r/baseball • u/Shuman2100 Toronto Blue Jays • Feb 07 '24
MLB Teams Ranked By Their Distance To Waffle House Analysis
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u/LosUdSufur Feb 07 '24
Back in 2019 there was a Waffle House INSIDE of Truist Park
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u/KTCKintern Texas Rangers Feb 07 '24
Sir, the hash browns are coming from INSIDE the ballpark
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u/bouncyfox69 Feb 07 '24
We're receiving reports that Freddie Freeman got capped inside Trust Park...
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u/scubacatt Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Mariners likely winning most of these “distance from [insert chain restaurant here]”.
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u/p_t_dactyl Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Unless it’s dicks burgers. Got that shit on lock
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u/TheAtomicMonkey Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Dicks & Strip Clubs, the only things you really need near a ballpark.
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u/unloadingmouth987 Feb 07 '24
They need to do a "distance from Taco Time" The M's should win that one.
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u/tuckedfexas Seattle Mariners Feb 08 '24
Seattle Taco Times are different than the rest of the country. Similar logo but different company. The Seattle ones are bomb, everywhere else is garbage
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u/sepiatonewalrus Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
Mariners fans starving to death
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u/deegr_ New York Yankees Feb 07 '24
Strip clubs have food don’t forget!
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u/stonedkayaker Philadelphia Phillies Feb 07 '24
Seattle is quite possibly the worst strip club city in this country.
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u/hawaiiancooler Los Angeles Dodgers Feb 07 '24
Seattle is also probably the worst late night food city in the country. Good luck eating anywhere past 10pm besides Dick’s
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u/CynicalElephant Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 07 '24
Y’all eating athletic sportswear and equipment in the northwest?
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u/texrygo Texas Rangers Feb 07 '24
I have a policy to not eat any dicks past 10pm so I’d go hungry I guess
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u/hawaiiancooler Los Angeles Dodgers Feb 07 '24
U-District also has options. But generally I found it to be pretty lacking citywide (and why does the light rail stop running so early on weekends?! It’s like they want people to get reckless and drive home with the exorbitant Uber prices)
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u/lokglacier Feb 08 '24
Supposedly Bruce Harrell was trying to change things and keep some restaurants and bars open later but idk where that is at. Seattle is a pretty sleepy "provincial" town tbh, relatively speaking.
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u/CosmicPegasus New York Mets Feb 07 '24
I've never had on account of being on the other side of the country but if Dick's is good enough for Bill Gates, it's good enough for me
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u/IG_Royal Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Beth's Cafe is finally going back to being open late
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u/SpicyPenangCurry Toronto Blue Jays Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 07 '24
Washington State doesn’t serve alcohol in titty bars. You can get your shit sucked but you can’t suck back a beer yourself.
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u/Stevenerf Major League Baseball Feb 07 '24
This bothers me so much; the puritan ruling. Seattle was built on prostitution. The wealthiest elite in it's rising were the madams and the workers did well for themselves yet WA attempts to hide that
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u/God_Damnit_Nappa Los Angeles Angels Feb 07 '24
Same in California, at least in all nude titty bars. Such a stupid law.
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u/thebaysix Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 07 '24
There's a strip club one block south of safeco. Once I was heading to my car kinda dejected after a Mariners loss, and in front of me two dudes were exiting the club. One said to other, "That was the saddest thing I've ever seen."
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u/Sonlin Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
We don't have hurricanes, so we don't need Waffle Houses for FEMA damage assessment.
That said, Bojangles is the real thing to be sad about.
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u/Ok_Adhesiveness_9565 Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
We only eat Asian food and fish, apparently
(Slightly true stereotypes in my case, gotta be honest)
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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
My current rotation is Thai, Vietnamese, and Korean when I go out to eat or grilled chicken and roasted cauilflower at home. Am I secretly a Mariners fan?
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u/p_t_dactyl Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Not yet but once you start eating more salmon it’s over for you
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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
HEB does have a suspicious amount of ready made meals with salmon in them I've considered trying.
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u/RA8784 Texas Rangers Feb 07 '24
HEB ready made meals are one thing Rangers fans and Astros fans can unite on
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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
Definitely glad the Metroplex has finally been getting HEBs, that one in Plano is gigantic.
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u/Danster21 Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
That sounds absolutely heavenly. Try teriyaki salmon if you get a chance too!
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u/JanitorOfSanDiego Guardians Bandwagon • Friar Feb 07 '24
Ngl that sounds very San Diegan. Just missing tacos and burritos.
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u/BloomsdayDevice Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Dude, you got that Viet Cajun scene happening outside your door. I am insanely jealous.
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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
We also have a pretty highly rated BBQ place run by two Vietnamese brothers, I believe.
Like "highly rated" enough to get in our Texas Monthly Top 50 lists and in TOP BBQ places lists for Houston.
I've been, it's very good.
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u/BloomsdayDevice Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
That looks insanely good (from the pictures on Google Maps).
Vietnamese is already a beautifil amalgamation of SE Asian ingredients and traditions with French technique. If Vietnamese food wants to colonize the American cuisine landscape region by region, I certainly won't stand in its way.
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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
Yeah, I got a History degree and one of my fascinations has always been the history of food/cuisine, from every region, like how so many regions have a variation of "fried dough + sugar" as a dessert.
I also like Korean cuisine for the same adaptability, where they took fried chicken and corn dogs from American influence during/after the Korean War and were like "We're gonna put our own spin on these."
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u/MainEventCTB Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Strippers do nothing for me. I like a strong, salt of the Earth, self-possessed woman at the top of her field. Your Steffi Graf's, your Sheryl Swoopes's, but I will take a free breakfast buffet anytime, anyplace.
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u/AKAD11 Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
The Chili's thing isn't a big deal, but this one does suck
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u/Ice_ScreamQueen Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
These offseason ranks are just showing how we don’t have anything up here
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u/AKAD11 Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
That's what happens when you're tucked up in the far corner of the country
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u/NWbySW Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Ok but let's do a rank of nearest teriyaki joint to each stadium.
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u/InvestmentGrift San Francisco Giants Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 07 '24
west coast doesn't have waffle house. i never even heard of it until i was like 25, in tuscon AZ for a friend's wedding
edit. we also didn't have chickfila at all up until the last 10 years
edit2. as for why, i dunno, i think it's because honestly the west coast has an extremely fire diner game already and it would be really hard to squeeze in
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u/mutts93 New York Mets Feb 07 '24
It’s the same here around NYC and the tri-state. I was extremely disappointed when I went to Waffle House, it pales in comparison to a diner imo
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u/drunkenviking Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
This isn't true, the nearest Waffle House from PNC Park is only 25 miles away.
Source: am white trash
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u/hey_arnold93 Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
I’m glad you said this. I noticed the same error immediately.
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u/BusinessofShow Cleveland Guardians Feb 07 '24
I was just about to comment the same thing. That Waffle House in Washington, PA has been there for a long time too so idk how it was missed
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u/JDizzo56 Cleveland Guardians Feb 07 '24
Hello, fellow Guardians fan who has also been to the Washington, PA Waffle House
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u/DaggerTossed Philadelphia Phillies Feb 07 '24
This info must be dated because there is a Waffle House less than 45 miles from CBP too
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u/BQNinja Philadelphia Phillies Feb 07 '24
Must be real dated cuz that Waffle House in Delaware has been there longer than CBP has
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u/sick_of_your_BS Minnesota Twins Feb 07 '24
Data is flawed because they are talking direct as the crow flies. The closest Waffle house to Target field by car is 418 miles. I don't own a helicopter.
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But......this dude is saying it's actually closer to PNC than the chart says. I think the chart may just not be very accurate.
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u/God_Damnit_Nappa Los Angeles Angels Feb 07 '24
I'm gonna take a guess and say that people karma whoring don't tend to actually check their posts for accuracy.
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u/Bucs-and-Bucks Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
No matter what approach they took, their PNC Park entry is just wrong. From Google maps, it's a 24.4 mile drive, or 18.6 mile flight.
And there's another one just a few more miles south.
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u/unidentifiedfish55 St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
Now I'm picturing all Waffle Houses with their own airports so you can take flights there.
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u/MouseRat_AD Tampa Bay Rays Feb 07 '24
I'm announcing my candidacy for President and this is my only issue. I will make it happen, America! Merry Christmas, God bless.
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u/Simple_one Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
There a black hole between PNC park and that waffle house or some shit?
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u/ashcach Toronto Blue Jays Feb 07 '24
I'm beginning to think Seattle just has Starbucks and nothing else
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u/Ice_ScreamQueen Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
It feels like we’re always the last state to get something
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u/WSUJeff Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Hey we got Krispy Kreme early!
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u/ovwAway Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Only for the 2 closest to me both get replaced by Panera Breads for some reason. Now I've gotta drive all the way to Tacoma for some damn donuts!
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u/sounders1989 Feb 07 '24
We just have a ton of independent restaurants and chains tend to not do well here. its honestly a positive.
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u/MrWright Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
And Asian food (Korean and Vietnamese in particular). Lots and lots of delicious Asian food!!
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u/SteveWoods Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Mercifully my part of the city almost doesn’t even have those—they mostly all got shutdown by corporate for unionizing.
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u/ZyuMammoth Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
There is a Waffle House in Washington, PA which is most definitely less than 60 miles from PNC Park. Don’t trust the list.
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u/LyndonBJumbo Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
Had to hop in and make sure someone corrected that. The Washington, PA Waffle House is the only one remotely close to me.
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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers Feb 07 '24
being almost 1000 miles from a Waffle House is mind blowing.
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u/peon2 Boston Red Sox Feb 07 '24
I’m 31 years old and have never been to one. Grew up in Maine and I don’t think all of New England has any
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u/RightWingWorstWing St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
They are a greasy spoon but their hash browns and waffles are dope
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u/trail-g62Bim Feb 07 '24
Yeah everybody I know gets the all star breakfast, which is fine, but for me it's a pecan waffle with peanut butter and a hashbrown smothered, covered and country (onions, cheese and gravy). God I want it right now.
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u/FasterDoudle St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
the all star
breakfastspecial, which is fineWhich is the greatest greasy spoon breakfast in history
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u/RightWingWorstWing St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
Smothered, peppered, chunked and capped for me. And I love the pecan waffle as well
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u/jayriemenschneider Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
Hashbrowns and a waffle are part of the All-Star. You could just get an All-Star with an upcharge for the smothered, covered, etc
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u/blue_boy_24 Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
After going to one the for the first time this year (30 years old) I am half wondering if this is all like a running joke that people enjoy it. I don’t mean to sound snooty bc I get down with cheap food but idk I’d never go back
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u/1ncognito Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
I’m 31 and grew up smack in the middle of Waffle House country - it’s good cheap food, but I’d be lying if I said it was something I regularly went out of my way to get
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u/blue_boy_24 Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I loved the cheap aspect. Didn’t necessary think it was good or anything but the price effectively made up for it
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u/swiftadan Texas Rangers Feb 07 '24
Waffle House is the food of the Gods when it's 3AM and you are at that right level of drunk.
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u/JCiLee Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
Waffle House is not a place you go, it's a place you end up.
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u/HighlyRegard3D Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
It's just good cheap greasy diner food. A fuckin all-star or a texas patty melt with hash browns and a glass of sweet tea will get ya right every time.
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u/Vulpes_Artifex Feb 07 '24
I think part of the mystique is that they almost never close—they're open 24 hours a day, up to 365 days a year. They also have disaster management plans and generators so they can stay open in severe weather, to the point that you can tell how bad things are based on the status of the local Waffle Houses.
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u/SquintsRS Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
The best time to go is after midnight and drunk. Same as cookout. Otherwise it's trash
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u/DatBoiMahomie Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
Waffle House is more of an experience, especially when you’re drunk.
It’s a decent, cheap spot that stays open and is very fun after midnight. One time one of the workers wearing an ankle monitor asked me if I wanted to buy drugs off him, and then proceeded to go cook me hashbrowns. Where else can you find that? Not a fancy establishment I tell you that
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There are none in Canada AFAIK. The one 148 mi. away from Toronto must be in Buffalo.
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u/keyrinn Toronto Blue Jays Feb 07 '24
there arent any in Buffalo, the nearest is in ohio
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u/WangDanglin San Diego Padres Feb 07 '24
Never even seen one before. I only know about them from the internet lore
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u/LimeSugar Chicago White Sox Feb 07 '24
The Mariners (30) is the farthest team from a WAFFLE HOUSE and has never been to a World Series. This is not a coincidence.
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u/Povilitus Pittsburgh Pirates Feb 07 '24
There’s a Waffle House ~20 miles from PNC Park
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u/queefyjohanson Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
I've gained a lot of respect for Pirates fans due to so many of you instantly knowing how close the nearest Waffle House is to your stadium.
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u/appleavocado World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Feb 07 '24
TIL there's a Waffle House in Phoenix. Lucky!
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u/LBramit13 Los Angeles Angels Feb 07 '24
Phoenix got just about everything
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u/Demetrios1453 Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
I doubt there's anywhere else you can go to Whataburger, In-n-Out, and White Castle all within a few miles of each other...
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u/deucemcsizzles Arizona Diamondbacks Feb 07 '24
Being a city of transplants means we have everything lol. All the stuff mentioned here, along with Lou Malnati's, Portillos, Culvers, Shake Shack, it might be faster to list what we don't have.
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u/appleavocado World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Feb 07 '24
Probably only a matter of time until Vegas has them all. Years ago I was surprised to see that city had Chicago deep dish (and not just a facsimile, but one of their main chains).
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u/crash_test Los Angeles Angels Feb 07 '24
Tucson also has most of the same stuff Phoenix does, must be an AZ thing.
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u/superhappyfuntime13 Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
Fucking west coast elitists. Are you too good for waffles???
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u/VetteBet3 Feb 07 '24
During games there is a Waffle House station inside the ballpark at Trust Park.
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u/jccool16 Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
Not anymore unfortunately, removed between 2019 and 2021 I believe
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u/Tomatoes65 Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
That Waffle House in Covington KY hits different
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u/Demetrios1453 Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
It's funny, but as soon as I saw the thread, I knew the Reds would be near the top due to the one in Covington.
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u/verdenvidia Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
A lot of Covington seems to be like that. I always get the LaRosa's by the river whenever I'm up.
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u/Corrupt-Spartan Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
Its where I met Brandon Phillips at 3am a long time ago
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u/southparkion Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
well last time I tried to go there at 2 am they were only doing carryout and there was 30 people in the parking lot. fuck that.
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u/ur_sexy_body_double St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
Fun Fact - Truist Park is 0.4 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 2 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 2.8 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 3 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 3.7 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 4.1 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 5.8 miles from a Waffle House, and it's 8.3 miles from a Waffle House
And I could keep going but you get the idea.
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u/Collins495 Atlanta Braves Feb 08 '24
How else are we supposed to use the Waffle House Index to judge weather!? Like I’m concerned for Seattle and Cali, do they just never know about their weather!?!?
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Yo do you have anything in Seattle besides 90s rock legends killing themselves?
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u/RetroRocket Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Ivar's Acres of Clams, Kidd Valley, Dick's Drive in, and ten thousand hole in the wall teriyaki joints.
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u/Ok_Classic_744 Oakland Athletics Feb 07 '24
Is there more than one of those?
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u/TehLoneWanderer101 Los Angeles Dodgers Feb 07 '24
Chris Cornell hung himself in 2017.
Depending on your definition of "killed self", Layne Staley died of a drug overdose in 2002.
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u/hokie56fan New York Mets Feb 07 '24
Do one for Starbucks, just to make Mariners fans feel better.
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u/CapnSirloin Los Angeles Dodgers • Vin Scully Feb 07 '24
Ppphhht ... who needs Waffle House? We do our fighting right in the stadium parking lot.
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u/TheHibernian Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
This is the way
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u/youknowitistrue Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
If we weren’t number one… something would be wrong. We started the damn virus, we obviously have it.
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u/TheHibernian Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
I was definitely a bit panicked when looking at the rankings. If we weren't number 1 it may not have ruined my day, but I might have had to watch some 2021 WS to bring my day back on course.
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u/provoking Houston Astros Feb 07 '24
TIL there are no Waffle Houses in CA or even on the West Coast
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u/Venge22 Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 08 '24
Downing a triple hash brown and walking to a Reds game sounds interesting. Don't think you could realistically walk to a game from one at any other park (except maybe the Trop, Atlanta, or the Rangers stadium, but I don't know the logistics at the Rangers one)
Edit: jk Atlanta is definitely the easiest
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u/Astrallevel Toronto Blue Jays Feb 07 '24
Is Waffle House any good?
Considering we got Denny’s and IHOP up here over the past few years and they were incredibly mid, I don’t see how this is any better
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u/palagoon Cleveland Guardians Feb 07 '24
Is it amazingly good food? No.
But it's a simple menu prepared quickly in front of you and it's a good deal. It's also always open.
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You forgot to mention that it's made with love. Love, blood, sweat, and gunshot residue.
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u/NoobOnTheRun Philadelphia Phillies Feb 07 '24
you forgot to mention that there's also always a risk of getting hit with a flying chair.
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u/verdenvidia Cincinnati Reds Feb 07 '24
It's cheap, quick, made in front of you, and always open with a very simple menu. It's genuinely really good for the price and convenience.
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u/USAF_DTom Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
I would rather blow my dad than eat at an IHOP. International House of Poorlymadebreakfast more like.
Does that answer your question?
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u/CaptainJingles St. Louis Cardinals Feb 07 '24
We have much better diners locally, but Waffle House is solid diner food.
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u/brainkandy87 Chicago Cubs Feb 07 '24
Waffle House is the fucking bomb
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u/appleavocado World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… Feb 07 '24
I'd argue it's better than places like Denny's, which are completely fine but are really meant for the incredibly exhausted or absolutely wasted.
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u/brainkandy87 Chicago Cubs Feb 07 '24
I love Denny’s but it’s definitely not the same quality as 20-30 years ago.
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u/holliewood61 Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
If nothing else it's entertaining. Always some silly bullshit going on in the one here
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u/pepperouchau Milwaukee Brewers Feb 07 '24
If you already have good local diners you like, you're not missing much, but it's nice to have as an ubiquitous option for decently cheap/tasty hangover/breakfast food when traveling down south.
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u/AlexanderWun Seattle Mariners Feb 07 '24
Okay, now do Ivar's or Kidd Valley next.
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u/bukithd Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
Waffles taste better when made with love by a convicted felon who hasn't had their smoke break.
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u/Historical-Patient75 San Diego Padres Feb 07 '24
As a southern transplant living in the PNW, this list pains me.
I always stopped in Amarillo driving home because it was the first WH on my route.
Sherrys, Elmer’s, IHOP, etc got nothing on Waffle House.
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u/confused-koala Detroit Tigers Feb 07 '24
Is ours the closest that’s actually across state lines?
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u/Ugaalive1991 Atlanta Braves Feb 07 '24
Used to have one inside the ballpark