Keep It Simple And Stay Open: The Waffle House Storm Menu

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34. Waffle House and DragonCon - my husband's story from a few years back

He got to DragonCon, checked into his hotel, and wanted lunch. Rather than get his car out of the garage or try to look for a bus, he walked across the street to the nearest Waffle House. The line for take out orders was a block long and they had one of their workers taking orders and calling them into on a personal cell phone. When my husband got inside to pick up and pay for his order, he realized that there were managers working alongside the regular cooks and servers.

But then everything stopped as an older man strolled through, picked up a plate and proceeded into the back office. My husband asked who it was and was told "That's Joe. He's one of the owners." It was Joe Rogers, one of the two guys who had started the chain.

We eat at Waffle House restaurants often when we are traveling. My standard orders are BLTs, egg sandwich on wheat toast, or pecan waffles. My husband will get either an omelet or a hamburger but he doesn't like the lack of french fries. What I like is that the staff seems always to be in a good mood and friendly, the food is delivered fast and is good, and I can add a 50% tip and still pay less for better food than in many restaurants.