Originally Posted By EdisYoda <<I wonder if it's possible to eat at both Waffle House and Cracker Barrel in the same day... >> Yes, it is, actually. There are both in Atlanta. I'm sure there are other places as well.
Originally Posted By danyoung We've got 'em both in Dallas. Of course, two meals with rich tasty food and massive amounts of calories is probably not the best idea. . .
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF I love Cracker Barrel.......and there probably are lots of them (along with Waffle Houses) in the same city.......Nashville, Knoxville
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs We need to create a new Southern restaurant chain... we'll call it... Bacon.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Waffle House: VERY, VERY BAD Belgian Waffle and Pancake House: VERY, VERY GOOD. Unfortunately I did not recognize the difference at first and went to a Waffle House after having great meals at the Belgian Waffle and Pancake House. Boy was I disappointed. The place was dirty, the service lousy and the food barely edible.
Originally Posted By danyoung You went to a BAD Waffle House, Trippy. The ones around Dallas are clean, the food is fresh and tasty, and the diner-style waitresses are a hoot!
Originally Posted By Mr X We ended up in one "bad" waffle house while on the road one summer...we were starving and were attracted to the place by their "all you can eat" sign (I think we were in Alabama or Mississippi or some other god awful place)... anyway, they allowed us to order "one" item off the menu, and then we had to wait for it to be served and EAT it (clean plates, please) before we could order the next choice. which would have been "fair enough" except that I'm convinced they moved slowly on purpose...it took at LEAST 20 minutes from order to arrival, sometimes 30, and by the end we were just frustrated (and still hungry), and left the place after around 2 hours I think. That was a weird "all you can eat" version, if I ever saw one!
Originally Posted By beamerdog I've been at a sushi place where it was "all you can eat in an hour". The chef wielded a huge cleaver - no way was I not going to clean my plate, lol. ok, back to topic.
Originally Posted By Mr X lol... side note, Japan RARELY has any sort of "true" all-you-can-eat (that'd mean you could sit there til you're done, right?, but rather there is always a 60-90-120 minute time limit on your meal. But what they DO offer is all you can eat AND DRINK (booze) with said time limits. Which leads to uproariously funny scenes, lemme tell ya. (I've seen grown men suck down a last pitcher in one gulp...)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<You went to a BAD Waffle House, Trippy.>> I guess we must have. It was in Belton, MO just south of Kansas City on US Hwy 71.
Originally Posted By alexbook Never been to Waffle House, but this thread is making me nostalgic for a little place in Chapel Hill called Breadmen's. Great place for late night grease.
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF Oh.......Roadtrip........you just made me homesick........I use to live in Grandview, Mo....right off Hwy 71..
Originally Posted By beamerdog X, I didn't know that! Too bad that the drinks weren't all you can drink ;-)
Originally Posted By Quiet Lurker I have eaten at probably upwards of 50 different Waffle Houses from the Carolina's to Mississippi. I've rarely had a bad experience. However, they do tend to be less clean than most places. Hey, you are getting what you pay for. I love them. Also, Waffle House is NOT a franchise. Every single store is company owned. Imagine the staffing nightmare, they never close 24 hours 365/yr. Considering that, it is a fairly amazing chain.
Originally Posted By danyoung QL, I don't think that's quite true. There are Waffle Houses here in Dallas that have the franchise sign up. Perhaps they're the exception to the rule.
Originally Posted By Quiet Lurker Actually, technically, you are correct. However franchises are available only to those employees of the corporation. Now think about that. How many Waffle House employees can afford to open their own. Obviously some do, but it's a very low number, and the business organization is such that, if an owner wants out, he or she has to sell out back to the corp. It's not a traditional franchise like say McDonald's where I could buy your store. Over 1,500 stores in 25 states, mostly company stores. Even so, anything that is open 24/7 - 365 is a unique challenge. But yes, you are correct, technically.
