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Pwnmode ,

I’ve never seen one.

buzz86us ,

This is inaccurate… There isn’t any in NY

SocialMediaRefugee ,

The “Nighthawks” of Modern America

Bahnd ,

The Waffle Hose Index for the uninitiated [Link] was a moderatly usefull (and humerous) idea thought up by the US Federal Emergency Managment Aganecy (FEMA) to determine the accessability of the area after a disaster.

It takes time to get to an area, even longer if the roads are damaged, so one of the first things to do is to try and call someone local. Waffle House happens to be open 24-7, and has an unusually comprehensive emergency preparedness policy. In a lot of cases they can run for days on a limited menu without power and running water. The only reasons they would not pick up the phone is that telecommunications were down (which FEMA would want to know anyway), that the staff cant get to the resturant (which is also usefull to know) or that the resturant is gone and Amaerica is down one of its finest off-hours eating establishments.

rivermonster ,

Fascinating and adding it to my haul of TIL!

Thank you very much!

Pulptastic ,

This photo is fake. Affle house is never that empty.

FlyingSquid ,
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You’ve never been to one at 3 a.m.

Consider yourself lucky. It’s like they opened haunted houses that serve food all over America.

Jyek ,

My local waffle house is very often that empty. Day or night. I actually find it interesting that they can afford to operate with how few customers they have at any given time.

Etterra ,

Not quite anywhere; mostly rural crap holes.

bluewing ,

As someone who lives in a place you would consider a “rural hole”, the nearest Waffle House is over 1000 miles (or about 1600 kilometers for those in Rio Linda) from me. Waffle House is a southern thing not a US wide phenomenon.

SocialMediaRefugee ,

Got them around here, a high tech center in one of the fastest growing counties in the US. Future home of a major Apple campus. Yup, a real craphole. They serve people who want an inexpensive meal.

numberfour002 ,

I always used to laugh at the scene in Best In Show where the yuppie couple talk about how they met at Starbucks. But they weren’t at the same Starbucks, they were at two different Starbucks across the street from each other.

During a trip to the Atlanta area, I saw so many Waffle House locations that I jokingly made a reference to that scene from Best In Show.

Then IT happened. Literally drove past a spot where there were 2 Waffle Houses across the street from each other. It was supposed to be a joke. Only a joke.

RagingRobot ,

The only place I know in Atlanta that has a waffle house across from another is in Avondale estates where the very first waffle house is located. It’s a museum now that is hardly ever open and across the street is a newer more modern waffle house. I bet you were over there lol.

numberfour002 ,

I suppose it’s possible, but I don’t think that’s it.

The trip when this happened was 7+ years ago (pre-covid for sure), so I don’t recall the specific location, but it wasn’t in Atlanta proper. And I don’t recall either location looking like a museum or a location where anybody would put a museum, it was a stretch of road/highway with retail space / strip malls on both sides.

SocialMediaRefugee ,

In New England you’ll find Dunkin Doughnuts across from each other.

FlyingSquid ,
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Indiana used to have a different company that was called Waffle House that preceded that kind of Waffle House, so that kind was called Waffle Steak in Indiana until the other business folded. The other Waffle House was closer to a Denny’s but kind of scuzzier. There was one in the town I grew up in and we would go there late at night in high school and play Risk because we were party animals.

Chocrates ,

I hung out with the mormons in high school, when we were rebellious we would go to WalMart at 2am and buy (caffeine free) soda

white_shotgun Bot ,

Am i missing something? Does this have something to do with the colour blue and waffles? Sorry i don’t know how else to ask without offending someone…

ArcticAmphibian ,

Waffle House is a cheap American food chain that can be found in all southeastern areas, including low-income high-crime districts. Because of this, there are regularly news stories about people fighting at or in a waffle house. It’s become a meme.

Da_Boom ,
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Ah good it’s still open. Not the end of the world… or at least the end of America yet.

sgbrain7 ,

I’ve never been to one since I’ve never been to the south. How’s the food?

DM_Gold ,

The food is diner food. Not bad for what you pay for it. Tastes amazing when drunk or high. It’s a staple in the Midwest and the South!

Stoneykins ,

I would choose Waffle House over Denny’s, but would rather go to a regular non-chain diner over either of those.

I hope that makes sense because it was the best way I could think of to rank it

sgbrain7 ,

Yeah, I get that. We have a really good family-owned place that my boyfriend and I like to go to.

endhits ,

It’s not world class but sometimes it’s exactly what you need.

Mobiuthuselah ,

Is it good?? While that may depend on your buzz, take the word of two remarkable chefs, Sean Brock and Anthony Bourdain: youtu.be/qEpXeTDwbk8

doggle ,

Not really anywhere. Statistically likely to be in the southeast, adjacent to a major highway.

Killer57 ,

Always ready for you;re next encounter!

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

Do fights actually break out at these things or is it a meme?

Explain like I’m a foreigner.

Snowpix ,
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They’re open pretty much all the time and don’t close at night, so naturally drunks and other rowdy folk congregate there. Prime time for fights to break out over silly minor things, which often turn physical. There’s a reason most restaurants shut their dining rooms down by midnight.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

Thanks!

camelbeard ,

Do they also have like kebab/swarma places that are open 24/7? Where I live drunk people always seem to want to eat something like that.

Can’t imagine getting drunk and thinks let’s get a waffle.

Stoneykins ,

Oh they do all breakfast foods. Get bacon and eggs or some other fried something if you want.

Also, I’m the kinda person that gets drunk and eats waffles

exhaust_fan ,

No one starts shit around a kebab guy tho. They have seen it all and if you start a fight they will finish it for you.

grandkaiser ,

You don’t go to waffle House for waffles. The bloodhound gang didn’t sing about waffles.

“Want you smothered, want you covered like waffle House hash browns”

Dunno about you but I’ve never not crashed hash browns while hammered

klemptor ,
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In New Jersey we have 24/7 diners. You can get breakfast or a burger, or whatever you want basically. Don’t knock a 2 AM drunken pancake until you’ve tried it!

samus12345 ,
@samus12345@lemmy.world avatar

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYNFqmu2toI

mojofrododojo ,

pretty fucking solid hash browns from coast to coast.

alekwithak ,

The gulf coast? There’s certainly no Waffle Houses on the West Coast.

mojofrododojo ,

valid. damn.

alekwithak ,

Trust me I was just as devastated to find this out, myself

ilobmirt ,
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Everywhere except New England that is. What a shame 😔

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