I think a great hole-in-the-wall meat and three fills a similar niche. Good barbecue is the great social equalizer in the South.
Atlanta native comedian George Wallace has a good bit on BBQ: https://youtu.be/xnlSHJPSut0?t=250
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#22I think a great hole-in-the-wall meat and three fills a similar niche. Good barbecue is the great social equalizer in the South.
Meat and 3s are a dying breed in Atlanta- a shame! If only Carvers grocery could come back...
still grieving the loss of Bobby and Junes on 10th street. Ate there a ton during my time at Tech and for years had standing Thursday lunch plans there with a handful of friends.
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#23>Those incidents prompted the Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, to call for a boycott of the beloved chain. Maybe her heart was in the right place but that idea was doomed from the start. Waffle House and Chick-fil-a are 100% boycott proof in the south, me personally I eat at waho 3 times a week- it’s the best most consistent bang for your buck and the service is impeccable even at 4am.
And why would boycotting a waffle house combat police brutality? Is it supposed to pressure waffle house to condemn the police?
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#24In Oklahoma years ago the Waffle House near me had an all you could eat option. It was reasonably cheap. It wasa huge win for nearby students.
I had a friend who ran track and he ate enough every time to close down the place I would have thought.
They removed the option after a couple of years.
I guess a lot of students got skinnier.
Personally I used to love their breakfeast food (of course) but they changed the oil they use to fry the breakfast items and I could not stand it. I kept trying but I could not get passed it.
I tried 3 other Waffles Houses near where I lived back then and it was the same in each one.
I havent been back since, but I really miss the way they used to be. I should find one and see if they have switched oils again.
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#25My favorite thing about my local waho vista is that I can see another waho from it.
Seems like the perfect setup for a rom-com. Two star-crossed lovers, gazing upon each other every day from their respective Waffle Houses (Waffle Hice?).
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#26I'm not a Southerner, but I've spent a lot of time here. It's still like a foreign land to me sometimes, but mostly I like it. One of the best things about it is Waffle House. It reminds me of small town Midwestern cafes that I grew up with.
Just went to a new (to me) Waffle House yesterday in Haughton, Louisiana. Highly recommend it, very friendly and a Rock Star Grill Operator named Greg who can sling hash with the best of them.
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#27I think a great hole-in-the-wall meat and three fills a similar niche. Good barbecue is the great social equalizer in the South.
Meat and 3s are a dying breed in Atlanta- a shame! If only Carvers grocery could come back...
Carvers, Bobby and June's, and cuban sandwiches in my Georgia Tech days.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Meat and 3s are a dying breed in Atlanta- a shame! If only Carvers grocery could come back...
still grieving the loss of Bobby and Junes on 10th street. Ate there a ton during my time at Tech and for years had standing Thursday lunch plans there with a handful of friends.
Wait. I think I am supposed to grab lunch with you through our mutual friend Eric S. Does this sound familiar?
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#29I think it's likely you can't transplant the culture. You could open a franchise in Quebec or Aberdeen but they'd be different. A case in point is taco bell: they've opened here in Queensland, nobody is making jokes about food poisoning.
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#30Sounds like Waffle House is to the South what Wawa is to the Philadelphia area. :-) I've only been in a Waffle House once, but did enjoy the food and the service--definitely on my list for the next time I'm down south.
Ok thank you. I'm originally from Avondale, the Atlanta suburb that is the birthplace of the Waffle House, but I moved up to NJ 15 years ago and have never understood what the deal is with people and Wawa. I think I get it now.