Well, not anywhere in america. https://locations.wafflehouse.com/
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lol, found the pedant! Entirely fair though, the title was more of a mood than factual.
Not really pedantry when it's associated with a specific region of the US.
If you grew up in the Northeast or west coast you've likely never seen a waffle house.
I was gonna say... I grew up in CA. My first time eating Waffle House was in my 20's on a trip to Florida with my college lacrosse team. It was across the street from the hotel, and was and still open when we stumbled in after a night of drinking. 10/10. Would recommend to drunk people.
Would recommend to drunk people
You have stumbled upon the gist of its appeal.
Mainly since I wanna try Waffle House but it isn't in my state, or the next state, or the state next to that one.
It is simultaneously worth it and a complete letdown. Honestly the worse one you can find the better. We were the only ones there and hijacked the jukebox playing the worst songs we could find. we tipped well.
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I lived in NW Atlanta near an intersection with Waffle Houses on two opposite corners. Glorious.
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Yup. None in SoCal
Also, none in NorCal!
None in Nebraska either...
Do fights actually break out at these things or is it a meme?
Explain like I'm a foreigner.
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.
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Technically, Vandalia, Ohio. But I really like the "anywhere-ness" feel of this image!
OK, how... unless you are one of those geoguesser nuts?
The street address (380) is visible in the picture. Google says there are only two Waffle Houses with a street address of 380, and the picture doesn't match the one in Lebanon, Tennessee.
Actually, when the results first came up, the states weren't in the list, just the towns, and for a moment I was delighted and hopeful this was a Waffle House in Lebanon, Kansas, which would've made this post a delicious layered piece of image+commentary!! [The "middle of America" is just outside Lebanon, Kansas.] But alas, the Lebanon Waffle House is in Tennessee, and this image isn't even of that Waffle House, dashing my dreams of delicious and layered meta-imagery ....
Waffle House found its Host
Not really anywhere. Statistically likely to be in the southeast, adjacent to a major highway.
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.
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Now that is a skeleton crew, one employee.
Eerily similar feel as Nighhawks, except no customers and less focus on people so it feels even more desolate.
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Yo I'm going to Waffle House in like half an hour. I'm pumped. Haven't been there in years.
There's always time for one more bad decision, lol.
pretty fucking solid hash browns from coast to coast.
The gulf coast? There's certainly no Waffle Houses on the West Coast.
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.
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Based on the title, I thought it was going to be this. (Not that a Waffle House wouldn't be right at home there)
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a fighting arena, america
Ah good it's still open. Not the end of the world.. or at least the end of America yet.
I adore Waffle House, this scene is beautiful.
Having never seen or heard of Waffle House, I found myself scrutinizing this photo for evidence that it was AI generated.
The internet has broken me.
To be fair Waffle House's aren't to off from AI fever dreams IRL.
Especially when most people only go at like 3am
This is inaccurate.. There isn't any in NY
I've never been to one since I've never been to the south. How's the food?
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!
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
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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....
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.
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