[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

If you like lots and lots of butter and salt and very cheap meals, yes they are good. IMHO you get a MUCH better breakfast for twice as much at Cracker Barrel. However, since you and I agree on little else, we probably disagree on this as well you may very well love-love-love Waffle House.

I'm totally not a fan of Cracker Barrel so if Waffle House is worse than that, I might go when they open just to say I've been there once, and likely never go back.

I've also never been to a Denny's. But I do really like Darrell's near Spanish Springs. Not a fan of grits OR hash browns. Love home fries though.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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.

Their reputation is SO well-known (among everyone except I guess three people on this forum?) that there's a SONG called Waffle House Fights.

This incident went viral - Waffle House Wendy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FliJTGOQ0fQ

She got fired a year later for the incident but it was pretty stellar at the time.

[shut the front door]

By reading some of the replies here, it looks like chatbrat is back.

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by VApeople

We have lived here for 9 years and we have no idea what OBT means.

If you want your message to mean anything to all people, you might want to avoid abbreviations like that.

We're Florida natives and 441 has always been known as OBT (Orange Blossom Trail for as long as we've known it), had no idea even new residents would not know just from the evening news on TV which will use the terms OBT and Rt 441 interchangeably. Sorry, no intent to offend anyone in any way !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

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.

LOL, so true. The best part is we have so many choices in the USA, there is pizza for every taste, subs for every taste, and barbecue for every taste.... and you are so right about Bucee's, so awful it's hard to get into the place.

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by Mazjaz

Never seen late night violence or freak shows at any Waffle House and we have been going once a week for probably 35 years. Excellent food.

ditto, went nearly every Sunday after church in Pompano for many years, guess late Sunday a.m. is just not the time to catch all the "freak shows" and violence....LOL ! Suppose most 24 hour places have different clientele at 3 a.m. than 3 p.m. !

[Pairadocs]

Originally Posted by justjim

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!

Especially the pecan waffles ! My late mother always suspected their secret to such great waffles was a touch of vanilla in the batter, and a mix of cake flour with standard bleached baking flour. She made a perfect home version when we couldn't afford to "eat out" (not as common back then).

[Pairadocs]

[QUOTE=paulajr;2405409]

Originally Posted by biggamefish1

OBT is in Orlando….so what does that have to do with us?

Actually OBT/441 runs nearly the length of the state. At one time, before the interstate highway system was completed, it was the ONLY (rational) route most of us had to travel a long distance in this very long state. At that time it was very obvious why it was named Orange Blossom Trail, miles and miles of seeing nothing on either side of the highway but groves. Seeing the citrus tower was an exiting sight, even though we saw it constantly in those days when other routes were not available or convenient. But all that as before the first of the "big freezes" and the demise of the industry in this area. Which prompted a new industry to provide jobs, the planned retirement community industry.

[westernrider75]

Originally Posted by Joe C.

They have a decent breakfast, but I haven't had lunch there. If you like butter and powdered sugar on your waffles, you had better bring your own powdered sugar as they don't have it.

I thought I was the only one who likes waffles that way!

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by thelegges

It’s not a cheap date to eat. Waffles are good if you need to eat. Everything else is tooooo much grease. But hashbrown3way has a following. Most are open 24/7 so crowd can be dicey into the night

Grease is good!

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Never been to a Trader Joe's. Their reputation for exotic food aside, are they any good? Or is it just popular with the Costco leaning folks?

Just an attempt at humor...........now..............Don't get all huffy.

I used to go to TJ’s for their chocolate cereal. Then all of a sudden they didn’t have it anymore. I don’t know if it’s related or not but Costco cut out their chocolate muffins at about the same time. What gives?

[Aloha]

Recent price increases at Waffle House has been problematic for many. It has become a pricey dive in the view of many of the regulars who no longer indulge the grease.

[defrey12]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

I've never been to a Waffle House. Their reputation for late-night violence aside, are they any good? Or is it just popular for the freak-shows?

It’s a southern tradition…

[Rocksnap]

[QUOTE=biggamefish1;2405248]

Originally Posted by VApeople

We have lived here for 9 years and we have no idea what OBT means.

OBT is short for Orange Blossom Trail

Now how come the 99.999% of the rest of us Villigers didn’t know what OBT meant? Thanks much!

[Danube]

Originally Posted by Signguy

Just margarine.

I ate at WH two days ago. They use real butter.