to the owner of the franchise that we need waffles here in New Orleans. Thank you.

Melanie

Hi,

My name is Aaron Wigfall. I work at WAFFLE HOUSE UNIT #233 in Charleston,S.C. I am a 3rd shift "MGO". That's "MASTER GRILL OPERATOR" in waffle speak. I've been working 3rd shift for the last 6 yrs. You tend to meet some very intresting people late at night. Did you know that "HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH loves the WAFFLE HOUSE. So much that the name of their new cd will be called "SCATTERED,SMOTTERED AND COVERED". This is no joke. Check out their web site. Well that's all for now. If you can. Please post this on your web site. I think that friends of the WAFFLE HOUSE will find it intresting. ESPECIALLY ABOUT HOOTIE.

AARON-ALONZO WIGFALL
CHARLESTON,S.C

Howdy:

I'm a yankee, but one thing I love about the south is the Waffle House. There's nothing I like more than a double waffle anda side of raisin toast. The Waffle House is hands-down my favorite restaurant, but one question lingers in my mind: "Why do they have cold syrup there?" Keep up thre good work.

Andy

Hello,

Came across your website today. Needless to say, I'm very impressed. I'm a former Dukie myself, having graduated back in '96. I've been in California since then, and have been planning for quite a while to make a 'mecca' to the westernmost WH. I understand that it's in Arizona somewhere, but I'm trying to map out exactly where it is.

Any help you could provide would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Sunil

I just got home from FLA. The nearest Waffle House to my granny's house is an hour away in Vero Beach. We drove to it and enjoyed a meal. We got paper hats, my granny put the menu under her shirt and stole it, and we got the to- go cups. It was fun. Then me and my granny went up to St. Simons Is. GA and on the way there we stopped at Waffle House 3 times. Of course that was all in one day. It was great. I have seen different variations of Waffle Houses and i have pics of them. Well BYE - Andy

Introducing the Waffle House 1000 Race Across America!

Rick Call of Bradenton, Florida won the first annual Memorial Day Waffle House Race Across America May 27-28, 2000. Runner up was Jason Vargo of Pittsburgh, PA. Call completed the race in 19 hours 35 minutes. Vargo finished a respectable 1.5 seconds off the pace in a prototypical turtle and hare finish. Rick piloted a 1999 Ryder box truck with 10 foot bed (in Waffle House Yellow). Jason, outfitted in a bright red Mazda Miata convertible, bolted to an early lead. The St. Clairsville Ohio to Bradenton Florida sprint began innocently enough at 6pm Saturday evening. A flat tire and 3 hour layover south of Charleston West Virginia nearly derailed Rick's chances, but the benevolent Jason held up on the throttle so his friend wouldn't be delivered over to Vern and his crew of post apocalyptic Deliverance buddies while waiting for the tow truck at the road side rest. A 3am dinner in North Carolina with cheese n' eggs, raisin toast, bacon, and grits provided the first relief. After a 6 hour layover in Mt. Airy NC, day two began with a repeat of cheesy eggs and on the road again. South Carolina, Georgia, and finally Florida palms streaked by as the pace quickened. They were locked into a zone as the top 500 oldies of the rock n' roll era provided rhythmic diversion as they bore down on an Orlando oldies station at 100.3 FM. A third gut full of cheesy eggs fueled the pair to the finish as the clock ticked past midnight. Rick crossed the last speed bump at the Sun Chase apartments a bed length ahead of the Miata at 1:05 AM as the checkered flag dropped. As Jason licked his wounds and tender rump after 1096 miles crammed inside the confines of the miniature Miata,he turned his attention to ESPN to watch the last laps of the Coca Cola 600. As the cars droned on and dawn approached, the bleary eyed Jason realized that he had been watching a tape delay of a race completed weeks earlier. The first annual Waffle House 1000 (actually 1096) was history, and so were our intrepid drivers, as the dawn of a new day arose......

Methinks I've found the one farthest north...on I-81 in Pennsylvania between Chambersburg and the PA/MD state line. I was utterly appalled to see this, my beloved WH in the land of the heathens...

Craig

Hello!

Jean

i have worked under the yellow sign off and on since i was 18 and i am now 30. there are so many great people who come in and work there. and it really makes me angry when someone downs an employee. you have no idea how thrilled i am that there is a web site like this. there are alot of great stories that can be told from both the customers and employees. i have quite a few but not enough time to tell them all. but if you are ever in atlanta stop in and i will be happy to tell some. anyone who has never worked under the yellow sign has no idea what a thrill the job actually is.

Tina

i have been a manger for waffle house for 15years. in fl. two years ago i had a bad car wreck and then they found cancer. the waffle house people have been great though all of this and hopefully i will be back at the job i love very soon. i hope to live long enough to pay my waffle house family back for all the support they have given me in the last 2year. anyone that has not worked for us has no idea how much fun they have missed. once you get that waffle syrup in your blood you are a life time member.

Jackie

I heard the folk-singers, Neal and Leandra, the other night. They are from Minnesota, a state that supports no-smoking restaurants. While traveling in the South, they came to a WH. When they went in, Neal asked the waitress where the "no smoking" section was. She told them, "Honey, you can sit anywhere you want. We're not goin' to make you smoke in here if'n you don't want to!" I cheered them for going to a Waffle House, but the chain is unknown in Minnesota, so a whole theatre full of people confused. Their loss, I say, and this comes from a Yankee who has spent most of his life too far north for his own good.

--a United Methodist pastor in Northfield, Minnesota

Great page guys. I couldn't agree more about the goodness of Waffle Houses. I, being from Michigan, do not get the pleasure of eating at a Waffle House all that often. However, I was on my way back from Florida (driving up I - 75) and my girlfriend and I stopped in to eat breakfast. It was wonderful. It was more food than I thought I could eat. And all of it was delicious. I got to eat at a Waffle House two years ago, also driving back from Florida. That was my first Waffle House experience, and it was fantastic. I can only dream of a day when they will build a Waffle house within 100 miles of my home. But if they do, rest ashured it will be one of the best days of my life.

-Matt

Here's a useless tidbit of info for you. . .there are 119 Waffle Houses on I - 75 from about 50 miles south of Toledo, OH to Sarasota, FL. I know because my girlfriend and I counted them all on our way down there.

Great site! My most prized possession: A Waffle House plate I stole from the WH in Slidell, Louisiana. While in college in Hattiesburg, MS, my plate was stolen (I think the cleaning lady took it from my sorority house), so what did I get from my boyfriend for college graduation? A new plate! With the wavy 'haunted house' font on it and everything. Imagine everyone's surprise as a tear rolled down my face after unwrapping the fanciest-looking gift--and it was a beat up plate!

Kay-Kay

Its been a whole year.... in just 7 days we'll be on our way to sunny florida, disney, and most importantly, WAFFLE HOUSE!!!!!! Im not leaving without a souveneir (preferably the W from a sign or one of those paper hats) and plenty of pictures. We're also gonna play the Waffle House Drinking Game ill fill u in on the rest of the story when we get back... til then peace love and waffles!!!!!

Hello All,
I work at the Waffle House in Suwanee Ga. Unit 501. I was impressed with all the stories i have seen here, and wanted to add some info.

Tina

Guys

This is amazing. I am so excited to find your page. Really. I've got some great stories I will soon post.

Keep up the good work.

Cute page! I have some stories for you....

These happened at the Waffle House on Cobb Parkway, right by Dobbins Air Reserve Base. I was on active duty with the Air National Guard and my buddy Shelby and I used to do quite a bit of partying on base and at the bars nearby, so we frequented the WH a lot. Weird things happened there:

- After a night of tequila shots, four of us went to the WH to eat. I have the dubious honor of puking on the lap of a big burly Air Force Chief Master Sergeant. I was on the inside of the booth, and couldn't get out quick enough - so there it landed. Good sport and true American that he is, he kept right on eating....

- Another time, we had the worst service in the world (I waited tables off and on for 7 years so I know better). Our waitress in the virtually empty restaurant totally ignored us. So we left without tipping. She followed us into the parking lot to bit## us out for not tipping her!

Keep it up and happy New Year - Kim

Wow I came upon this sight and found it quite enjoyable We eat at WF once a year for breakfast outside South of the Border in North Carolina or is it in South Carolina all I know is that I am not going to Florida in 2000 and I will miss stopping by too bad there aren't any WF in the NYC area!

Hello,
I work for wafflehouse in Ashland, Virginia at unit 1241. I just found your page today. It is great.

Jim

Where do I start...in 1971 while at the AF Academy, we started meeting at the Waffle House on the Garden of the Gods exit on I-24 in Colorado Springs. It was usually about 1:30 in the morning after a dance at the Academy and we were in our formal military dress uniform. We would go there and commiserate about the loves of our lives....there was always an intersting composite of folks around there then, so a few military academy guys in uniform did not make much of a stir..1971-75. A lot of WH visits during travels and moves throughout the US.

ric

On the fourth of July, one of my friends had three friends from England visiting Auburn, Alabama. This was the first time they had ever been, to America, so I naturally thought I should take them to the most American insitution I could think of, so we went off to the local Waffle House. They had a very good time, and learned quite a bit about our country. Now, I live in Boston, where all resturants close at 9, so I long for WaHo quite often. For Halloween, I dressed as a Waffle House employee (using my friend's old shirt and visor), but no one noticed. Just one in Boston, just one. That's all I want.

Keith.

at last...This Vandy grad can rest easier at night. a Waffle House within an hour of Philly... I visited the one in Elkton, Maryland last weekend. It is just across the Delaware/Maryland border on I-95... I got into talking with the manager who was from Atlanta. He was telling me that Waffle House locations will be opening in Delaware next year, with the most northerly location being in the Newark/Wilmington area. He indicated that there wasn't a big push to move into New Jersey or PA at this time. Costs were prohibitive is about all he would say. I presume he meant land costs up here. anyhow, the Elkton Waffle House is good, but it is lacking the yellow interior of the ones I frequented in Nashville. It is a "new style" Waffle House. The food is still really good...but they need to transplant some southern waitresses up here :)

One of my co-workers does not believe that Waffle House had, at one time, an 'All-You-Can-Eat' Menu. I know i am not imagining this.

Jason

well, I have to say that I too am a WH lover. I recently moved from Mesquite Tx and i am missing my second home. I am coping by working at one here. I also have a story about my particular waffle house. I got into a little bit of trouble with the law and unfourtunatly went to visit the jail. I was lucky that my best friend was working the third shift and I called praying for some kind of savior. Who knew that it came in the form of waffle house. My best bud asked to leave and bail me out and because of the compasion of her boss, I did not have to rot in jail. THANK YOU WAFFLE HOUSE. p.s. if anyone is in the dallas fortworth area and you want to visit the best waitress there, go to the waffle house on highway 80 and beltline road. Ask for my destiny, she is a riot. Tell her that her long lost buddy sent you.

Ralph

I have a great WH story. When hurricain Opel blew through Atlanta in October of 1995 it did some damage to the SW part of town and the suburbs out there. Well my husband and I lived in Stone Mountain, the extreme NE of town where there was little damage. So we get up to go to work, we worked at the same place in the fabulous Fulton Industrial area. We drive to work not knowing there was no power, but about 10-15 other employees showed up as well, there are normally 200+. Anyway, we were told since we showed up we got paid for the day, plus breakfast just bring back the receipt. So my husband, myself and a few friends from work head out to find something to eat in this hurricaine damaged area, and like a shining star there was the Waffle House with it's lights on. I swear it was the only building within miles that had power. So we go in, get our favorite food, mine is the egg & cheese sandwich with scattered & smothered hash browns. They had to make a fortune that day, but I always wondered how they had power and no one else did. We now live in California and a trip to WH is always top on the list when visiting family in the south.

Bye, Toney

Hi there this is going to spin U out a bit I think.

Marge

my wife and i ate our last meal together in a waffle house on indian trail road just outside of atlanta. she had been having some mental problems and was having a hard time going out for shopping. so just about every day when i came home from work we would go to waffle house. the older couple who worked there were very friendly and my wife suzy and i spent many a wonderful evening there. now my wife is gone and i think of her every time i pass a waffle house. i still eat there sometimes but it is a little hard on me.

greg

Hello! I would like to thank all of the people who: have with apparent hard work, put together a great place to find out and share stories of AMERICA'S PLACE TO WORK AND EAT! the WAFFLE HOUSE. As a 15 year veteran of the WAFFLE HOUSE; I can truthfully say that if not all of the stories on your page are true then a full 99.9% are. A lot of things happen at the WAFFLE HOUSE. Day, night,morning,midmorning,midday and midnight. Although I could not share some stories today I would like to continue to offer an invitation to all of the people who read these e-mail to visit your nearest WAFFLE HOUSE and find the best food in town. Also ask your salesperson or grilloperator what they think of the money they make! I am sure you will find that at WAFFLE HOUSE you will be earning way more than you would ever have expected. Also management opportunities are available not only with WAFFLE HOUSE inc.,but with other franchises such as COLLIS FOODS, NORTHLAKE FOODS, TREE TOP, FREEMAN FOODS AND COASTAL WAFFLES, these are only a few of the numerous WAFFLE HOUSE franchises you could become a member, as an hourly or salaried employee.

THANK-YOU, again for this great site,
MICKEY PARKER, DISTRICT MANAGER COLLIS FOODS inc.

Hi! Love your page - it's great to hear about other WaHo cultists around the country. I live in Asheville, NC, and there are actually FOUR Waffle Houses around here, not two, as Jamie from Black Mountain had stated (one on Tunnel Rd. [the ONLY one, as far as I'm concerned], one on Highway 70 towards Swannanoa, one on Long Shoals Rd. (near the airport), and one next to the Biltmore Square Mall). Two of my best friends, Mikey and Mary - who are dating - work there, and Mary lives about 2 buildings down from me in my apartment complex. They know EXACTLY what I order almost EVERY SINGLE TIME I GO THERE. They'll see me coming to the door and have my order started already - a Texas Cheesesteak Platter, hashbrowns Scattered, Covered, and Chunked, and a Vanilla Coke (sometimes they'll just bring me the Coke separate and the vanilla syrup in a little glass and let me pour in how much I want). It owns! My personal record for the number of visits in one day is 4, and time spent is a little over 5 hours. This is actually pretty good, considering I don't have a car! Any quarters I have go into the jukebox. I once put a $5 bill in and selected 34 Waffle House songs - the first one I selected was 'Hotel California' - if I'm there, that song HAS TO PLAY at least once before I'll leave. Seriously. I've sat there for an hour until a friend of ours came in and I bummed a quarter so I could play that song. Another one of my best friends and I are going to shoot a movie about this glorious temple. We've got stage names, and a couple of good lines, but that's basically it - we haven't even figured out a name for it. Any suggestions would be welcomed! :) By the way, we're going to start a war with the IHOP that's at the top of the hill up from the Waffle House. I ate there once. It sucked big portions of ass. IHOP = evil, WaHo = holy. The only Huddle House around here is on the other side of town, and so is the Denny's. Not that anything would happen, but if anything DID happen to my beloved second home (flood, fire, any other act of dog), at least there's the HH to use as backup until WaHo is restored. We've also fit 7 people in a booth at once - believe me, this is no easy task! I'm a pretty big guy, so there was only room for me and one other small person on my side. There were 3 on the other side, and then we got 2 chairs and put them at the end of the table. Nobody ordered anything but coffee that time; it was just a test to see how many people we could possibly fit (I'm sure that two small people could take my place, and then there'd be room for 8). Hmmm...Let's see here...The sanitation rating is, for a hilarious and obvious reason, hung directly on top of the 'No Offensive Or Abusive Language' sign. I have no idea who put it up there, but it deserves a photo. And, for all of you who wanted to know, I have figured out how many ways there are to fix a hamburger:

Spencer

A visit to (several) Waffle House(s) is the cornerstone of any good holiday in the USA.

Steve Borley
London, England

i work at the WH in Avondale Estates. The first on was there and I'm at #1000. I know Tom Forkner. He comes in my WH all the time. He is s great guy. I love this site! I went cross-eyed reading it but it was worth it. Keep on WAFFLING!

Well, how should I start..We are from California and took our summer vacation in Pensacola, Florida with 30 immediate family members. These family members range in age from 1 years old to 70 years old. Boy, was any Waffle House in the nearest vicinity from our destination in for a shock. Our whole family took up every booth and chair in a Waffle House ! Our experience in any Waffle House was great and we could not get over the prices (t-bone steak and eggs with all the works $5.99) we can not buy 1 steak for $5.99 in California! in closing the Waffle House is the best and we wish we could have one in California!

You are my heroes! I just returned from my Sleazefest Wedding and Honeymoon in Chapel Hill, where we ate at the Durham Waffle House at 15-501 and 40(?) for 3 straight days. My new husband does not share my obsession. I am a displaced southerner living in northern virginia, he is from New Jersey. I just went looking for a Waffle House site, and shrieked for joy when yours was the first to turn up.

Why is it Waffle House has 3 booths for smokers and the rest of the restaurant is non-smoking??????? Especially at 3 o'clock in the morning after everybody in there has just left a bar and is mostly to half-drunk?????

You ever see how they flip eggs at the WH? That's were I learned to do it (flip the eggs that is).

Have a good summer,
C

anyway to the point..my name is Anji, I work nights at waffle house #732 in Charleston SC, and one of our regulars that comes in, we call the napkin eater. he comes in 2x every shift,he talks to him self and yells at people that aren't there, well he pretty much stays to him self but one day he got really mad and said that my friend jackie posioned his tea, and then he gets on the phone and says he's calling the white house and tells them that we're killing people her and that he saw jackie killing someone w/ a butter knife i think that was the same day that jackie played "there are rasin toast" 30 times in a row in the jukebox.....no lie

Never had a bad experience in a single store in ten years until I stopped in the first unit North bound in Chesne, South Carolina. That unit will soon shut down the entire chain if it continues to operate with the crew there at 2:00 a.m., 19July99.

Just discovered your site- it is great!. A lot of people who have had to leave the South are of course desperate to have Waffle Houses up north. My advice to Bert or whoever runs the company is- although it seems tempting, DON'T DO IT!

Besides, do you really want to go somewhere where people don't even have enough sense to know about grits?

Tom Zane, Florida

Good News!!!!!!
For Waffle House lovers in the Northeast, a Waffle House is now open in Elkton, Maryland off I-95. Elkton is halfway between Philly and Baltimore. The Northern Invasion has begun!!! Now, they must go to the Pittsburgh area where I live.

Hello, I am a waitress at a Waffle House in LaGrange GA. For the past 7 years, we have had our own Waffle House pet, a stray dog, named Pouncer. In the time that she has taken up at our Waffle House, she has been cared for by the staff and the customers. She has been fed like a queen, and even had her first litter at the residence of one of our waitresses. Pouncer is a shy dog, she won't come up to any of the waitresess, much less our customers. Our paper, "LaGrange Daily News" recently ran a first page article on our dog, Pouncer, to bring awareness. However, the City of LaGrange, is trying to take our dog away. If you are interested in helping our dog, stay "our Waffle House" dog, please contact LaGrange daily news or myself at zoestarr@hotmail.com or LaGrangeDailyNews.com thank you for your support.

I am a District Manager for Waffle House. I was getting ready to start my masters degree in Political Science at Georgia State University in March of 1996, when I ran into a Area Manager who knew my father-in law. He asked me what I wanted to do with my life and I told him I wanted to make alot of money and retire at an early age. He told me to come work with him at the Waffle House and I could retire a millionaire. After considering all of his smooth talking I decided to give it a shot. Well guess what? He was not kidding. In my first year I made 45,000, and I put away 10% into profit sharing. It's now 3 years later, I have 3 stores, it is the middle of June, and by the middle of July I will have already made that same amount. If you want to work hard, make lots and lots of money, then come work for us. I don't know too many people who are making 80,000 to 90,000 dollars a year 3 years out of college. I have given up some fun times with friends and family to earn this kind of money, but guess what? in 20 years, when other people are worried about their pensions, I will be looking at retirement with over a million in stock. Just some food for thought. If you want to make lots of money go into your local Waffle House and talk to the Manager. We are looking for Quality, not Quantity.

Kevin

Hey, where's my Waffle House? I grew up in Ohio w/WH's in Troy,Englewood, & Dayton. I loved to go there. Then we move to some remote corner of the continent called Nebraska. These people only know PizzaHut, BurgerKing, & chinese food. (You can find any one of the three in any town with 300 or more people - that's a large town by the way). Why I'd drive 200 miles or more if there was a Waffle House somewhere within 2 states away. We live in the middle of cow country & you can't get a decent piece of meat that you don't have to beat to death & chew on like bubble gum. Milk costs $2.59 gallon. I was spoiled in Ohio. How about getting one in Omaha or Lincoln. I still dream of Waffles & Steak, within driving distance. I only get back to Ohio every 2-3 years. That's mighty long time to wait. Maybe one will blow across 2 borders from Oklahoma? I'll bet if you put one here, you'd have more money than Harvey's Casino.

I'm such a regular with my friend Cassie, that now the grill boy gives us complimentary hashbrowns sometimes! Cool, huh?!!! You can't beat MY regular: chocolate pie and coffee! $2.60 every time!!!! Woohoo!!!

I'm a Waffle House manager from the Atlanta area, and I think its great that there are so many people who love the Waffle House as I do. I've been with Waffle House since I was sixteen, and just hit my ten year anniversary. I started out washing dishes and now I'm a manage making close to 50 grand a year. Who could ask for anything more?

But believe me when I tell you that not all Waffle Houses are alike. I've worked in three Waffle Houses on a regular basis, and I've been in literally hundreds of Waffle Houses and I've seen great Waffle Houses and awful Waffle Houses. As our corporate statement says: "People make the difference." Thanks to all the great customers who visit us every day(andsometimes three or four times a day!), and keep coming in. Its a pleasure to serve you. Also, watch for an article in Sunday, June 13th's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dixie Living section. There will be an article on my Waffle House. I'll leave you with the motto of Waffle House University: "Woo Hoo!!!"

i have always wanted to work at waffle house - i can remember when i graduated from high school 12 years ago how i would ride my bike to the nearest waffle house and plead with the manager for a job - well i finally got hired last week - now i am so happy - bot i really feel like i accomplished something finally in my life.....boy oh boy. thank you waffle house for such a bright future of flippin egg's.

P.S. bart lee....i saw a storey from a pregnant wife in here - maybe you can look her up.....

At the corner of Busch and Florida in Tampa, Florida stands a WH. Next to the store is a rarely used railroad track. When eating there one time I noticed a freight train stop next to the Waffle House, the crew got out, disabled the crossing gates (which were down), then proceeded to the WH and had dinner. After a fine meal, they went back to their train, restored the gates to their down position, and went along their merry way. The waitress said that they are the only train that uses the tracks nowadays and they stop by often. I thought it was very cool.

JIM in Tampa

(who always orders triple scrambled plate, scattered-smothered-covered-chunked, rasin toast, four apple butters, and a coke. Can't beat it with a stick!)

We have a chain of restuarants known as the Country Waffles in California. Most are located in Northern California. We operate 22 stores. We love your humor.

Joe and Loretta

scattered covered and smothered!!! oooohhhhhh!!!! mmmmmmmm!!! I LOVE THE WAFFLE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!

I have a sereous problem we have NO waffle houses in Austin, Texas. I have to drive 200 miles to Houston for my habit. cheese n eggs gritts with sausage and a large glass of ice COLD milk. Help me I need my fix...

wishing for a waffle house,
Dolamite

Hi
My boyfriend and I love Waffle House too! When we went to Fl. We stopped at everyone we saw-believe me there were a lot. We are going to get married in Waffle House. Elvis is going to marry us. You are invited. Bring all your friends. This is not a joke.

My name is Jimmy, and I work at Unit #236 in Houston,TX. Ou rfranchise is owned and Operated by Texas Coast Waffles Inc. Larry Cannon is our president, and the coolest owner possible. Any ways, I am a Master Grill Operator, and have been working there since I turnrd 16, now I am 19, and will be leaving soon to go into the Navy. Every person once in their lifetime should go, and see what we are all about. To this day, people still ask me how we do it, How we memorize them orders. Well their is no secret to it. Everyone that goes in to a Waffle House will see a bunch of plates on the Cook boards with mustard, ketchup, butter, and pickles on them. That is called the ever so famous "Marker System"!!! Believe me it works out alot, and is less stress on the brain. I was reading these things earlier, and I saw our assistant manager's passage. Larry Cannon does not have 10 stores, he now has 12, and soon to be 13.

Happy Overdose
Jimmy

4/8/99. Up at 4:00 am. Out to the office. No coffee. Where else to go but WH? Hillsborough Road. Durham. NC. A gravel voiced evangelist. Two xl waitresses (one conferring with her boyfriend in a two-up booth; one listening to her walkman and reading a book while carrying on a conversation with the evangelist and a couple of other hangers-on at the end of the counter.) Cook is cleaning the griddle. One other patron at the counter in his camo overalls waiting for take out. The counter is strewn from left to right with receipts, magazines, newspaper parts, napkins, glasses of warm ice tea, condiments, traces and/or remains of numerous breakfasts. I sit down gingerly placing my reading matter on a napkin. As I try to wipe off the counter (no one else seems to be interested in this task), the lone order taker (very nice person, but I believe he was some sort of "special hire") comes up to take my order. Waffle. Bacon. Large Glass of Milk. Honey or syrup? Syrup container lands on the counter. I pick it up and there is a puddle on the orange laminate. I love this place. I read S&P reports while the evangelist intones in his gravel voice, the cook is working to try to clean the place, the conferring waittress continues to confer, and the music loving waittress loudly discusses something totally incomprehensible (to me) while reading her book and giving orders to the "special hire".

Well, Well, Well What an introduction to Law Enforcement Alabama style. As a new resident to this fair state of yours, i had the missfortune of becoming involved with your local constabulary,on Saturday night the 3rd of April last ,my partner and i went to eat at the waffle house (up untill now one of the treasures i have found in this country of yours) they were fairly busy in there, but they usually are ,2 seats were available at the bar, so we seated ourselves there, after waiting 10 minutes, I intterupted a passing waitress and asked if we could have some coffee, this was no problem, and the coffee was poured with a frown ,and a "i'll get your order in a minute, well time passed ,and passed ,and no order taking was forthcoming, even after eyeballing the waitress several times, all i could get was a frown, the cook didnt seem that busy on his hot plate so after 20 minutes enough was enough and i said to my partner ,lets get out of here and find another place to eat at.

Hey just stopped by your page . My name is Mike Cobb and I live in Ohio. Ive been collecting commemorative Coca-Cola bottles for the past 8 years and I heard about a Coca-Cola bottle that was produced with the Wafflehouse logo on it. Have you heard anything about it ? I was looking to get one for my collection, could you guys give me a clue in where I might be able to get one of the bottles. Since 1995 I think they have made 3 different ones. Hope you can help. Thanks.

Mike From Ohio

You know, I just finished enjoying an afternoon breakfast at the WH in Ft. Lauderdale, the only one in this part of Fla. I think. When I got home, I had a few minutes to kill so thought I'd look on the web for Waffle House. Well, I didn't find a company site, but I did find "The Waffle House Shrine" and some other Waffle House pages.

Keep up the good work.
Dave

Unbeknownst to most people most Waffle House waitresses were dancers...well in a weird sort of way.

It all started on The Wagner HS Marching band trip to Florida. On the way down from NY(no waffle Houses there) on a 22-hour bus ride, we had nothing better to do than count Waffle Houses (sorry I dont remember the official count). At some point somebody clapped when we passed one. Pretty soon everyone wuz clappin and we kept doing it every time we saw one for the rest of the ride, and the rest of the week for that matter. Even when we got back to New York, we kept clapping for the waffle houses.

--El Dude

P.S.: WAFFLE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap)

Before 1997, I had never known what a Waffle House was. When i Came to college i soon found out that hashbrowns are a new food group. This was my main substanance while i was pledging to my fraternity, because during the day I was busy. So I always found some love from the staff at the "W". They are always willing to put that smile on your face and that grin of satisfaction as you walk out full and pleased. One question though??. Has anyone ever marketed Waffle House clothes?? Shirts, bandanas, boxers. I think its a goldmine waiting to be struck.

C-Bear
Belmont, NC

thanks for YOUR continued devotion to the "house". As i tell my work colleagues who turn their nose up or shake their heads over my menu wallpaper, it's the charm of the place, maybe someday when you grow up you'll understand.

Hello,
My girlfriend and I fell in love and then we fell in love again with the Waffles at the Waffle House. I am looking for the nearest Waffle House. I live in Minneapolis Minnesota. I would greatly appreciate if you could tell me the location of the nearest Waffle House.

Jeffrey

My husband and I just got back from Naples, Florida. We counted all the Waffle Houses we could see from the highway. There are seventy-nine in all, all along I-75.

Stephanie and Mitch (who was, until this week, a Waffle House virgin!),
Howell, MI

I work in tech support and one of customers is Waffle House. They purchased some software of ours. As I usually do I asked for some free stuff. The nice lady sent me a T-shirt that said:

Hey just stopped by your page . My name is Mike Cobb and I live in Ohio. Ive been collecting commemorative Coca-Cola bottles for the past 8 years and I heard about a Coca-Cola bottle that was produced with the Wafflehouse logo on it. Have you heard anything about it ? I was looking to get one for my collection, could you guys give me a clue in where I might be able to get one of the bottles. Since 1995 I think they have made 3 different ones. Hope you can help. Thanks.

Mike From Ohio

I too, am a Waffle House fan. I live in Indianapolis, In and this is where we always went after work. Now they are called Sunshine Cafe here. Still have great food and i'm lucky because i live close to several of them. Really enjoyed this site. I didn't know there was such a place or such a large following.

Carolyn
Indpls

Hi my name is p-nut... I work for Waffle House.... here in Charlotte N.c and ben doing it for bout a year and a half... ya want stories huh.???/ well hrmmm let me think......

Was in a store one time that had a store manager who sold drugs to the employees as well as the employees of other stores... not gonna mention any names here... no need for all that just thought I would share that one...

once was in a store cooking and some how fight broke loose out in customer area to the point were someone got a Catsup

Hey, I was thrilled to find your WAFFLE HOUSE Website. My nearest Waffle House is about 30 miles away but I get there as often as possible to get the world-famous pecan waffle. I really don't think anything tastes better. I also make an annual trip to Fan Fair in Nashville and the Waffle House is always my first stop.

I did have an unusual experience last summer in Louisville, Ky. I had left home at 2 a.m. and was pretty worn by the time I reached the Waffle House at 6:30 a.m. To my dismay, the waitress informed me that the grill was closed! I questioned why the grill was closed at prime time for breakfast. She mumbled something about having to clean it sometime. However, my persistence did prevail and, after finding out the waffles do not require a grill, she did convince the cook to prepare my waffle.

Nice talking to you guys
Dynomite in Ohio

Hi! I think the waffle house is the greatest place on earth! This summer, I was in Arkansas with my cousins, and we went to WH at around 11 pm. The food was wonderful, and we met what may be the only goths in Arkansas. I think a WH should be in the Smithsonian as a shrine to America. DYK in my city, you can make reservations at WH. Thats all...

Jessica
Florida

I caught your web shrine on the Waffle House. I recently took a cross-country trip LA to Jacksonville on I-10. Then up I-95 to Boston. I relished every moment I spent in the last vestage of American Diner Culture left among the fast food gut wreckers. I have photos, and souviners of the Waffle House. I plan to make a white china coffee cup with the circular blue ribbon logo of the great Waffle House Coffee fire glazed into the cup. (That is unless I can buy one from Waffle House). We stopped at approximately 22 Waffle House restraunts. The southern route was the best. The closest Waffle House to us is in Phoenix, Az., a days drive.

I am located in So. california. Take care.

hi. i recently stopped at a waffle house in roanoke, va. and really studied the jukebox for the first time at any waffle house. i was surprised to see that the whole first column of selections were songs about the waffle house. we played one called "special lady at the waffle house." i can't remember who sang it, but if you have any idea how i can get my hands on a copy of that song, i would be forever grateful. thanks.

janet
richmond, va.

I have a different answer to your question than what is posted on the site ... though I'm not sure which is the most 'factual' ...

Makes sense to me ....

*HUGGS* Elaine

Hey, great page. My name is Andre. I'm a unit manager at the Waffle house in Baton Rouge LA. unit #543. Just wanted to let the world know that Waffle house managers in Baton Rouge are well paid. I personally make almost 50 grand a year and drive a BMW roadster. I am also looking to hire some managers for the other stores here. If you know anybody interested, write me.

Hi....

I'm writing from a small principality in the U.K called Wales. For the last two years my Family and I have holidayed in Florida. We were told that the best place to eat was The Ponderosa, so we gave it a try. After two or three mornings we decided to try a place called Waffle House, what a revelation! The food was, and is terrific it knocked the spots of every other restuarant we went to. My favourite was double cheese omlette scattered and smothered with double hashbrowns. My Wife and Daughter always had Cheese, egg and ham sandwich with hasbrowns. The coffee is without doubt the best coffee I have ever tasted in My life. The service was always first class and the smell in the restuarant was always superb. We returned to the same Waffle house on the 192 every day at least once. And miss their food very much. you are very lucky in the USA to have the greatest restuarant in the WORLD!!!!!! And that includes all the flash expensive resturants in Disneyworld. Lets hope there are plans to open a few in the UK very soon. This year we won't be in your country OH how we will miss WAFFLE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOURS SINCERELY CLIVE RADDENBERRY

Great Site! I feel obliged to offer my Waffle House story . . . No place like the Waffle House to instill a sense of the Yuletide spirit: Being an undergrad, I tend to put a high level of stress on my final exams. One morning, stressed about a final only two or three hours away, my friend and I went to Waffle House to get some early morning breakfast, fuel ourselves with "the best coffee in America", and maybe do a little last minute studying. Our waitress, Hillbilly, (no kidding, that's what her nametag says!), was extra nice to us, probably due to our ragged appearance. She brought us our waffles and was always forthcoming with freshly brewed joe; we never saw the bottom of our mugs. And when it was time to go and face the executioner (so to speak), we asked for our check as we readied ourselves for departure. She just smiled and told us to have a Merry Christmas. Ignoring our protests, she chatted for a while, and we left bidding her an equally merry holiday season. As we were getting in my car, we saw her pull a few bucks from her apron and pay our ticket. Needless to say, I faced the exam full of warm thoughts (not to mention full of their high-octane coffee) and recieved an A. The next time we went, Hillybilly was again our waitress and we were sure to tip her an extra couple of bucks. But how do you tip the woman responsible for singlehandedly salvaging a struggling grade point average? High praise to Waffle House in Monteagle, TN, and particuarly high praise to its veritable matron, Hillbilly!

-A Student of the University of the South, Sewanee, TN.

i have worked for wh for 19 years.i started out as a waitress at the age of 15 and now am in multi unit management.wh treats it employees great and have the best benefit package in the industry,anyone looking for a career should check out their local wh

a current employee

While driving back from the state of Michigan after the Christmas holiday I stopped at a Waffle House of I-75 in Kentucky. There I saw a beautiful woman who took my order. (a rarity) She was about 5ft tall blue eyes short blond hair maybe about 120lbs and really nice and big chest. She and I talked while I had my double pattymelt and scattered and smothered hasbrowns.

Jeff
Morrow, GA

This is a story about Wa Ho Love. I met my boyfriend in a Waffle House in Georgia, my home state. I was engaged at the time after a short 5 month relationship. My brother worked as a first class grill operator with Brandon. I had always bummer around Wa Ho's anywhere and everywhere but I had never noticed Brandon before. I walked in and saw him. The manager offered me a job while Brandon tried to make small talk. When I left with my brother, I left with an application. My brother had told me that Brandon thought I was cute and liked me very much but he also reminded me that I was engaged. I took the job as a second shift waitress. My first night off training, I worked with Brandon and recieved the full hell of initiation mixed in with a little bit of puppy love flirting. I left that night with hashbrowns in my hair and a crush on Brandon, keep in mind I was still engaged. A week later, I was working second, and he was working third, but as he often did, he sat up there on my shift. It was my last night working before I left for vacation. My fiance was supposed to pick me up and take me to my friends house but called to say he couldn't then got mad because I couldn't waste an hour of time to go see him. I was upset, so upset, I lost my Waffle House smile that racks in the tips! Well, Brandon saw this and left. He came back with two roses- hoping to see my smile. I went on that vacation and thought of him every moment. When i got back, I was still engaged. Brandon had asked me if I wanted to go see a movie, just as friends. I went and had the time of my life. I had fallen in true love with him. That night I broke off my enagement and started a realtionship with that boy I met in the Waffle House. Brandon and I have been together almost a year now and we spend more time in that Waffle House then we do anywhere else. People say we'll be married in a Wa Ho. Sounds like a good idea! :)

The poster recently e-mailed me an unfortunate update:

The story of Wa Ho love, did not end happily. Brandon and I broke up, but on good terms, now he's one of my best friends and I am going back to work at another Waffle House.

Hello, My Name is Fred, I'm a waiter at Store # 2 in Columbia, SC (I-26 & Hwy 302)(the exit for Columbia Airport). I am very proud to see a site like this. It's always great to pull up your site and read these "WAFFLE HOUSE" stories.

Thanks,
Fred

SEE YOU AT THE WAFFLE HOUSE!

You have great content on this web page, the in depth details are the best and the appearance is nice. Way to waffle the competition.

Here is my story. I have the newest Waffle House in the Chain just 5 minutes from my house. Its grand opening was 28 November 1998, and the best part of it was that they had smothered, chili, scattered,chunked, peppered hashbrowns for $0.99. Whoo. It was great, I had 2 orders and then had to gobble the 14oz porterhouse to top it off. By the way, did I mention the smooth, creamy, sweet pecan waffle I enjoyed. It was a brown orb of a waffle, cooked just right, with maple syrup and smooth, creamy "I can't believe it's not butter". I am just thankful that Fabio wasn't my waiter, but my waitress Flo (no kidding) did lick the syrup off of her hand, after she sloshed it off of my plate. Yummee. Wait! "Lets go to Waffle House, to Waffle House, Lets all go to Waffle House and have ourselves a trip........" I couldn't leave without those precious words from the jukebox in my newest, closest, favorite Waffle House of all time.

Timothy

My highschool debate team loves Waffle House! On tournament weekends, you'll find lots of debators there!

We were just reading this page on WH b/c our friend from Virginia always talks about how great it is. We live in New York. We havent seen nor heard of a WH before she told us about it. Is there any one by us? It sounds rather enticing. Actually, it sounds kind of funny. if we went there we'd probably laugh at everyone. Is there really drunk people there? If there is, we would like to meet them.

From Jackie and Daphne

I'm a debater at a high school in the suburbs of Atlanta. We love Waho. Before, during, and after every tournament, we have to go to Waho to reap the fruits of the Waffle House harvest... Coffee with enough sugar to kill a horse, those great waffles, golden-brown hashbrowns (scattered-smothered- covered), grits, bacon... You name it, we eat it. The table is always sagging and, of course, we're well-known for our 30%+ tips. My favorite Waho memory is going at 3 a.m. in Calhoun, Georgia. I was with all of my friends, and we hadn't eaten anything in many hours. I sat in a booth next to the guy I liked, and, six waffles, three orders of double- hashbrowns, eight glasses of water, four cups of coffee, two omelets, and seven "Waffle-House Do-Wops" and a a "Margaritaville" later, we (me and the guy I liked and the two other debate friends) paid our relatively small bills and talked fungibility. It was great. Me and the guy I liked and Waho. A match made in heaven.

Ok. Well my first Waffle House experience happened last night with my Dad coming back from a two day golf school in Ft. Lauderdale to Merritt Island, Fl. While I was trying to sleep in a very crowded backseat, my father yelled out, "Mexican food or Waffles?!" Since I never know what to order in a Mexican restaurant and thinking that the waffle thing was a joke, (you know the South Park when the go to Kenny's house for dinner and have waffles...), I yelled back in pain, WAFFLES!! No joke, pulled up to a Waffle House about 10 minutes later. After parking in 1 of the six available spots, we noticed several fat people inside. I explained this was a good thing since anyplace with fat people must be good. And we shouldn't have a problem fitting through the doors since we were hunched over and both leaning to the left with pain.

Thanks for your help.
Kim

A-ha! You would have never guessed it, but actually I'm a math major, so you've lucked out. You're dad is right, but I've never had the heart to bring it to the attention of the waffle house. If you consider only "number of ingredients" as the measue of the ways to fix a burger, then they must means something like 524,288 or such. However, remember that any burger can be coooked either rare, medium rare, medium, medium-well, and well-done (5 possibilities, and it cannot be a combination), so it doesn't have to be strictly a power of 2. Also, they could consider the difference between putting 0, 1, or 2 pickles on it, which gives three mutually exclusive combinations. Right there, the number of ways could be a multiple of 15. When it comes down to it, though, there is either ketchup or no ketchup, so the number of ways MUST BE an even number, although it does not have to be a power of 2 (because neither 5 nor 3 is a power of 2).

if ever on St.simons Island GA or in the area there is the best waffle house that i have witnessed in my considerable waffle experiance. it is a holy place . St Simons is a vacation destination and last call for all bars is 2 am i believe, all i know is that at somepoint while enjoying my standard pattymelt, browns done well, sent to hell , while nursing my coffee the joint will fill to the brim with drunk rednecks AND sophisticated young Atlantans, all drunk as piss, and it is all poor Stephanie and Sheila and Tim (aka. BOSSMAN) can do to keep the place under control. let me pause here....a moment of silance please.... I mourn the passing of ROY....the coolest damn cook i have met. ROY was born in europe, grew up North Carolina and in Florida, and toiled with satisfaction for 12 years as cook and manager. a little bugeyed...not bugeyed....wild eyed to a degree....though he isnt that big of a guy You WOULDN'T mess with him. the first time i met him he seemed sharp...inteligent....but not all that intresting. you couldent really miss the sharp, inteligent look in his eye. a former marine, and, so as no to blow his cover i will only say that he serves on the goodside of the law in an exciting capacity, somthing of a P.I. as in MAGNUM. stories of hot rods, encounters with the police, loaded .38s in fearful situations, stories so wild you try not to believe for feeling stupid, yet the man, the LEGEND is real.

but back to the place as it is....well Sheila is good, but i am really just partial to Stephenie.....now that woman is a waitress....my coffee cup never goes below halfway, allways milk, always sugar, the trash never builds up, the plates are cleared upon ingesting that marvelous food....cooked by "BOSSMAN" TIM, a quiet man who unexpectedly will blurt out somthing to make you wetyourself....i suspect that he has ingested his share of LCD, but he is a really great guy....now i would prefer ROY, but hell, BOSSMAN is a real good sub. so to any one who can, go to the ST.SIMONS waffle house, sit in Stephnies section and mention that WES sent you and you will be setting yourself up for a royal WAFFLE experiance.

Wes Cox, Brooklyn NY

We found out about Waffle House when my husband (before he was my husband) moved to Norcross. You know, Atlanta is the most perfect place for a WH addict to live because of their abundance. If you go to one and it's crowded, usually all you need to do is stay on that same road and go over the interstate, and there sits another conveniently located Waffle House. Hopefully that one isn't as full! We lived in San Antonio for a while, so we were having some major WH withdrawals. Eating there was one of our few rewards while making the 1600 mile drive to visit our families in PA. We just moved to Virginia a few months ago, and imagine how thrilled we were to find a Waffle House about 15 miles down the interstate. We added that to our list of advantages to living here. I have several fond memories of individual moments at WH.... my first time, after taking our daughter to see Beauty and the Beast on Ice, my last visit before moving to Texas, the one in South Carolina somewhere where my daughter lost her Rafiki (from Lion King) doll, the one in Kentucky somewhere that I talked to someone who was telling us stories (prompted by my daughter's Stellaluna stuffed toy) about the bats that were trying to eat her kids (too funny!).... We recently took our youngest daughter there for the first time. It was a shame that she had to be almost one before enjoying her first waffle. Better late than never though....so to those of you who have never been there or who have relatives who have never been there, don't wait a moment more! They deserve the Waffle House!

Stacey

Wafflehouse is the best!
1 night we were trashed(is that a requirement to visit Wafflehouse?)and showe up about 5 am . Some joking turned in to more joking next thing i knew i poured a handful of syrup and slammed it across my friend's face , silk shirt and leather jacket and let me say wafflehouse is the only place you can get away with that without getting tossed or in a fight, anyway Rodney deserved it. Anyway has anyone else been allowed to bring beer in to wafflehouse and drink it? Wonderful policy it would be, Wafflehouse is the place for me!

Eric

i truly enjoyed your waffle house page... i work in one of ten (i think) here in the houston area, in the fine town of Laport ,TX. The stores here are franchise owned by Larry Cannon. A list of the stores are as follows:

Hi! I am a poor soul that has never relished the awesome Waffle House! :( I have been to one but was pregnant and still in the morning sickness stage. My husband however loves waffle house. The one time I did go to waffle house was very special to me (even though I was yacking and unable to eat) seeing the joy in my husbands eyes as the waitress shouted his order and the sheer joy and delight as he ate his hashbrowns was a memory I will have embedded in my mind forever!

I am hoping that I too will be able to enjoy a Waffle House soon!
Vi- California Native, Texas Transplant

My family drove to Florida last month, and I had my first Waffle House experience in Georgia. I was permanently hooked. I ate at Waffle Houses every day until my return to my unfortunately WH-less home state of Pennsylvania. I have been craving Waffle House since we left Virginia. I am 18 now, attending a Pennsylvania college, and I am seriously considering a transfer to anyplace that has a nearby WH. When the cravings get too awful to be borne, I just look at the picture of myself in front of a North Carolina Waffle House and remember...

Hi! I'm writing to tell you I absolutely love the site. I never knew they're were other people out there that loved the only place Purely American.

If you want a heart-warming story about the place, my friend Sara had one after a Smashing Pumpkins concert with her buds. I'll try to get that story to you...really quite...well "smashing".

~Dani

Everytime we take a road trip we count the number of waffle houses!! It is the only thing that keeps us awake in the middle of Tenessee and Kentucky in the middle of the night!! Where is the closest one to Milwaukee Wisonsin ??

We Love Waffle House !
Kathy, Steve, Jennifer and Heather

I think the Waffle House is the best place on earth. I live in north eastern New Jersey and there is on Waffle House where I live. That sucks. The last time I bin there is when I was 15. That was four years ago. I dont know why they dont build one here. That place is the best. Tell me if you know any locations around here.

Eric

Hey! I can not believe that there is actually a page for this. I am in shock. I love Waffle House more than you'll ever know. I live in Long Island, New York and travel a few times a year. The first time I ever had WH hashbrowns, I was in love. Just the way they call the order is an art form..."Extra large...scattered, smothered, well" I don't know what the hell it means, or where you go to school to learn it...but they are the best things I have ever tasted. From the waffles to the homemade Cherry Coke...I pray for this incredible establishment to move north! I have a menu on my wall, and my favorite WH paper chef's hat sits in my kitchen. How far up is the northern most House? It will be well worth the trip.

Cannot believe all the Waffle House nuts out there. I to am a WH craver. We drive 150 miles to Indpls, In to satisfy my cravings. Highway 30 and I65 would make a great location and only 14 miles away. I dream about Cheese Omlets and those fully covered potatoes. So glad I found this site, even if I can't get any food, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. Our romance began in Waynesville, Missouri while at Ft Lost in the Woods for our son's graduation. Nothing to do at night but to go to the Waffle House and watch them cook, clean & chat. Been hooked ever since. When available it's our breakfast and supper stop. Need one close soon!!!

hey mr. k, thank you very much for the waffle house shrine page. my wife and i went flew from las vegas, our home, to new orleans this year for mardi gras, then drove to st. augustine, florida to visit her two sons. we saw our first waffle house going east on 10, into georgia, and immediately stpped. it's a super great place, with waffle house music and great food, we must have visited 6-7 of them on our 10 day trip, and wish they were here in las vegas. thanks again for the web page, and to all the employees, thanks for making our stops so enjoyable,

About two years ago on a trip to the Carolinas, I first stopped at a Waffle House. I loved the place. My father, brother, and myself made it a point to stop there at every meal. However, all good things must end, and we left the waffle house behind to go home to Michigan.

At school I made it a point to tell my friends that we needed a waffle house in the tri city area. This was a reply from one of them:

"We have an IHOP, it's good enough."

NO!!! IHOP (International House of Pancakes) is an upstart restaurant. They've also tried to take me to Denny's, it's no substitute, we need waffle houses in Michigan, I think we've lived in the dark ages for long enough!

Pat

I have eaten at many Waffle Houses along the interstate Highways. I live in Alexandria, Louisiana. It is halfway between Shreveport and Lafayette on I-49. It is a vibrant, growing city with a population of about 50,000 hungry people.It has a twin city, (Pineville), separated by the Red River. We have a big problem, however. No Waffle House !! There is not a Waffle House in Central Louisiana. We are being deprived. Is there anything you can do to resolve this problem ?

Sincerely,
Jack E. O'Neal

Do you know of any Waffle Houses in Pennsylvania, or are they only located in the states closest to Georgia? Any info you could give me on this would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry, they are few and far between above the mason-dixon line.

"awful house" as some of us call it in mandeville, la. quickly became a great place to go once i enter high school. we frequented it after football games and as we were able to drive and go out more after (or before when i come to think of it) anything. it has always been there for me and i've come to love it dearly. long did i dream about late college nights/mornings spent at WH with the gang. however i chose to attend colorado school of mines in golden, co. when i went there for orientation all of the students said that there were no waffle houses in the area but i'd have to drive all the way to colorado springs (even more of a feat if, like me, you have no vehicle). i and some of my WH loving bud's at orientation were complaining and the colorado natives all laughed at us and thought we were strange (they also made fun of us for saying ya'll). so i spent many days and nights trying to psychologically prepare myself for 'no waffle house land' until today i looked up on yahoo and found out that there are 3 WH's within 22 miles of my campus and more if i want to drive further. i am now confident that i can muster up some of my friends with cars and convince them to go to WH, especially those who are being torn away from our WH scattered landscapes of the south. i can now survive college in the way it was meant to be. also after reading through all of the comments i was very surprised (noting the number of college kids who wrote in and attend WH regularly) that nobody ever mentioned how on the WH coffee cups there are integral signs encircling the cup in and infinitely long, beautiful integral of waffles and coffee. if there is anything i love it is a discussion on computers or, even better, calculus over coffee and anything on the WH menu. the atmosphere at WH is second to none. it blows away denny's or anything else that is open 24 hours (super wal-mart is tied but it's in a different category). thanks for listening to me.

Bill

Hey man. How's it goin?...Good here.

Do you know of any good WH games? I read on here a few months ago about a man that plays the "Coffee Game." I can't find it now. I need to know the rules before my freinds and I can play. Sounded like fun. See, you get to drink lots of fresh coffee in this game...thought it would be fun.

Would appreciate any input,
Thanx,
WaHo Lover

I was at the Waffle House in Kansas City, MO, and I was with a group of friends and we went into the bathroom and there was s*#& splattered all over the toilet. That resturant is now known as the Sh## Splatter Waffle House. One of my friends stuck his head in the toilet and took a picture of the sh## splatter. We then went back at 3 am for the All you Can Eat Meal and stayed till 6. I am also a fellow worshiper of the greatest resturant on earth. Waffle House 4 Life!

The Samurai Chef

I've been to many different waffle houses across the country, and have enjoyed the time there, But when i think of Waffle House, I think of one person, whom I've had the pleasure of seeing him cook at several locations, Tampa, Colorado Springs, Arizona and now in St. Petersburg, Fl. I've watched him to amazement as he twirls plates, spins knives up in the air and snatches them back without even looking, putting on a show that all of his customers enjoy. Never in my life have i seen such a talented cook, He is a true artist. Why is he not running his own store?

What's up?

...thought you might be interested in knowing, my girlfriend and I just drove from St. Louis Missouri to Gulfport Mississippi. To pass the time we wagered on whether there would be more Cracker Barrels or Wafflehouses along the highway. I won. Wafflehouse 18 Cracker Barrel 11. It was pretty close until we got to the gulf coast. There were 5 in a one mile stretch. She couldn't believe it!

Peace and Waffles,
Adam

Hi, I was just searching for any Waffle House info there might be on the internet and somehow was lucky enough to stumble onto this page. I live in Southern California, about an hour outside of L.A. and there are NO Waffle Houses near here. I used to live in Georgia, about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta, and there's nothing I miss more than good old Waffle House. It's the greatest in the world, and I sincerely feel for anyone that has never experienced the greatness. I tell ALL my friends and relatives about it, and say that if they ever come across one, they have to stop and eat there. I moved to Cali about 2 years ago, and haven't stop complaining about missing my Waffle House. No one else understands and think I'm crazy and wish I'd shutup. My family (mom, 20 yr old brother and 17 yr old sis) and I just recently took a road trip to Texas for a family reunion and before we even hit the road, I told my mom that we had to eat at Waffle House even if it was the only place we ever ate. I would've lived on it if I could. We did make it there, but all the way in Arizona, on the way home from our week and a half long trip. I was complaining the whole time to eat there, but I couldn't get her to stop. You can imagine how many fights we got into because of my yelling at her "If we don't find one before we get home...". There were so many in the cities we were at, but she would never stop. I'm glad there were some in Arizona, cuz she never would've heard the end of it, and I probably would've ended up getting into major trouble because I would've raised some major hell. I worship the Waffle House. I took a picture of me in front of this particular Waffle House that we finally got to stop at in Arizona. I will mail it to you later once we have a chance to develop the film. And I had to get a chocolate pie to go. I brought it back to Cali and had to share it with my boyfriend, so I could see the two sweetest things in life at the same time! It meant so much for my boyfriend to finally share Waffle House with me, and needless to say, he experienced the greatness for himself. He loved every bit of it. I wish, just like the rest of the faithful Waffle House goers, that one would open up somewhere near here, and I understand that it seems to be a Southern thing, with the grestest southern food, but I live in the southern part of the state, too. Why can't a Waffle House be opened up here? I wonder who determines where they are and aren't built. I don't see why they can't be like Denny's, one everywhere you turn. Waffle House is better than any and every one of them. I have never experienced Huddle House or whatever, I'd heard of it, but I've never had the least bit of interest in eating there. I miss WH soooo much. I have sooo many memories there. Sneaking out with the guys, going swimming in some apartment off-limits spa and swimming pool, then heading off to Waffle House to the bathroom to change, then to the jukebox, then to sit and finish drying while eating the best 2 o'clock AM meal I'd ever had. I miss those 1/4 lb cheeseburger plates and hashbrowns, which are better than any fries I could've had with the greatest burger in the world. I love it, I love it. More than words can say. I will travel to Arizona the next time I rack up enough money to make it just to go the nearest Waffle House. I'm soo glad I found this page. I love hearing about other people's stories and how I'm NOT the only one who knows that Waffle House is the BEST out there. THANKS so much.

Love,
Rebekah Reilly (19 years old, alone dreaming of my next Waffle House visit)

Wow, I didn't know so many people were dedicated to the Waffle House! I am 16 years old, and live in Longwood, Florida. Every time we drive to Atlanta to see my grandparents, my sisters and I see who can spot the most Waffle House's on the way. My dad and I love the Waffle House, but my mom and sisters just don't appreciate the restaurant. I love how they never close, and can cook your meal any way you want. Waffle House is truly America's place to eat and work. If I ever become rich, I hope to one day own a Waffle House, or maybe start a new one!

I have worked at unit #818 in Spartanburg, south carolina for the past four years.

- nothing can be compared to the wonderful people I work with on 3rd shift and the wonderful friendships I have made with my customers.

Everyone is always friendly and willing to help each other at a moments notice. I recommend waffle house to anyone especially to the parents of all the young kids that hang out there during the wee hours of the night. - - -( Don't worry we take care of them and watch them like they are our own)

If ya'll are ever down I-26 in sc stop by and say hey - - It's always great to learn a new face.

Heather

I love going to waffle house. Me and my friends go there a lot. After my high school prom me and a bunch of my friends when there just to hang out and talk and eat. Waffle house to me is like a second home.

Kyle
"Rebel"

My name is Iggy and I try to go to every Waffle House I see. One of my goals is to go to a waffle house in each state. Are there Waffle Houses in other countries too? I've been to WAffle Houses in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, and South Carolina. I like the grits with a syrup covered waffle, hot chocolate, and one of their business cards.

Thanks!
Iggy McCarter

This is Iggy again. Once I went to a Waffle House in Lumberton, North Carolina. (I think that's how you spell it, it's in Southern NC) A man then sat down next to me and started telling me about the "Lumbees" or the Indians that lived in the area before the Europeans came. He was obviously a well known costumer that came a lot. He told me how he was one of the few full- blood Lumbees. Then he gave me a keychain he made in school and said, "Keep it." He then smiled and by then I was done so I wished him good luck and good bye. I still have that keychain with a silver boot on it. This gave me my love for small towns, my love for Waffle House, and a great new hobby of going to a Waffle House in each state!

Iggy-Age 12

i love the waffle house but i live in Pekin, Illinois. if you could please!!!!!!!!!! tell me where the nearest one is id be most grateful. even if i have to go past state boundries.

Melody

Anyone know? E-mail Kamran and he'll forward it along to Melody.

I just started working as a Waffle House waitress. No where else would hire me. The job sucks, I work all night. Drunk people come in and tell me to sing the waffle house song. I HATE THAT SONG. My roomate calls me the Affle Hoe. (Stems from the theory that a W.H. sign always has at least a few letters missing.) I think you all are crazy.

-Marie

Well, we all have our tastes...

I just read the whole page what a blast. I worked for wafflehouse for 3 years and when I left (Because of a heart problem) I was a district manager in South Carolina. I have been recently released from the doctor and been cleared to go back to work. I cant wait, WH has the best benefits in the industry. They believe that the folks behind the counter (hourly associates) should always come first. If you are dedicated and love people then the wafflehouse is the place to work. I will be returning between July 15th and August the 13th of this year. I cant wait. There was quite a lot of comments about Bert on this page. I believe that Bert has been promoted to director of franchise operations. Joe RogersJr., a great guy and he cares about bussiness as well as people. Bob Bowman same accolades. Did you know that Bert's chili got on the menu because he won the cookoff for chili among all the managers in the company?

WaffleHouse is Truly Americas place to Eat and Americas place to Work.
W. Julian

Ah yes, food of the Gods - the Awful Waffle. I drive a lot for my business and I always stop at an AW (term of endearment, ya unnerstand). Shoot, even have some as regular stops now - at Exit 126 in Fredericksburg VA (I-95), at Thomasville NC on I-85, at Hopewell VA on I-95, etc. Great food, not much more expensive than a McYuk or Burger Death, and ya get to sit down at a table that's not got baby goo or something all over it.

Great site - glad you did it!
Craig Zeni

Thanks, Craig! Let's not forget, for these fast food prices you also get SERVICE, you don't just stand at the counter and give them a value-meal number. And more often than not, in my experience, the waiters and waitresses are some of the friendliest southerners there are.

I worked for Waffle House for five wonderful years in Fayetteville,NC until I got married and moved to Germany. Of course, there's no WaffleHouse's there yet, anyway.

My husband just got transferred to Killeen TX (Ft.Hood). The closes WH is 4 hours away.

Is there is anyone out there who wants to make lots of money? If so, this is the place to open a Waffle House.

I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Gwen

Last winter the whole city was frozen for a week. There was ice everywhere and fallen limbs and we had no electricity for 5 days. Of course, we turned the the good ol' waffle house for shelter. It was in the part of town that gor electricity back first so there were a lot of people there who hadn't bathed in a while but that was okay because we were all dirty and tired and cold but happy because we had waffles and coffee to warm our hearts!

mary

ps- My friends and I were discussing why there is only a waffle house. They asked where there aren't different levels of waffle-ness. Why not have a waffle shack and a waffle mansion and a waffle trailer too? I like having just the waffle house though. Everyone is equal in the house of the waffle.

Mary -- though not affiliated with the Waffle House, there is also an imitation restaurant called the Waffle King, and I'm sure there are countless others as well. In fact, someone recently told me that the Huddle House was started by former WH employees who thought they could do better (they couldn't).

Dear Kamran,

IT'S ME SHEILA FROM UNIT 985 OM ST SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA. BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW THAT WAFFLE HOUSE HAS ITS OWN COLLEGE FOR THEIR MANAGERS. IT ACTUALLY CALLED WAFFLE HOUSE UNIVERSITY. ITS IN NORCROSS, GA

THANKS AGAIN
SHEILA

Many people tell me that they can't understand many fans' obsession with the WaHo. I think the following psychotic short story relays the idea pretty well:

The Symbol of Peace. by:Eric Reyes Prime Minister Quim of the Intergalactic Commonweath sat in his big comphy chair at the center of the conference room. Several diplomats, old and young, human and alien, filled the large echoing room. Every since the Great Uniting, all the inhabited planets had met, unified. It was a time of great peace. Every planet, except Sol III. A little blue/green planet, with very primitive inhabitants. None of which had yet invented dependable, space flights, at good consumer rates. Quim turned his attention back to the meeting. A small group of diplomats approached him, they were making the hand sign of peace, tracing a square in the air, and then tracing a grid pattern inside it. Quim returned the sign. After exchanging greetings, they all returned to their seats, it was time to begin. Quim looked up at the platinum idol in the center of the room. It was the epitomy of equality, an intergalactic symbol of peace. The square design, the grid pattern inside it. This symbol had united all the galaxy. Forever would it be revered. He looked at it. He felt the power radiating from it. "Greetings delegates." Quim's voice boomed loudly over the speaker system, yet it still maintained the grandfatherly warmth that only his voice could bestow. "We come here united. the Intergalactic Commonweath." He let this soak in. "We stand here under the Intergalactic Sign of Peace." He pushed a button on his comphy chair, a ray of intense light shined upon the item in the center of the room. Refracting of the platinum, the effect was more than his architects had said it would be. The symbol glowed fiercely with the bright light. None in the room could help but stare at its magnificance. Quim gestured sharply at it. "BEHOLD THE INTERGALACTIC SYMBOL OF PEACE! ALL HAIL..." He paused for effect, "THE WAFFLE!!!!!!!!" "HAIL THE WAFFLE!!!!" The crowd boomed. "PRAISE THE WAFFLE, THE BRINGER OF PEACE AND UNITY!!" Quim yelled out one more time: "ALL HAIL THE WAFFLE!!!!" END

I grew up in Georgia in the middle of dozens of Waffle Houses, but over the years worked my way up to Detroit. There have been at least three occasions I can remember where I craved Waffle House so much that my wife and I made the trek down to Lima, Ohio (3-1/2 hours) just to get our Waffle House fix.

I've been to Waffle Houses in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois (I think) and Indiana. You've gotta be careful in Indiana, since there aren't in fact any "Waffle Houses" there. Last time I went, they were called "Waffle Steak" -- because apparently some other company (white logo with a moon) had already gotten dibs on the 'Waffle House' name in Indiana. This may have changed by now, but it was like that when I lived in Cincinnati in the early 90s.

And just for reference -- there was an episode of "Designing Women" which mentioned the Waffle House, also. Anthony was driving the van around I-285 (Atlanta) and it broke down, and an old lady he was driving insisted that he walk to the nearest Waffle House to get her some coffee. Just though I'd mention this. ;)

-- Sandy Wood & Kara Kovalchik
Detroit, Michigan
Waffle House lovers (and hopefully future franchisees)

My name is Sheila and i have worked for waffle house for five years. my husband is manager at unit#985 on st simons island, ga. i have an answer to one of your questions: the reason why there are locks on the door is bedause when waffle house fiest started it was cheaper to buy doors with locks than without. Bert is really a nice guy and so is Hogan Bryan (he is another vp) they are both great. I'm also a certified trainer for waffle house. People there call me Mrs. Waffle. have a good day and thank you for the page.

Its me again sheila from unit#985 the answer to the question on which movie waffle house was in it is called "TIN CUP"

Fellow Waffle House fanatics,
Sheila and Robert August

"Tin Cup" seems to be well-known for its Waffle House scene, at least among WH fans. And now we have an official answer on the door locks question.

I am just letting you know why there are locks on the doors. I live in Florida. Unfortunately, Waffle House had to close because of the hurricanes and of course lock the doors.

Thanks.

Kamran-

I was just in a Waffle House near Elizabethtown, KY the other day and was reminded that most restaurants feature a jukebox that appears to contain 45rpm records, as opposed to CD's. As if this is not rare and unique enough in this day and age, there is an entire row of songs "about" Waffle House. Naturally as an obsessive record buff I wondered where these came from. The idea came to me: if an independant record label were to produce a 45rpm single featuring new Waffle House songs by new artists, how would we go about prodding them somehow into putting them into the jukeboxes nationwide? It would be a wonderful experiment and an extremely unorthodox promotion. I got the label & the bands. Do you have any idea who i might try to contact about this, or at least a PR rep who might be able to give me more information about Waffle House jukeboxes & songs?

-Dan MacAdam

Personally, I think it's a great idea. However, I have no idea who to contact about this. Also, the classic Waffle House tunes are usually in the country and folk genres (I believe Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson have both contributed tunes to the WaHo).

I would like to know what recent movie had a Waffle house has part of a discussion. Some people at work were trying to figure it out. It was some scene in a crime movie and the two actors wanted to eat at a waffle house. Do you know what movie this could be? I know I didn't give you much clues, but I figured you would know.

Paul m

Sorry, I don't know. Can anyone help us out?

No place in the world like a WH after a long Friday or Saturday night.It's a tradition to eat a great breakfast and watch all the other loonies. Makes you feel slightly better the next day too! Waffle House is probably the only place in the world that will kindly serve food to someone that is so drunk they are putting quarters in the jukebox,trying to get a pack of cigarettes! Yep,been there and done that.

Waffle House Forever!!

Older and Wiser Now,
RBO111 in South Carolina

Besides being a great fan of the Waffle House, I also collect funny religious T-shirts. Imagine my delight upon finding one that says: (in yellow & black squares) "FATHER'S HOUSE" and on the back it says "ALWAYS OPEN"

I try to wear it whenever I go to the Waffle House, and I've found that I either get really nice service or they look at me like I'm crazy.

Ben

we were on a trip with marching band my freshman year where we drove from minnesota to florida and we got bored so we counted waffle houses...he counted somewhere around 77 of them...it was frightening. we were really depressed though because we never got to eat at one...

alicia

Hi Wafflehouse goers,

I know how everyone must feel who has ever lived in Georgia, what a delight it is to have an omelette and a cup of rocket fuel in less than five minutes. Here in Plano, Texas, you have to drive twenty miles to the nearest wafflehouse.

If I could afford it, I could be a millionaire out here by opening up wafflehouses in this part of the country.
So, how about it? Any of you risk-takers?

Pat Cygan

Where I used to live in Georgia, there were probably 8 WH's within 5 miles. Now I go to the University of Colorado. No Waffle Houses!!!! In high school, we used to hang out at the Waffle after a long night of alcohol abuse. Now the closest thing here to that is Denny's (argh!). I know I could make a fortune if I could open up a Waffle House out here. What is the story on franchises? Here's a pop quiz: If Waffle House is always open, then how come there are locks to the doors? Do they ever use them?

Dave

The Waffle House is a far more accepting, and tasty!, franchise than Denny's. I have no connection with the Waffle House in any form, I'm just a big fan, so I don't know what to tell you about franchise's. Maybe write to Bert... his address is on the card above. And as for the doors, that's also a question only Bert could answer.

Hi, my name is Dave, they call me bigmoney tabasco dave, I'm the Human Resource Director for the #1 Franchise of WH. in Ohio. I've been with them for 8 years and couldnt work for anybody else the benefits are the greatest in the industry and the people you work with are to. There's no place like the Waffle House on earth if you work for us let me know and i might show you the "secret Waffle House Cheer" but remember its "secret" if ya tell anyone i would have to kill ya

LOL
Dave
Waffle Man

Is it my imagination, or does every exit on I95 from North Carolina to Florida have a Waffle house? Last year, my fiancee and I drove to Florida to visit some relatives and were just astounded at the amount of Waffle Houses along the way. On the way back, we stopped at one, tired and hungry, in the twilight hours of the morning. We were served by a waitress that could only be described as "all the sweetness of all the grandmothers in the world wrapped up in one person." It was awesome! I have NEVER had better scrambled eggs. And let me tell ya, the country tunes that came from the jukebox were just great(And I don't even like country music.) Being from MD, we are sadly without a Waffle House within 100 mile radius. But we are moving to AZ next year and I can't wait to go, just so I can have another serving of those scrambled eggs! I am including this picture of the Waffle House(located somewhere in southern GA)

News Alert!!!

The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) was arrested yesterday at a Waffle House in Indiana. Just heard it on the radio. Even travelling "music" acts eat at the Waffle House. Its that good. It just what can happen at a Waffle House on any given day.

Peace Out,
AA

UPDATE:
On the I-75 the most Northern Waffle House is all the way in Lima, Ohio.

I know because the billboard on the highway actually says, "Last Chance for Waffle House" Most Northern Waffle House going Northbound. Now when will Waffle House come to Canada. If I win the Lottery I will open the first one.

Anthony

I'm glad that's finally settled...

Not to one-up every single person who tries to talk the talk about the house, but I'm afraid that my friends amd have you all beat.?Every single day, from 9:00p-4:00a, you can one, if not all of there.?Yes, I know this is both pathetic and sad, but when you live in Stockbridge GA and go to Clayton State, your options are limited.

heather
oh yeah- another one-upper for ya:
my best friend, C. Forkner Johnson, is the granddaughter of Tom Forkner, founder of the Waffle House. so there.
come see us sometime.

So I was sitting in the friendly neighborhood Waffle House (also affectionately referred to as the WaHo and the Awful Waffle) with several of my friends and we became engaged in a discussion with one of the smiling (even at 4:30am) waitresses about stock options of our beloved establishment. One friend remarked that he couldn't wait for it to go public. Our waitress informed us, with a proud, almost parental look, that she had accumulated over 40 years worth of stock. Amidst our coos of wonder, she explained that she had been a waitress at the very first Waffle House at its opening in 1955 in Avondale, Ga. Now that's pretty impressive. (She also makes miniature replicas of our favorite hang-out which she sells for $45 ea. I know what my best friend is getting for her birthday!!) To continue my narrative, after being up for over 24 hours and seeing two shift changes, we decided to found our very own WaHo cult--The Sacred Order of the Immaculate Waffle--and have vowed to go there as often as we have two pennies to rub together. We have also vowed not to spend any more all-nighter's there because we sleep through our classes the next day...though that is a small price to pay for the satisfaction of watching the sun rise through the front windows while sipping (yet another) cup of high-octane rocket fuel. Come visit us sometime and join in the celebration of the Holy Sacraments of the Divine Waffle. It's the temple on Martha Berry Highway in Rome, Ga., just past Berry College. Look for the booth full of caffeine-crazed college kids. We shouldn't be too hard to find.

WELL-Scattered, smothered, covered, diced, chunked, and peppered,
*JennipHer*

P.S. Here's a fun little ditty to sing to all the waitresses. They get a big kick out of it!

(To the tune of that old Toys 'R' Us commercial)

I don't wanna grow up. I'm a Waffle House Kid.
There's a million bended forks that I can eat with.
From diced to covered to scattered to smothered--
It's the best food that there is!
I don't wanna grow up 'cause maybe if I did,
I couldn't be a Waffle House Kid.

I'm goin' insane, took in too much caffeine.
Drinkin' lots of coffee and inhalin' nicotine.
From Camel Lights to Marlboro Reds
And Menthols are just fine!
I don't wanna grow up 'cause maybe if I did,
I couldn't be a Waffle House Kid!

(Note: The cigarette brands listed in the song are not necessarily endorsed by the author. They just fit the rhythm of the song well.)

The best part about the Waffle House is the jukebox. Not only are there great classics by the Waffle House themselves, but I always like to pop some quarters in so "Tequila" plays over and over long after I'm gone.

Have something to say about 'da House? Mail me. Here's what other people who have seen the page have said:

Help!!!!!!!!!!!?I'm from Michigan and I have to travel to Indiana to have my favorite breakfast in the whole world (Pecan Waffle, Hashbrowns Scattered and Smothered, 2 eggs scrambled and O.J.)?I must admit that I have a very serious addiction to the WH.?I've collected Napkins, salt and pepper shakers, sorry Louisville, KY (near the Red Roof Inn), and Even a full WH silverware set from Dry Gulch, GA that I try to eat with once a week.?All this pales in comparison to the WH chef's(I consider them to be masters of the culinary arts) hat that a waitress gave me in Louisville (sorry again about the S&P shakers).?I wore that hat with pride when I had my picture taken at the Florida state line.?How do I bring America's finest eating establishment to Michigan??I'll do anything!!!!

Sincerely,
WHless in MI

Next time your at the Waffle House, can you pick me up one of those designer coffee cups? Thanks.

Your visitors may be interested to know: The invasion may have started. The northern-most Waffle House (I'm fairly sure of this) was built nearly two years ago just a couple of miles from my home in Northern Virginia. Now, if you don't know, Northern Virginia is pretty much Yankee central (it's above the new Mason-Dixon line: the Rappahannock) and my Waffle House is doing very well. So, maybe, pretty soon places even further north will be graced with the lovely yellow and orange glow of Waffle House.

That's pretty hard to believe. I may have to go up there and make sure for myself...

Great page man!!!! I worship the WaHo too!!! I am in a cult at my school called the waffle house cult and we get together and worship that beautiful shrine of waffles and hashbrowns (scattered, covered, smothered, and topped) oh by the way bert is he vice president of Waffle House inc. I have included a picture of the closest waffle house near me oh pleez put this on your page!!!

James

It's good to know the Bert mystery is solved, but I wish there was something in the menu named for the top of the chain of command. Here's a pic James sent:

I live in Southern Pennsylvania, and plan all of my road trips south in the direct route of any Waffle House. I keep having recurring dreams at night where I drive down my street and someone has just opened a new Waffle House...I then wake up only to become more and more disappointed each time that I realize that it is only just a dream...I only wish I had a few hundred grand to throw around so that I could a few up in these parts. By the way, do you know where the northern most location is? Also, any idea when that Philadelphia area location will open? Thanks for the great page and keep up the good work....

Will

I get a lot of mail asking about the northern invasion of WH... that is, when and if it'll happen. Unfortunately, there's not too many in the north with as good of taste as you, Will, and I know people at school who are from north who don't understand grits. It's a sad fact.

I'm currently doing time in korea and i would just like to say budda bless you. i have a waffle house shrine on my wall from menues to name tags to hats. i also have cups and plates. I dont know if you have all this stuff but the staff will usually hook you up. get some scattered smothered covered and chunked for me i look foward to coming home and getting it for my self. stay cool

Sean

It's good to know the Waffle House can give a man solstice in times like this. God bless you.

Why cordon bleu when you can chicken melt?

My memories of Waffle House go back beyond memories. There has always been a Darlene in my life who brought me chocolate milk, Coca-Cola (the only "Real Thing") and now -- the never empty cup of coffee.

I've had everything on the menu except pork chops and that's personal. It was all great.

I recently read an article about some people getting sick at a local "big deal" restaurant in the Atlanta area because of some things they were doing/were not doing back in the kitchen.

Won't happen at the Waffle House. No back in the kitchen to it. If it's happening, you see it. If you don't like what you see, you leave. Just damn beautiful in its simplicity.

When you go to the WH for breakfast -- even if you just get coffee and one of those sweet rolls -- leave a dollar tip. Darlene deserves it.

John

While we were sitting in the crowded Waffle House and one of the Waffle House Angels was treating us royally....EVERYBODY royally....my wife and I were reading "the next story" out of a Grizzard book. Amazingly, it was his story about THE WAFFLE HOUSE ANGEL""! Give me a wish & I would love to think that somehow someday I could sit in a Waffle House Booth, eating the world's best cheeseburger, and listening to Lewis tell his stories! Surely there are yellow and black neon signs flashing "Waffle House" in heaven! What? You'd like to join us? Sure! & Honey, bring us another cup of coffee for our friend!!!!

Lee

An angel, with wings of pecan waffles and a fried egg halo...

I was at waffle house the other day and I SWEAR TO GOD some one was getting married there.

Chaz

I'll be damned if someone beat me to it. There goes my plans for a precedence. Did people throw rice or grits at them?

...I'm a Grill Operator at unit #658 (Fairground St., Marietta, GA)... though I'm probably about to get fired for being sick 2 days in the past week (bronchitis sucks...)

I enjoyed the Awful Waffle more before I went to work for them... but there will never be a substitute for that dark, murky, deadly brown stuff they call "coffee".. If I do get fired I'll probably have to go to rehab, since I drink over a gallon a day....

Best Waffle House story: Well, there was the time I had a gun pointed at me, but I wasn't actually the target, just in the line of fire, so that doesn't count... The best one is when I was working at unit #552 (Delk Rd. & I-75) and had to work a Friday third shift by myself (with 2 waittresses.. my backup cook never showed up!)... I called the manager at home (who had just taken over the store the day before.. I hadn't even met her yet), and she came in to help me out.. She hated me from minute 1, because I told her I was leading, and she was backing up, and that's final... and after about an hour, we had a guy come in and order his bacon "medium, don't use the grill weight, and I don't want any fat on it"... which is of course not possible unless you cut the fat off with a knife. After cooking his order 3 times (first time he said "there's fat on it". Second time he said "there's still fat on it." Third time he said, "Hey! You just cut the fat off the last one with a steak knife! That's not the way I want it!"), I finally got sick of it, and took an order of raw bacon to his table. I held it up in one hand, and in my best "have a nice day" voice, said "Sir, THIS is bacon. See the white stuff? THAT is fat. Notice there is about 10 times as much white stuff as there is pink? I think what you want is SIZZLEAN, which you can buy at Kroger, right down the street. I suggest you get going immediately."
This was of course in a completely packed restaurant, about 1 AM on a Friday, with my manager standing 5 feet away, with a look on her face that said, "Surely God shall strike this impudent mortal with a bolt from the Heavens!"... I let her cook the guy's bacon, which she cooked well-done, under a grill weight, and which he enjoyed greatly, just as though that was the way he wanted it... Oddly enough, I did not get fired for that... although I did get fired about 2 months later for calling in sick (I was sick. The manager's husband was at my next door neighbor's house, so I went over there to offer to let him take my temperature, so she'd believe me... He gave me a lecture on "the work ethic" in between hits on a pipe full of weed... So I went to work for Waffle House, Inc. instead of Northlake Foods (franchise owner of that unit)

Lord Spatula

I'm sorry to hear this, Lord. It's a shame there are customers like that who don't appreciate the chain like most of us purist fans. Good luck with your new location.

It's often nice to find others with a sense of appreciation and with such adamant lunacy about the Waffle House. Whenever people hear that it is my favourite restaurant, they dismiss it as being fatuitous or overtly asinine. And, I try to explain to them that Waffle House is THE number one seller of raisin toast in the United States (and, believe you me, that is a lot of dried grapes, buster). If they sneer at my obsession for the nonstop, always fast-paced eating experience that is the Waffle House, I challenge them to name another 24 / 7, 365 day-a-year restaurant where you can buy a U.S.D.A. steak at the same time scrambled eggs (something the British would never do). Or, what other near-fastfood chain has such a great dental and medical plan? Those waitresses have some straight-looking teeth, let me tell you.

Of course, my family moved to Kansas (which has about as many Waffle Houses as downtown Trinidad) and I was slowly weened off of my once nourishing addiction. The withdrawal was though. There's no twelve-step program available, and no psychiatrist would even consider addressing a breakdown revolving around a breakfast joint. So, I'm glad to find a temporary haven, even an electronic one, to satisfy me needs.
Barely coping,
Ian

You have brought tears to my eyes with your tragic story. I can only pray that someone brings a franchise near you soon. Thank you for your touching words.

I checked out the website yesterday and enjoyed it very much. The Waffle House (also known as "The King") played a major role of our college careers. If it wasn't a scattered, smothered and covered that did the trick, it was Gina. And of course there was Dave, the line cook, with his unmistakable silver snakeskin boots. I've not seen a snake that color yet which makes me think they are very rare and very valuable.

Many late nights/early mornings were spent traveling down Hillsboro looking for a nosh and all we had to do was Look for that big yellow sign. Comfort, convenience and above all, "Good food, fast".

Andrew

I always have to give much props to the employees, whether they be genuinely decent or for their characteristic apathy towards humanity.

Hashbrowns are only good if served scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, and stomped and don't forget the tabasco sauce. thank you.

Ronald

I wouldn't have it any other way, man. You're welcome, come back anytime we're open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 366 on leap years.

I can't believe there is someone out there who worships the Waffle House like me. There is nothing on earth that can compare to the Scattered, Smothered, Covered, Diced, and Topped with Bert's Chili. I've been eating at Waffle Houses for over 20 years traveling between Connecticut and Florida. It is very encouraging to see new ones popping up further north along I-95 in Va. It won't be long before they make way to the Northeast, following the lead of Cracker Barrel.

Thanks for your invaluble service,
Christopher

I've always wondered, who is Bert? Anyway, he kicks rear. You are quite a dedicated fan, I am much impressed.

We love the Waffle House soooooo much here in NJ that we take 4 hour trips to VA to hit one. I am planning on opening a franchise here in NJ, so if you are ever in the Philly area, stop by!!!

Steve

Me and my friends love the Waffle House we eat there all the time we can get away from all of our troubles there. It has a good atmosphere. I live in GA it has the most Waffle Houses in the world. This spring i plan to take a road trip around GA just to say i ate at every Waffle Hous in GA.

Chris

I say last year's Olympics ain't got nothing on the Waffle House, Chris. I'm looking forward to hearing how this works out. You know those signs on the walls, naming the various menu items and so forth? I say steal one from every Waffle House in Georgia, and then you have a trophy room from your victory.

I live in Black Mountain, North Carolina, about 15 minutes outside of Asheville and there are only two Waffle Houses in an hour radius of Black Mountain. I always order the chocolate pie, but I ask for it first. The new waitresses find it strange, but to the others, I am just a particular regular. I am not some weirdo, I am just the typical teenager who loves the "House". In our town, it is 'cool' to eat at the Waffle House, but the food is a major staple of my diet. I have a question for you however: Do you consider the Huddle House to be a cheap copy of the Waffle House or a comparable substitute? My view is that comparing WH to HH is like comparing Wal-Mart to K-Mart. Waffle House is open Always 24 hours. Even major holidays.. While Huddle House claims the same, but they are not open on Christmas Day. Trust me. I checked. Well, I'll leave you to ponder over that.

Jamie

Well, Jamie, I've never been to a Huddle House. Why? I've always believed in the idea of accepting no cheap substitutions. I'm always willing to make that extra few hours drive for the real thing. On the other hand, though, we must remember that by "ripping off" the original these restaurants are in fact admitting to the greatness of the Waffle House.

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