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Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Smothered is onions, smothered and covered is onions and melted cheese. https://www.wafflehouse.com/waffle-house-menu/

Smothered is my standard order. Or I get two orders: One plain, and one smothered. You can't have too many hash browns. That's just not a thing. (Please do not actually take my dietary recommendations. My body isn't normal and eating like me might kill a normal person.)

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Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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The hash browns are amazing. They are usually open 24 hours and there are reasons why we have a Waffle House Index. Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15105662

I highly recommend either smothered and covered or all the way. They’re one of my favorite eateries, and working the grill for a short stint is on my bucket list to buy a few shares of stock to frame on the wall (their stock is private and can only be bought by employees).

Smothered, covered, and peppered and I'm the happiest man...

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Waffle House is so good. I was on a road trip between New Orleans and Atlanta and stopped at a Waffle House in the middle of Alabama. Biggest surprise in terms of expectations and food quality. It's like the In-n-out of breakfast food.

If I've been on the road for a week already and it's after midnight and I just spent 11 hours rebuilding the server closet of my organization's Oak Ridge, TN location and you're waiting the graveyard counter at Waffle House and you bring my meal with a smile and call me "Hun"... well, you get a $40 tip on my $7.95 bill. Thank you again.

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Waffle House is so good. I was on a road trip between New Orleans and Atlanta and stopped at a Waffle House in the middle of Alabama. Biggest surprise in terms of expectations and food quality. It's like the In-n-out of breakfast food.

I've always said "You don't go to Waffle House, you end up at Waffle House."

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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The hash browns are amazing. They are usually open 24 hours and there are reasons why we have a Waffle House Index. Previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15105662

I highly recommend either smothered and covered or all the way. They’re one of my favorite eateries, and working the grill for a short stint is on my bucket list to buy a few shares of stock to frame on the wall (their stock is private and can only be bought by employees).

I thought if too many different people bought a stock, you had to make it public. Is that true? How do they keep their stock private?

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Smothered is onions, smothered and covered is onions and melted cheese. https://www.wafflehouse.com/waffle-house-menu/

Smothered is my standard order. Or I get two orders: One plain, and one smothered. You can't have too many hash browns. That's just not a thing. (Please do not actually take my dietary recommendations. My body isn't normal and eating like me might kill a normal person.)

I'm a scattered, smothered, covered, peppered, capped, topped kind of guy, with copious Tabasco on top.

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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post #17

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Smothered is my standard order. Or I get two orders: One plain, and one smothered. You can't have too many hash browns. That's just not a thing. (Please do not actually take my dietary recommendations. My body isn't normal and eating like me might kill a normal person.)

I'm a scattered, smothered, covered, peppered, capped, topped kind of guy, with copious Tabasco on top.

Someone is livin' dangerously.

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OK, now we're fucked[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

> to determine the effect of a storm

"Hurricane" Corona, based on projections, is estimated to claim more lives in FL than all other hurricanes combined.

Could be hype or truth, but both storms and pandemics require lots of prep and recovery.

Re: Waffle House closes 365 locations across the U.S.

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Waffle House is so good. I was on a road trip between New Orleans and Atlanta and stopped at a Waffle House in the middle of Alabama. Biggest surprise in terms of expectations and food quality. It's like the In-n-out of breakfast food.

We all have that one place that we secretly love but keep on the down low for risk of being chided by our more "sophisticated" company. For many that is McDonalds or similar.

For me, it's Waffle House.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bct8stbZafI

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