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Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Come to Atlanta, down the street from me are two completely separate Waffle Houses built right next to each other that share the same parking lot.

This sounds possible, but where is it?

A quick Kagi found a few of them, apparently a Waffle House has to be a certain size, and if they can do more business, it spawns another one.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Eating at a Waffle House (preferably at 1am following a night out) is a unique American cultural experience that especially those confined to the Bay Area have been denied. It's a place where those from all walks of life come together.

> from all walks of life come together.

that's an interesting take and i suppose in a way you're right. Another way to describe waffle house at last call is imagine you picked up a zoo and shook it really hard for about 5 minutes then set it down and walked in.

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As someone who lives near all 3 and a Cracker Barrel. Waffle House is special.

Cracker Barrel is truly awful. Worst chain restaurant in America.

The sad thing is that they used to be good. At least not that long ago, the one near me was my go-to for corned beef hash. However, after the last visit barely 5 years ago, never going there again.

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Cracker Barrel is truly awful. Worst chain restaurant in America.

Olive Garden has entered the chat.

Nope, just when you think Olive Garden is awful, Applebee's manages to dig the hole deeper.

TBF, we should just agree that they're all nasty at this point.

Re: Waffle House's Magic Marker System

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Eating at a Waffle House (preferably at 1am following a night out) is a unique American cultural experience that especially those confined to the Bay Area have been denied. It's a place where those from all walks of life come together.

Does USA have places that sell kebab?

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This stuff can be Googled to level-set the conversation. First search result says: - 54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level. - 21% of Americans 18 and older are illiterate in 2022. We can dig further to find more sources of data and judge how reputable they are. If those numbers are incorrect, correct them and go from there.

That is incredibly state dependent however, looking at https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/How-Serious-Is-Americas... , you are in a different world of literacy if you live in Washington State vs. Texas. The south happens to be where Waffle House is common.

Luckily https://dollyparton.com/imagination-library is a thing

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As a regular customer of the onboard dining on BC Ferries, I was always a bit mystified about how the cashier (maybe 20 m from the counter where you order) seemed to have some kind of clairvoyance regarding which type burger(s) to charge for, as they all use the same kind of wrapper. It turns out the wrapper (that's printed with patches of stripes and crosshatches in different colo(u)rs), can be wrapped in a way that…

I haven't had a breakfast on BC Ferry for a while since they redid the interior/livery on all of the boats. Pretty sure I used to eat the jam packets on the tables.

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Sounds like IHOP / Denny's in other places

These places are far more civilized than a waffle house. Waffle houses have to hire security guards to deal with the drunken foolishness that goes down inside most weekend nights (at least those sited nearish to bars). Everything in the waffle house is able to be cleaned with a hose.

Near bars (and colleges, etc), you'll find security guards Denny's and IHOP both. Mostly to deal with the drunken foolishness that goes down.

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post #85

Eating at a Waffle House (preferably at 1am following a night out) is a unique American cultural experience that especially those confined to the Bay Area have been denied. It's a place where those from all walks of life come together.

Does USA have places that sell kebab?

Yes but no.

What we consider "kebabs" are skewers with grilled meat and/or veggies on them. I'm guessing you mean döner kebab. We do have shawarma which is similar, but I've never seen somewhere that really nails the kind of döner kebab I had in Europe.

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Sounds like IHOP / Denny's in other places

Waffle House is an entity unto itself: See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index See: https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2011/11/four-se... See: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kid-rock-arrested... And the man himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bct8stbZafI Waffle House goes from nice to war zone and back again just about every day. It never closes, never... If a Waffle House is…

Didn’t I read once that FEMA has an official “Waffle house indicator” where they track WH closures to estimate the impact of hurricanes and such?
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