Was just telling H.B. about the high calorie content of the offerings at Tim Horton's in Ontario, and it got me to thinking of Waffle House, a very AARoads kind of chain.
I love them too, so I try to stay away.
Along I-95, there are none north of Maryland (at least the last time I checked), though there is at least one in Delaware on U.S. 13 near Dover, and I believe I have seen a few in Pennsylvania, though not along I-95.
My favorite Waffle House is on I-95 at U.S. 70 in Selma, N.C. Not too busy, always friendly wait staff and the place is kept clean.
Other Waffle House stories or tales?
During my law school years I frequented the Waffle House on Hillsborough Road in Durham. I visited so frequently that when I came in, the waitress who was there every weekday morning just had to say, "Bacon or sausage today?" She could then call my order accurately.
It's probably a good thing they don't have a location convenient to where I live (the nearest one is perhaps 20 miles to the south down I-95). John Boy and Billy aren't on the radio in the DC area either (no doubt in part due to Robert D. Raiford's commentaries). I kind of think of Waffle House and John Boy and Billy together because I used to listen to their show on my morning drive during those years in North Carolina.
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 02, 2012, 09:47:48 AM
During my law school years I frequented the Waffle House on Hillsborough Road in Durham. I visited so frequently that when I came in, the waitress who was there every weekday morning just had to say, "Bacon or sausage today?" She could then call my order accurately.
I don't visit the one in Selma that often. <smile>
Quote from: 1995hoo on October 02, 2012, 09:47:48 AM
It's probably a good thing they don't have a location convenient to where I live (the nearest one is perhaps 20 miles to the south down I-95). John Boy and Billy aren't on the radio in the DC area either (no doubt in part due to Robert D. Raiford's commentaries). I kind of think of Waffle House and John Boy and Billy together because I used to listen to their show on my morning drive during those years in North Carolina.
That would probably be the one on Va. 234 (Dumfries Road) just north (really west) of I-95 in Dumfries, Va.
I know the place pretty well, though I don't stop there every time I am down that way.
At lunchtime, many Marines from MCB Quantico (including some pretty high-ranking enlisted people and officers) seem to like the place. I've even seen one or two bird colonels and general officers eating there.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on October 02, 2012, 09:44:15 AM
Was just telling H.B. about the high calorie content of the offerings at Tim Horton's in Ontario...
Do I look like I worry about calorie content? :-D :-D :-D :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I'll hit them up once or twice a year on the road, but usually when I don't feel like dealing with a crowd, or there's one very close to my hotel...usually a combination of both scenarios.
I've never liked Waffle House, honestly. I'm not much for breakfast food aside from bacon and cereal, and every Waffle House I can remember going to has been dirty and had poor service, except for the one in Harrisonburg, VA.
I'm in the land of diners, but I know the nearest WH are in Clarks Summit and near the A-B airport (PA 987).
I have eaten at Waffle House exactly once in my life. That was in Covington, KY. They don't have them here but they are as close as Pennsylvania.
But I don't particularly have a desire to go again since if I'm going to have a sit down breakfast at a restaurant, I want pancakes dammit. Waffles to me are quick gobble something up before I run off to work food, not something pleasant and indulgent. Frankly, I don't see how Waffle House offers me anyhing that Eggo does not.
Quote from: Duke87 on October 02, 2012, 07:56:11 PM
I have eaten at Waffle House exactly once in my life. That was in Covington, KY. They don't have them here but they are as close as Pennsylvania.
But I don't particularly have a desire to go again since if I'm going to have a sit down breakfast at a restaurant, I want pancakes dammit. Waffles to me are quick gobble something up before I run off to work food, not something pleasant and indulgent. Frankly, I don't see how Waffle House offers me anyhing that Eggo does not.
Waffle House waffles blow Eggos out of the microwave (or off the griddle ;-) ).
Especially with blueberries and walnuts.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 02, 2012, 02:56:48 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on October 02, 2012, 09:44:15 AM
Was just telling H.B. about the high calorie content of the offerings at Tim Horton's in Ontario...
Do I look like I worry about calorie content? :-D :-D :-D :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I have not (and I have paid the price in terms of health issues). Getting in to the weight reduction program at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore right now (if insurance will cover).
I remember driving from Raleigh to Charlotte and it reminded us a lot of home. Except for a Waffle House every other exit. I like traveling to the Southeast, and we normally eat at Waffle House when we're there a couple of times. My sister remarked how fat she'd get if we had one handy to us. Only bad one we were every at was at some place in the sticks off I-40 west of Asheville; teenage staff made it seem like we were bothering them for wanting to eat there.
This one is off of I-78 in the Bethlehem, PA area, taken in April of 2011:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7eyY6.jpg&hash=2af5e3977e2aaab72b6808c6cd6621859e437a4a)
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FTwoWaffleHouses-ByronGA.jpg&hash=16d4b509f603b9d6e698fe5307721b9b49f416fe)
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
There are two in Fayetteville, NC that are right across the street from each other, just outside of Ft. Bragg. One really is better than the other.
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
I can understand to gas stations on opposite sides of the street with the same brand, but I find it curious that Waffle House would have two establishments so close to each other.
Quote from: realjd on October 03, 2012, 07:00:06 AM
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
There are two in Fayetteville, NC that are right across the street from each other, just outside of Ft. Bragg. One really is better than the other.
I cannot speak to those, of course, but the one in Dumfries, Virginia (on Va. 234, Dumfries Road) gets very busy at lunch time when the place gets invaded by Marines from nearby MCB Quantico.
Could it be that Waffle House has two at that location in Fayetteville to serve "surges" of Army men and women?
The only Waffle House I've been to in the last 20+ years (in fact, possibly ever) was off I-70 in Frederick, MD about 4 years ago.
Not the greatest, but certainly better than Eggos.
Been to a Waffle House twice on a trip to Alabama years ago. It gave me enough experience to appreciate this bit from comedian Jim Gaffigan a few years later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz1cfwFmv1w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz1cfwFmv1w)
Quote from: triplemultiplex on October 03, 2012, 03:50:47 PM
Been to a Waffle House twice on a trip to Alabama years ago. It gave me enough experience to appreciate this bit from comedian Jim Gaffigan a few years later:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz1cfwFmv1w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz1cfwFmv1w)
Not too bad! Though he's wrong about the ethnic mix of the patrons and employees.
Quote from: Duke87 on October 02, 2012, 07:56:11 PM
I have eaten at Waffle House exactly once in my life. That was in Covington, KY. They don't have them here but they are as close as Pennsylvania.
But I don't particularly have a desire to go again since if I'm going to have a sit down breakfast at a restaurant, I want pancakes dammit. Waffles to me are quick gobble something up before I run off to work food, not something pleasant and indulgent. Frankly, I don't see how Waffle House offers me anyhing that Eggo does not.
That one in Covington and the one in Wilder, KY are pretty rough--lots of people leaving the area "bikini bars" after 2 AM eat there. Plus, the service is slow and they aren't very clean. The one in Erlanger isn't too bad. However, I haven't eaten in one for five years since I left my trucking job. Usually, if I want breakfast it's either Frisch's (where I now work as a manager), IHOP in Florence, or the Denny's in Walton.
The Wall Street Journal has developd a "Waffle House Index" relative to college football in the SEC, with In N Out being the key to the Pac 12.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444138104578032462978749952.html (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444138104578032462978749952.html)
FEMA also apparently uses Waffle Houses to measure storm damage.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364.html (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364.html)
There was a Waffle House near where we used to live ( on US 17/Roosevelt Blvd in Jacksonville) and on Christmas day after opening presents we wanted to eat but didnt want to cook. WH was the only place open so we went. The place was packed!! They even had a host/ess working. The host/ess was a cross dresser. Masculine looking person wearing hoop earrings and make up with stubble.
If you live in or went to college in the Southeast you have plenty of WH stories
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.formulanone.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2FTwoWaffleHouses-ByronGA.jpg&hash=16d4b509f603b9d6e698fe5307721b9b49f416fe)
I wondered if there were more cases of these. I went to college in Monroe, LA and the Thomas Rd. exit off of I-20 in West Monroe had one on either side of the overpass.
Quote from: bassoon1986 on October 04, 2012, 01:11:20 PM
I wondered if there were more cases of these. I went to college in Monroe, LA and the Thomas Rd. exit off of I-20 in West Monroe had one on either side of the overpass.
Seemed odd to me, since Byron probably has about 2,000 inhabitants, and it also wouldn't have seemed unusual if there was another town's limits on the other side of I-75. Reminded me of The End of the Universe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZZAFRWTGZ8).
I saw two Waffle Houses on the same corner near an interstate in Nashville in the late 90s.
I live about a mile from a Waffle House, but I don't go to it much. The only time I get to go is on the weekends and it's always crowded.
I remember for several years, a few of the DFW-area WH's had all-you-can-eat. Not every item from the existing menu, but certain selections. Great while it lasted, but it got phased out rather quietly. I guess too many people were pigging out and/or they didn't make enough money off it. I haven't been in a while. There's one I've been to several times over the years that's now near a light rail line, another on a bus route about 3 miles west of my job which I believe I've been to once. It would be nice to go after work but then it takes me forever to get home in the mornings if I stop anywhere. Plus I do somewhat agree with the "pancakes dammit" posting above, if pancakes are available, I'd rather have those.
Several years ago, When I was briefly working for a call center, I was hanging out after work with a co-worker with whom we had a mutual acquaintence. Another co-worker was tagging along because he needed a ride home. We stopped in at waffle House, because it was late, nobody liked White Castle, and nobody thought of Stean n Shake. Somehow it came up that the waitress was lesbian, and it was observed that the second co-worker was the only straight person there. Then I said, "But wait, we don't know about the cook!" The waitress then called out for the cook to say something. He hadn't been following our conversation, so he responded with something like "what do you want now?" in a voice a bit like that moustached effeminate man from Family Guy. We all had a good laugh.
Tasty food, but that's probably because everything comes with a shiny coat of grease.
Disclaimer 1: Stereotypes are often inaccurate. I would not normally have assumed the cook was gay based on his voice; on this occcasion, the waitress implied she personally knew the cook was gay, and comedically demonstrated that fact by invoking his stereotypically gay voice. Disclaimer 2: It is just as wrong to assume someone is gay, given that they are not straight, as it is to assume someone is straight in the absence of any information to the contrary. Some people are bi (like me), and some people aren't so easily categorized.
Quote from: amroad17 on October 04, 2012, 03:12:28 AMThat one in Covington and the one in Wilder, KY are pretty rough--lots of people leaving the area "bikini bars" after 2 AM eat there.
Eh. Covington may be "rough" by Kentucky standards, but I've seen a lot worse.
Going back to the two Waffle Houses in one town thing, I recalled being in a suburb north of Montgomery, AL, Prattville I think, which had two Waffle Houses as two different exits. The first one had people smoking in it and was a little dirty, but not too bad. The second one was in a cleaner shape and specific had no smoking allowed inside the resturant. We just assumed that there was one Waffle House for smokers and another for non-smokers. I used to live just down the street from a Waffle House and Indy and still frequent them every now and then. A new Waffle House just opened in Avon off of US 36 several miles west of I-465. I found that a bit odd for Indiana since nearly all Waffle Houses are off of interstates, primarly in Indianapolis and points south.
Quote from: tdindy88 on October 06, 2012, 12:13:46 PM
Going back to the two Waffle Houses in one town thing, I recalled being in a suburb north of Montgomery, AL, Prattville I think, which had two Waffle Houses as two different exits. The first one had people smoking in it and was a little dirty, but not too bad. The second one was in a cleaner shape and specific had no smoking allowed inside the resturant. We just assumed that there was one Waffle House for smokers and another for non-smokers. I used to live just down the street from a Waffle House and Indy and still frequent them every now and then. A new Waffle House just opened in Avon off of US 36 several miles west of I-465. I found that a bit odd for Indiana since nearly all Waffle Houses are off of interstates, primarly in Indianapolis and points south.
Clearly most Waffle Houses are close to Interstate highway interchanges. But there are some which are sited on non-Interstate highways. As I noted above, I recently saw a Waffle House on U.S. 13 near Dover, Delaware. Somewhat close to a Relief Route (Delaware 1 Turnpike) interchange (though I am not sure if there are logo signs on the Delaware 1 pike). There is also one on U.S. 301 in Middletown, Delaware, some distance from Delaware 1 and I-95.
There is a Waffle House in my town. I've never been. Should I change this? Is it better than IHOP?
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2012, 12:52:29 PM
There is a Waffle House in my town. I've never been. Should I change this? Is it better than IHOP?
If you
like waffles, by all means, yes. I also like their hash browns. It's not exactly expensive, either.
Other items, maybe not, though I have always like the "open" style of Waffle House, with the food being cooked in front of the patrons (if you sit at the counter).
EDIT: corrected typo.
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2012, 12:52:29 PM
There is a Waffle House in my town. I've never been. Should I change this? Is it better than IHOP?
I've only been to Waffle House a handful of times. I think IHOP and Waffle House are two different animals.
IHOP, to me, is like Denny's or Shoney's or Bob Evans. Waffle House reminds me of a diner.
I can probably count the number of times I've been to a Waffle House on one hand. (They don't have them here in Omaha, or anywhere I normally travel to.) On the other hand, the day I went walking across the Chain of Rocks bridge, I started that day eating at the Waffle House just east of there. It's not bad for what it is, but I couldn't convince my one friend to eat at the one in AZ we saw there. (I read somewhere Arizona has the farthest west Waffle Houses.)
Quote from: hbelkins on October 06, 2012, 02:20:10 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on October 06, 2012, 12:52:29 PM
There is a Waffle House in my town. I've never been. Should I change this? Is it better than IHOP?
I've only been to Waffle House a handful of times. I think IHOP and Waffle House are two different animals.
IHOP, to me, is like Denny's or Shoney's or Bob Evans. Waffle House reminds me of a diner.
IHOP tries to be little more "upscale" than Waffle House, as does Village Inn. We have a new place called Egg & I which it sort of like IHOP except pricier.
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
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That looks like a former Stuckey's near the Texaco.
Quote from: Brandon on October 06, 2012, 07:06:35 PM
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
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That looks like a former Stuckey's near the Texaco.
$28.99 for a motel room? Bet that place is a dump.
There are a slew of Waffle Houses where I live. I can probably point out 10 of them on a map within a 15 mile radius of my house - and I live right off the Gulf of Mexico - and they don't build them over the water (yet)!
My absolute worst time at a WH (and best story to tell, consequently) was actually a pretty good experience at the restaurant itself. The service was pretty usual, and my total was a little over $5.00. I left a tip of $1.00 and used my card to pay - which I learned you are never supposed to do - because the next day I checked my account activity and noticed I was over $900 overdrawn.
I figured out what happened. The cashier forgot to press a very important button between entering my tip, and then the total, so I got charged around $1006.00. I got things situated at the bank, and I guess they called the restaurant on my behalf to issue the chargeback. One thing I can't understand is that I've gotten fraud protection calls here and there when I make big purchases, but I'm wondering how the fraud algorithms didn't catch a $1,000+ charge from WAFFLE HOUSE?!
From then on, anytime I visit a WH, I always make sure to bring cash with me.
My favorite part of WH is that you get to listen to the banter among the waitstaff, cooks, etc. I like the "behind the scenes" atmosphere, because what is there really to hide? My second favorite part is that when I did the 32 Hours of Delaware (TM), I was in and out of WH within 5 minutes. That became crucial when I barely made the earlier ferry and hit bad shore traffic in NJ.
Quote from: Steve on October 06, 2012, 10:31:39 PM
My favorite part of WH is that you get to listen to the banter among the waitstaff, cooks, etc. I like the "behind the scenes" atmosphere, because what is there really to hide? My second favorite part is that when I did the 32 Hours of Delaware (TM), I was in and out of WH within 5 minutes. That became crucial when I barely made the earlier ferry and hit bad shore traffic in NJ.
"32 Hours of Delaware (TM)"? Is that like when a friend and I drove from Fort Lauderdale, FL and didn't stop until 31 hours later in Rapid City, SD? (Minus the whole route-being-in-a-totally-different-part-of-the-country thing.) We also stopped at a WH somewhere in Georgia (south of Atlanta I believe along I-75) but stayed about 30 or 40 minutes instead of just 5.
Quote from: Ace10 on October 06, 2012, 10:16:32 PM
My absolute worst time at a WH (and best story to tell, consequently) was actually a pretty good experience at the restaurant itself. The service was pretty usual, and my total was a little over $5.00. I left a tip of $1.00 and used my card to pay - which I learned you are never supposed to do - because the next day I checked my account activity and noticed I was over $900 overdrawn.
I figured out what happened. The cashier forgot to press a very important button between entering my tip, and then the total, so I got charged around $1006.00.
From then on, anytime I visit a WH, I always make sure to bring cash with me.
That seems like an arbitrarily unfair policy. Seems like you'd have the same potential for similar problems at any small restaurant. If you're going to hold a grudge, hold it against that one cashier specifically.
I once had lunch at Fazoli's somewhere in Kentucky, possibly London. They processed my credit card transaction just fine (six dollars and change). And then they processed it again the next day. It's such a small error I didn't bother trying to get it straightened out.
Quote from: vtk on October 07, 2012, 12:39:48 AM
Quote from: Ace10 on October 06, 2012, 10:16:32 PM
My absolute worst time at a WH (and best story to tell, consequently) was actually a pretty good experience at the restaurant itself. The service was pretty usual, and my total was a little over $5.00. I left a tip of $1.00 and used my card to pay - which I learned you are never supposed to do - because the next day I checked my account activity and noticed I was over $900 overdrawn.
I figured out what happened. The cashier forgot to press a very important button between entering my tip, and then the total, so I got charged around $1006.00.
From then on, anytime I visit a WH, I always make sure to bring cash with me.
That seems like an arbitrarily unfair policy. Seems like you'd have the same potential for similar problems at any small restaurant. If you're going to hold a grudge, hold it against that one cashier specifically.
I once had lunch at Fazoli's somewhere in Kentucky, possibly London. They processed my credit card transaction just fine (six dollars and change). And then they processed it again the next day. It's such a small error I didn't bother trying to get it straightened out.
I made it less of a rule for myself and more of a general guideline to make sure whoever is running the register or machine seems competent enough. Actually, the time I went to the WH in Georgia that I mentioned in my last post above, I did use my credit card and there was no problem at all. I just get very, very cautious whenever I see my card being run at a terminal that's separate from the restaurant's POS computer and the cashier manually enters in the amount to charge. With buttons so small and lots of other stuff going on around, it can be very easy and understandable to make a mistake. I just like to prevent the chances of that happening whenever I can tell it would be easy to make them.
Quote from: Steve on October 06, 2012, 10:31:39 PM
My favorite part of WH is that you get to listen to the banter among the waitstaff, cooks, etc. I like the "behind the scenes" atmosphere, because what is there really to hide?
That is one of the things I find attractive and even endearing about all Waffle House units. I have also found that the wait staff at Waffle House is generally pretty good (and that's contrary to what seems to be the conventional wisdom about the chain). I don't consider myself rich, but I always make it a point to tip wait staff as generously as I can (unless the service was lousy, which it rarely is (
in my experience) at WH).
Quote from: Steve on October 06, 2012, 10:31:39 PM
My second favorite part is that when I did the 32 Hours of Delaware (TM), I was in and out of WH within 5 minutes. That became crucial when I barely made the earlier ferry and hit bad shore traffic in NJ.
"32 Hours of Delaware?" That sounds like the name of a new reality TV series to air (maybe) on TLC or the Travel Channel.
Quote from: formulanone on October 03, 2012, 06:48:42 AM
Byron, Georgia offers two Waffle Houses within walking distance of each other:
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I think every exit on I-10 in Mississippi have 2 Waffle Houses at every exit, one on each side of the interstate. Several are located on the Gulf Coast in the Gulfport/Biloxi area.
I am definitely not worried about calorie counts either. The one in Ruston, LA is closest to me, & I have now become a weekend regular there. I also recently started dating one of the waitresses. :love: & despite what you may have heard or experienced elsewhere, you won't find a more attentive staff or better tasting hashbrowns. (scattered, smothered, covered & sometimes chunked for me please!) :coffee::happy:
Quote from: golden eagle on October 06, 2012, 01:19:02 AM
I saw two Waffle Houses on the same corner near an interstate in Nashville in the late 90s.
You can throw a rock from one to the other here in Vicksburg; we've got 4 now. And we're just a three-McDonald's town!
Funny how they're all near the interstate. There's lot of Vicksburg that's not next to the interstate, but those areas don't have Waffle Houses.
When all the stars are aligned just so (and by that I mean when it's very, very early in the morning and most other food options are feeling way too fast) then there's nothing like Waffle House. I like the scrambled eggs and bacon with hash brown. Hate the grits. Waffles are great ONLY with the blueberries. I agree with the poster above who said that waffles are second-best to good pancakes, but if you add blueberries then either one is sooo excellent!
My number one, and two, Waffle House is actually off of a non-Interstate, on US 165. One just north of Monroe, and another where La 2 West joins in Sterlington. Very relaxed atmosphere, and good food!
Quote from: berberry on December 06, 2012, 02:28:59 PM
When all the stars are aligned just so (and by that I mean when it's very, very early in the morning and most other food options are feeling way too fast) then there's nothing like Waffle House. I like the scrambled eggs and bacon with hash brown. Hate the grits. Waffles are great ONLY with the blueberries. I agree with the poster above who said that waffles are second-best to good pancakes, but if you add blueberries then either one is sooo excellent!
Waffle House waffles with blueberries are amazingly good.
Don't forget: Waffle House is approved by Roger Dobkowitz (http://www.dobkowitz.com/rogers_pages/Favorites_Things/favorites.html)
Quote from: cpzilliacus on December 07, 2012, 01:00:46 PM
Waffle House waffles with blueberries are amazingly good.
Yeah, I'm crazy for blueberries. I don't think either the WH bb waffles or, let's say, IHOP bb pancakes - assuming that they're made properly - are any better the one than the other, but the waffles do offer an interesting change in texture. The slight crunchiness makes them a little more like a cobbler.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 06, 2012, 09:57:08 PM
$28.99 for a motel room? Bet that place is a dump.
Let's put it this way, Passport Inns are the lower-scale motels for the Hospitality International group, which include such upper class properties as Scottish Inns and Red Carpet Inns. You've probably got something there.
I've had good experiences with as little as $23 a night as recently as November, 2011. (Gallup, NM, for those wondering.) they weren't heavy on the amenities, but the bed was horizontal and the shower was hot.
I, too, would like to know what the "32 hours of Delaware" is.
Quote from: Ace10 on October 06, 2012, 10:16:32 PM
My absolute worst time at a WH (and best story to tell, consequently) was actually a pretty good experience at the restaurant itself. The service was pretty usual, and my total was a little over $5.00. I left a tip of $1.00 and used my card to pay - which I learned you are never supposed to do - because the next day I checked my account activity and noticed I was over $900 overdrawn.
I figured out what happened. The cashier forgot to press a very important button between entering my tip, and then the total, so I got charged around $1006.00.
From then on, anytime I visit a WH, I always make sure to bring cash with me.
and that's why I use a credit card as often as I can. it gives one layer of protection between the time of the transaction, and the time my money actually leaves my bank account to pay for it.
As far as two Waffle Houses at the same exit, I believe it's for the convenience of travelers who don't have to cross over to get to one. I saw my first one sometime in the late 1980s. Waffle Houses are not very big, so I'm sure these multiple locations are plenty profitable.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on December 13, 2012, 12:07:34 PM
I've had good experiences with as little as $23 a night as recently as November, 2011. (Gallup, NM, for those wondering.) they weren't heavy on the amenities, but the bed was horizontal and the shower was hot.
I, too, would like to know what the "32 hours of Delaware" is.
I was going to say Albuquerque for a price that cheap, but sure, Gallup.
"32 hours of Delaware" is when I entered Delaware at 7:30 AM and, except to eat or get gas, did not leave my car until 3:30 PM the next day. I clinched the entire state highway system, and I only had 13 and the 95s done before that point.
Is it true Waffle House operated in Central NY? I just saw that somewhere and I have no clue.
Quote from: Road Hog on December 13, 2012, 09:23:22 PM
As far as two Waffle Houses at the same exit, I believe it's for the convenience of travelers who don't have to cross over to get to one. I saw my first one sometime in the late 1980s. Waffle Houses are not very big, so I'm sure these multiple locations are plenty profitable.
A number of freeway multi-exit interchanges in Massachusetts have either McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts accessible from either ramp. What has always bothered me is when both restaurants are posted on the same freeway LOGO signs for an interchange - it gives the through driver, whom services signs are intended for, an unnecessary decision to make. It also often denies another otherwise eligible facility in one direction an opportunity to get on the sign. And, frankly, IMO it looks stupid to have identical LOGOS for different directions of travel on the same sign or sign assembly.
Quote from: Buffaboy on July 01, 2015, 05:50:37 PM
Is it true Waffle House operated in Central NY? I just saw that somewhere and I have no clue.
According to Waffle House's own website, the closest location is still Clarks Summit, PA.
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Quote from: roadman on July 01, 2015, 06:13:33 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on December 13, 2012, 09:23:22 PM
As far as two Waffle Houses at the same exit, I believe it's for the convenience of travelers who don't have to cross over to get to one. I saw my first one sometime in the late 1980s. Waffle Houses are not very big, so I'm sure these multiple locations are plenty profitable.
A number of freeway multi-exit interchanges in Massachusetts have either McDonalds or Dunkin Donuts accessible from either ramp. What has always bothered me is when both restaurants are posted on the same freeway LOGO signs for an interchange - it gives the through driver, whom services signs are intended for, an unnecessary decision to make. It also often denies another otherwise eligible facility in one direction an opportunity to get on the sign. And, frankly, IMO it looks stupid to have identical LOGOS for different directions of travel on the same sign or sign assembly.
I know there is one (Exit 12 on MA 3, perhaps?) where there are two Dunkin' Donuts on the logo sign. For the unfamiliar, this is not a multi-exit interchange - there is a single off-ramp for both directions of Route 139, which exit 12 serves.
Confirmed, via GMSV: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.113867,-70.775382,3a,75y,131.3h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss1exoxgCqs2Lg-dk_S26Vw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I've always viewed that Clarks Summit Waffle House as sort of their Gettysburg: the one anomalous Southern offensive (appropriate word) that made it that far north.
Quote from: spooky on July 02, 2015, 07:21:39 AM
I know there is one (Exit 12 on MA 3, perhaps?) where there are two Dunkin' Donuts on the logo sign. For the unfamiliar, this is not a multi-exit interchange - there is a single off-ramp for both directions of Route 139, which exit 12 serves.
Confirmed, via GMSV: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.113867,-70.775382,3a,75y,131.3h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss1exoxgCqs2Lg-dk_S26Vw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
That's a new one on me - thanks for sharing.
Quote from: roadman on July 02, 2015, 01:43:49 PM
Quote from: spooky on July 02, 2015, 07:21:39 AM
I know there is one (Exit 12 on MA 3, perhaps?) where there are two Dunkin' Donuts on the logo sign. For the unfamiliar, this is not a multi-exit interchange - there is a single off-ramp for both directions of Route 139, which exit 12 serves.
Confirmed, via GMSV: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.113867,-70.775382,3a,75y,131.3h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss1exoxgCqs2Lg-dk_S26Vw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
That's a new one on me - thanks for sharing.
It gets better! The two Dunkin Donuts logo panels become zero when you get to the ramp logo sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.106515,-70.767571,3a,75y,319.17h,81.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfcuWjeoBrRlrNp2zN0V-3A!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
Aren't there several Dunkin' Donuts nearby in either direction off most exit ramps in the state? There should be signs instead where this is not the case.
When I lived in the Atlanta metro, it was mostly Waffle Houses. :) Ironically, Columbus Ohio has several and I had never been to any of them when I grew up here - so it took my family moving south for me to try them and after a hard day at work, sometimes it really hit the spot! It was cheap and I cant tell you how many nights were spent just socializing with friends at an "awful waffle" (nickname in warm jest despite how it sounds and reads) it is/was really enjoyable.
I've only been to one Waffle house - on the Lincoln Highway in Chambersburg, PA just off I-81 on my way to NYC. This was a side goal but obvously a common one amongst us.
I go to Waffle House once whenever I'm on a trip to the South. I have a lot of fond memories of stopping there on various trips to Florida in college. (We called it Vahf-luh Hoo-suh for some reason, as if it were German. This is most likely related to the generally high level of alcohol intoxication we were under while we ate there.)
The most recent one was in Amite City LA. Later on that trip though, I stayed in Richmond Hill GA (near Savannah), which is one of those places that has a Waffle House on each side of the highway. I did think that interesting at the time, but I pretty much forgot about till this thread.
As far as cuisine goes though, I've always considered waffles a step above pancakes. For example, there's a Sunday brunch place by my house that has a waffle station, but no pancake station. (Then there's the fact that you can get waffles in France, but not pancakes . . . .) I was a bit surprised to see that hierarchy inverted in this thread.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 02, 2015, 08:54:52 PM
As far as cuisine goes though, I've always considered waffles a step above pancakes. For example, there's a Sunday brunch place by my house that has a waffle station, but no pancake station. (Then there's the fact that you can get waffles in France, but not pancakes . . . .) I was a bit surprised to see that hierarchy inverted in this thread.
I agree. I prefer a protein-centered breakfast, but for me, the hierarchy of doughy breakfast substrates is:
1. French Toast. So much good opportunity to do interesting things with bread choice and doctoring up the batter. Then the toppings, of course, are mostly shared with:
2. Waffles. Much less interesting, but just delicious freshly made. Frozen, however, tend to taste stale to me even when new.
3. Pancakes. Eh, I'm not moved, not even with strawberries or whatever in them. Usually takes too damn much syrup and butter to not be dry.
Here in Huntsville, we have about 8 Waffle Houses. One of them (the one I go to the most often) is within walking distance from my house and the most recent one to open here is located on Pratt Avenue. The best part about that one is, is that they went ahead with opening it on February 21st of this year, when we were being hit by a severe ice storm.
In Murfreesboro, TN, there are 2 exits with 2 Waffle Houses at each one. While it may seem a little overboard, the demand is there for both of them IMO. The last time I went to the one on the west side of Old Fort Parkway, there was a wait.
When traveling, I prefer going to Waffle House. They have good food that's quick and cheap. The best one I have ever been to is the one in Harrisonburg, VA on I-81. We've been in and out in less than 30 minutes on several occasions and for ~$15.
Quote from: SSOWorld on July 02, 2015, 08:10:46 PM
I've only been to one Waffle house - on the Lincoln Highway in Chambersburg, PA just off I-81 on my way to NYC. This was a side goal but obvously a common one amongst us.
Ah yes, I've been to that one before too! It was a pretty good Waffle House than what I expected.
Quote from: spooky on July 02, 2015, 02:05:37 PM
Quote from: roadman on July 02, 2015, 01:43:49 PM
Quote from: spooky on July 02, 2015, 07:21:39 AM
I know there is one (Exit 12 on MA 3, perhaps?) where there are two Dunkin' Donuts on the logo sign. For the unfamiliar, this is not a multi-exit interchange - there is a single off-ramp for both directions of Route 139, which exit 12 serves.
Confirmed, via GMSV: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.113867,-70.775382,3a,75y,131.3h,76.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss1exoxgCqs2Lg-dk_S26Vw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
That's a new one on me - thanks for sharing.
It gets better! The two Dunkin Donuts logo panels become zero when you get to the ramp logo sign.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.106515,-70.767571,3a,75y,319.17h,81.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfcuWjeoBrRlrNp2zN0V-3A!2e0!7i3328!8i1664
That's only because the Google StreetView image of the ramp (old sign) was taken before the mainline image (new sign) was.
Just went to one south of Winchester, VA the other day (Stephens City). Good service.
The WH site locator shows that the closest one to NE Wisconsin is still the one at I-475/US 20 in Toledo, OH. There are also outlets in Indianapolis and Illinois-suburban Saint Louis.
Is their northernmost location still the one at I-90/OH 45 in Austinburg, OH (41.784 degrees N)?
:hmmm:
Mike
Sting says that all the Ultimate Warrior talked about when they drove east from Texas back in their tag team days was hitting the closest Waffle House.
We stop at pancakes house.
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Quote from: Rothman on July 07, 2015, 11:08:54 PM
We stop at pancakes house.
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*knocks on door*
Er...sir? Those don't exist. Do you mean your home?
All this talk about exits with two Waffle Houses may make more sense should you find yourself a person of color in 1960s Louisiana.
Quote from: 6a on July 08, 2015, 07:18:18 PM
All this talk about exits with two Waffle Houses may make more sense should you find yourself a person of color in 1960s Louisiana most anywhere.
FTFY :eyebrow:
No need to single out just one state (esp. my home state).
Quote from: cjk374 on July 09, 2015, 04:03:17 PM
Quote from: 6a on July 08, 2015, 07:18:18 PM
All this talk about exits with two Waffle Houses may make more sense should you find yourself a person of color in 1960s Louisiana most anywhere.
FTFY :eyebrow:
No need to single out just one state (esp. my home state).
That wasn't my intention, I apologize.
Quote from: 6a on July 09, 2015, 04:52:50 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on July 09, 2015, 04:03:17 PM
Quote from: 6a on July 08, 2015, 07:18:18 PM
All this talk about exits with two Waffle Houses may make more sense should you find yourself a person of color in 1960s Louisiana most anywhere.
FTFY :eyebrow:
No need to single out just one state (esp. my home state).
That wasn't my intention, I apologize.
It's all good! :thumbsup: :bigass:
One of the inherent dangers of businesses with individual letters being separately lit is having the word (or words) spell something else at night. Case in point a Waffle House with a burnt out L in "waffle" and U in "house" became me eating at a "WAFFE HOSE" :-D
Quote from: route17fan on July 26, 2015, 08:24:03 PM
One of the inherent dangers of businesses with individual letters being separately lit is having the word (or words) spell something else at night. Case in point a Waffle House with a burnt out L in "waffle" and U in "house" became me eating at a "WAFFE HOSE" :-D
How many times I've seen S H E L L looming in the night sky.
Quote from: DandyDan on October 06, 2012, 06:15:51 PM
I can probably count the number of times I've been to a Waffle House on one hand. (They don't have them here in Omaha, or anywhere I normally travel to.) On the other hand, the day I went walking across the Chain of Rocks bridge, I started that day eating at the Waffle House just east of there. It's not bad for what it is, but I couldn't convince my one friend to eat at the one in AZ we saw there. (I read somewhere Arizona has the farthest west Waffle Houses.)
There's at least a couple of them in the Phoenix area.
Quote from: briantroutman on July 27, 2015, 01:03:17 AM
Quote from: route17fan on July 26, 2015, 08:24:03 PM
One of the inherent dangers of businesses with individual letters being separately lit is having the word (or words) spell something else at night. Case in point a Waffle House with a burnt out L in "waffle" and U in "house" became me eating at a "WAFFE HOSE" :-D
How many times I've seen S H E L L looming in the night sky.
the self storage place at 2nd and Callowhill in Philly boldly proclaimed "ELF ST RAGE" for months - kinda sounds like a Christmas slasher flick to me.