Power is out all over Hickory Flat but Waffle House has the door chocked open and is cooking a limited menu on the gas range with daylight streaming in through the windows. No waffles but eggs to order, biscuits, hash browns, coffee and a variety of cold drinks. Coffee made by pouring hot water through the filter cup draining into the pot, best cup of the worst coffeee I ever had.

Someone in the Wx Channel commented that when the Waffle Houses close, you know its getting serious.

RMD

Waffle House has incident response teams tasked with keeping restaurants open in disaster areas

http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/...nt-management-teams/

They also have pre-planned limited menus designed for austere conditions and/or limited resupply

...and FEMA uses the Waffle House Index to gauge the severity of a disaster


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

The Awful House Incident Response Team?
Preparing my resume now....

Every Waffle House I've been to had greasy door handles, greasy tables and seats, greasy menu and greasy foods. The greasy food part I don't mind, just have to thoroughly wipe or wash my hands afterwards.

Very unfortunately, my first experience with grits was at a Waffle House, about 1987, when we rode sport bikes down to Daytona for the 200.


Fortunately, the next opportunity was at the Hominy Grill, with shrimps on top, and it was a much better experience

What has 9 breasts & 16 teeth?



Waffle House waitstaff.

Didn't J Jones have a great quote about WH a while back?

There have been several articles in the past about Waffle House's efforts to reopen, including the limited menus for best efficiency.

Here's an excerpt from one such article: mises.org/library/who-serves-during-disaster


The company even has a mobile command center that looks to be a rolling Waffle House restaurant. The RV is known as EM-50, named after Bill Murray's urban-assault vehicle in the 1981 movie Stripes. When bad weather looms, EM-50 is mobilized.

Waffle House is great.

Just don't go there after midnight... The 'ambiance' changes drastically from the usual working class crowd.

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We have a few Pitt Grills in my area. Apparently the owner worked for Waffle House for some time.....same floor plan and all...
Anyway...when we had our ice storm back in 2000, my hometown was out of power for several days, and ran out of water about 3 days into the power outage. They were the only restaurant open that had a full menu. Coffee and tea made with bottled water (best I've ever had at a restaurant) and regular menu cooked on their gas griddle.
Candlelight after the sun went down (their windows faced west).
In fact, the only time I have ever known them to close was about ten years ago when they got new furniture (they were closed for almost 3 hours from 2AM until 5AM)

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Every Waffle House I've been to had greasy door handles, greasy tables and seats, greasy menu and greasy foods. The greasy food part I don't mind, just have to thoroughly wipe or wash my hands afterwards.

Haven't bee in one for many years. I refuse to eat in a place where my shoes stick to the floor.

quote:

Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Every Waffle House I've been to had greasy door handles, greasy tables and seats, greasy menu and greasy foods. The greasy food part I don't mind, just have to thoroughly wipe or wash my hands afterwards.

You make it sound like that's a bad thing.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
Haven't bee in one for many years. I refuse to eat in a place where my shoes stick to the floor.

That's a safety feature

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:

quote:

Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Every Waffle House I've been to had greasy door handles, greasy tables and seats, greasy menu and greasy foods. The greasy food part I don't mind, just have to thoroughly wipe or wash my hands afterwards.

Haven't bee in one for many years. I refuse to eat in a place where my shoes stick to the floor.

That was my only experience wit Waffle House as well. Evertyhing in the place was sticky from the syrup, Once was enough for me.

Which is the worst?

Fancy restaurants where the kitchen is hidden ( maybe totally filthy) and the serving area is spotless, but the food is good?

Or

Greasy spoons ( Like WH), where all the debris is out in the open and the food is usually delicious?


No Waffle House joints near me, when I want a Waffle House fix, I go to one of these

http://www.huddlehouse.com

But kudos to WH for steppjng up in times of need.

Sounds like you gents need to invest in some overalls, shoe covers and gloves

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Originally posted by vandrv:

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:

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Originally posted by saigonsmuggler:
Every Waffle House I've been to had greasy door handles, greasy tables and seats, greasy menu and greasy foods. The greasy food part I don't mind, just have to thoroughly wipe or wash my hands afterwards.

Haven't bee in one for many years. I refuse to eat in a place where my shoes stick to the floor.

That was my only experience wit Waffle House as well. Evertyhing in the place was sticky from the syrup, Once was enough for me.

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Originally posted by arfmel:


That's a safety feature

Ha! LOL

Only place I could find open when the wife and I were traveling on Christmas day. One waitress was working her ass off.

I paid the $20 tab with a $100 and told her to keep the change. She couldn't believe it.

We really appreciated them being there, that night.

I have enjoyed the food here on numerous occasions. Only run across grease issues once, maybe twice. Very good coffee, excellent homefries.