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Waffle House is a restaurant chain, iconic in the modern culture of the U.S. Southern states.
According to WaffleHouse.com (http://www.wafflehouse.com),
- "The Waffle House® restaurant system began as a dream shared by two neighbors. Joe Rogers, Sr., and Tom Forkner wanted to create a restaurant focused on people - both the associates and customers - while serving quality food at a great value. On Labor Day 1955, their dream became a reality - and an icon was born - when the first Waffle House restaurant opened its doors for business in Avondale Estates, an Atlanta suburb. After successfully opening the first restaurant and quickly developing a loyal customer following, the company began expanding and opening stores throughout Georgia and neighboring states."
Waffle House is best known for being open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and having a unique system for calling in orders, particularly with respect to hash browns. For example:
- quarter plate = A hamburger with hashbrowns
- scattered = hashbrowns scattered (not in a ring)
- covered = hashbrowns covered in melted cheese
- smothered = hashbrowns with onions
- diced = hashbrowns with tomatoes
- topped = hashbrowns with chili
- peppered = hashbrowns with peppers
- chunked = hashbrowns with ham
- capped = hashbrowns with mushrooms (not available in all areas)
Waffle House is also known for jukeboxes that contain songs specific to Waffle House like, "Why Would You Eat Your Grits Anyplace Else", "Come On In", "Good Food Fast" and "Special Lady (At The Waffle House)" in addition to the usual country and pop selections.
Though the first Waffle House was at 2719 E. College Avenue, Avondale Estates, Georgia, it is no longer operating there, and today a Hunan Express uses that building. The 1,000th Waffle House is located right down the street, however. Waffle House headquarters are today in Norcross, Georgia. The pop band Hootie and the Blowfish named an EP of theirs "Scattered, Smothered and Covered" in tribute to Waffle House.
With the prevalence of increasing private and governmental restrictions on tobacco use, Waffle House restaurants have a widespread and not undeserved reputation as a smokers' refuge, although ironically the local authorities in Waffle House's home of Gwinnett County, Georgia have enacted legislation that has resulted in a total ban on smoking in restaurants located in the unincorporated areas of that county.
External link
Official site (http://www.wafflehouse.com/)
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