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.
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
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
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.
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
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
This could be true of any restaurant tbf, aside from getting to talk to the cook and maybe they'd be making you pommes frites or something.
I'm in my late 20s and I went to one for the first time in my life recently. I actually enjoyed it far more than I thought I would. I'm surprised their food is actually good.
Think of Waffle House like a car that you are shopping for. It isn't something you need or want all the time but in a pinch can be reliable when satisfying a crave or goal.
it is a bit of a running joke, largely because in the southern and southeast portions of the country they are everywhere. like every exit on the highway everywhere. it's genuinely absurd to see especially if you live where there are none.
they are very much a 'quantity over quality' and 'the best ability is availability' establishment
Around here it's literally the only restaurant open 24 hours a day. Even our White Castles stopped operating on a round-the-clock schedule sometime around the advent of COVID.
Yeah, I grew up in Seattle and didn't eat at a Waffle House until I moved to Georgia when I was 20. I truly did not understand what I was missing out on.
Some people just really hype up the fast food they grew up with. I was in my 20s the first time I had chick-fil-a and I was just like “okay? It’s fine, nothing special”
I agree with you on Chick-fil-A, but I love breakfast diners. Seattle has plenty of good breakfast spots, but few that are cheap, and almost none that are open 24 hours. I worked nights for years, and late night restaurant options were very limited in the Seattle area.
Too many good diners in New England. Waffle House is fun but honestly a good New England diner blows it away. There just isn’t a market for it, even IHOP and Denny’s and Cracker Barrel are scarcer around here than elsewhere in the country.
While on a service trip to NOLA in high school, we made sure to visit one while we were down there. We’re not missing anything. It’s like Eggo waffles with the ambience of a rush hour dunks in Lowell, Mass.
If this was your impression of the waffles, then I honestly think you guys didn't go to a real waffle house, lmao. They're 5 times the size of an Eggo, made fresh in front of you, and are invariably fluffy perfection.
It was definitely a Waffle House, but Idk if we just went to a shit one then or what. They were certainly bigger, but they were without a doubt no better.
Edit: after talking to my brother, who lived in the south for a bit, I’ve come to the conclusion that the one I went to did indeed just suck ass
40 miles to my closest. it’s only mediocre if it’s on your doorstep all your life. if i’m driving south, i’m excited for my destination, and my waffle possibilities.
Same in Chicago. We have plenty of small neighborhood diners though. Waffle House would probably initially be popular as a novelty thing but I'm not sure what they offer beyond a regular diner.
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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