The Waffle House is an icon Southern restaurant. Their breakfast, especially their waffle’s, are excellent. Their waffle’s are close to grandma’s who make them from scratch for me and my cousins every summer Saturday morning. Never been - you got to go!

Bucees
 

I agree, I'll never stop at another Bucee's. The food is awful and over priced. And very crowded.

Wow I agree quit the abbreviations at least for the first poster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People tend to vote with their feet and their wallets. You can tell how terrible Buc-ee's is by how crowded the parking lot always is.

Obt
 

[QUOTE=biggamefish1;2405248]OBT is in Orlando….so what does that have to do with us?

There are no US Banks in the Villages, and what is OBT?

Bucee's and BBQ are two words that should never be used in the same sentence. As a general rule, I will usually give an eatery at least two tries before giving up on them. Not so with Bucee's and the swill they call BBQ. Both their brisket and pulled pork are so laden with fat, and undercooked, as to be inedible. Those who know good Q avoid Bucee's like the plague.

The Waffle House is in front BJ's on 441 Lady lake.

Over the past 50 years, I've eaten at Waffle House hundreds of times and a large number of those visits were late night after being out at a bar partying. As far as I can remember, I only saw one fight during all of those visits and that was broken up by my uncle telling one of the guys that he had kicked the other mans a** enough and should stop before the deputies got there.

The food definitely wasn't gourmet, but it was filling and I don't remember it being that greasy.

As far as Bucee's goes, we stop at the one in Warner Robins every time we travel by it on I-75. It didn't take us long to get tired of the BBQ sandwiches, I agree that they use too much sauce on the meat. The main reasons we stop are the price of gas is usually low (although other stations in the area have started matching it), they have huge clean restrooms, and they have a nice dog walk area for our dog.

[QUOTE=paulajr;2405409]The street is NE 86th path. This street is the old golf cart dirt track that linked the historic side to Lowes and Walmart. It became a street when BJ's was built behind Wawa on 441.

reputation for late night violence???? where?

Common abbreviation, kinda like NO ONE on the west coast calls it The Pacific Coast Highway - it is near-universally known as PCH.

Here's a few, I stopped after the first dozen - could'a kept going. If the links don't work, look at Post #40 on this thread: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...t=waffle+house

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Shooting at Nashville Waffle House, gunman subdued by victim

Police beat: Woman is shot at Waffle House | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source

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https://www.al.com/news/2023/12/waff...fice-says.html

https://www.wsaz.com/2023/12/05/waff...shooting-work/

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You are entitled to your opinion but never have seen an empty Buccees. Love their brisket as well as chicken sandwiches and their baked goods are outstanding.

Agree
 

Love the baked goods. Good place to stop, get gas, walk around, and look at all the things they sell. Clean restrooms, etc. They also pay well and hire a lot of part time seniors.

Not a surprise, not a concern. Not a reputation either.

With 2,000 locations open late at night and serving food that goes good after drinking, there's little surprise that there will occasionally be problems and some of those will involve shootings.