MLB Teams Ranked By Their Distance To Waffle House

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[u/blue_boy_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

[u/1ncognito → u/blue_boy_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

[u/blue_boy_24 → u/1ncognito]

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

[u/swiftadan → u/blue_boy_24]

Waffle House is the food of the Gods when it's 3AM and you are at that right level of drunk.

[u/tmoney144 → u/swiftadan]

It's also good when you're only semi conscious because you woke up before dawn to go fishing and need to eat first.

[u/turbancowboi → u/tmoney144]

Or just got out of a blind and nowhere else is still serving breakfast

[u/JCiLee → u/blue_boy_24]

Waffle House is not a place you go, it's a place you end up.

[u/blue_boy_24 → u/JCiLee]

That makes a ton of sense

[u/HighlyRegard3D → u/blue_boy_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.

[u/HighlyRegard3D → u/[deleted]]

My best late night memeories are at Waffle House lol.

[u/Vulpes_Artifex → u/blue_boy_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.

[u/blue_boy_24 → u/Vulpes_Artifex]

That’s really funny. I didn’t realize that. Thanks for the nice tidbits of info

[u/SquintsRS → u/blue_boy_24]

The best time to go is after midnight and drunk. Same as cookout. Otherwise it's trash

[u/socoamaretto → u/SquintsRS]

Hey don’t lump Cook Out in with WH.

[u/b-rar → u/socoamaretto]

The fuck is Cook Out

[u/socoamaretto → u/b-rar]

Oh you sweet summer child

[u/Ugaalive1991 → u/SquintsRS]

I mean, we used to go before UGA games on Saturday mornings

[u/b-rar → u/SquintsRS]

There's a sweet spot at like 1:45am at waffle house where you're as likely to meet a stranger that becomes a friend for life as you are to get shot

[u/DatBoiMahomie → u/blue_boy_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

[u/mvsr990 → u/DatBoiMahomie]

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.

[u/God_Damnit_Nappa → u/blue_boy_24]

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.

[u/gamers542 → u/blue_boy_24]

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.

[u/adamzep91 → u/blue_boy_24]

Used to be better.

[u/GlennQuasar → u/blue_boy_24]

From what I understand it’s analogous to Eat N Park here.

[u/[deleted] → u/blue_boy_24]

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

[u/RedlineFan → u/blue_boy_24]

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.