You've certainly gotten the Waffle House vibe right, and I hope that after the original founders pass away the "We know what we do and we do it very well" ethic remains unchanged. In the southeastern United States, WH is an automatic blast of comfort, anytime day or night, complete with unforgiving florescent lighting, denizens from the uber-wealthy to the homeless seated in adjacent booths, and completely predictable delicious food. (In a reader survey by a local paper a few years ago, Waffle House was voted "The Best Place to Take a First-Date at 2 O'clock in the Morning," because if you still like them at that time of the morning and under that lighting, they must be a winner.
That said, the WH success has come at a price, in that they've so completely dominated the breakfast/late night market in the American South that no one else can compete. So the variety of diner options in other places, like Hobie's in California, is refreshing to me, a Southerner who travels.
When I read, "I feel like I’ve stepped into season 3 of a TV show," I had to stop reading to repeat the phrase to my girlfriend. You've really nailed that experience, where you feel like you parachuted into the middle of a sentence. Great words!
You've certainly gotten the Waffle House vibe right, and I hope that after the original founders pass away the "We know what we do and we do it very well" ethic remains unchanged. In the southeastern United States, WH is an automatic blast of comfort, anytime day or night, complete with unforgiving florescent lighting, denizens from the uber-wealthy to the homeless seated in adjacent booths, and completely predictable delicious food. (In a reader survey by a local paper a few years ago, Waffle House was voted "The Best Place to Take a First-Date at 2 O'clock in the Morning," because if you still like them at that time of the morning and under that lighting, they must be a winner.
That said, the WH success has come at a price, in that they've so completely dominated the breakfast/late night market in the American South that no one else can compete. So the variety of diner options in other places, like Hobie's in California, is refreshing to me, a Southerner who travels.
When I read, "I feel like I’ve stepped into season 3 of a TV show," I had to stop reading to repeat the phrase to my girlfriend. You've really nailed that experience, where you feel like you parachuted into the middle of a sentence. Great words!
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