Taking Sides: Waffle House vs. IHOP

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probably so you don't fuck it up.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha I was going to say "Presumably so you don't try to turn it into an IHOP" but I like stence's version of the answer more.

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link

In many many ways, Waffle House is superior, but the thing that IHOP has that totally rocks my world is BLINTZES.

why i love where i live: i can get blintzes around the corner!

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:01 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.sixstringdreams.com/images/roffle_house%5B1%5D.jpg

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:05 (eighteen years ago) link

There's no Waffle House in Harlem.

― scrimhaw1837 (son_of_scrimshaw), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:18 (eighteen years ago) link

i wish there were! i was in harlem today.

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 17 September 2005 04:28 (eighteen years ago) link

the Waffle House in my town got turned into a mortuary shipping service. It still looks like a Waffle House, it's just painted grey and has hearses parked out front.

― jxnx (jxnx), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Several Waffle Houses in my hometown got turned in to "Sunshine Cafe"s. Same exact menu tho.

― shookout (shookout), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link

There's a hearse that is frequently parked outside of my closest Waffle House. You'd think that they'd make that guy park around back or something.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:48 (eighteen years ago) link

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3373/im0028864ic.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 17 September 2005 06:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I owe Hstencil bigtime for taking me to my first Waffle House.

Nickalicious's weed-dealer story is still the hidden gem of this thread.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 17 September 2005 07:21 (eighteen years ago) link

are there ANY waffle houses in areas northeast of, say, the philadelphia metro area? i don't think that i've ever even SEEN on of these franchises.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 17 September 2005 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Waffle House because IHOP no longer has buckwheat pancakes, but I don't get to either very often, just on road trips.

last time I went to WH was on 1-81 in VA where the guy sitting next to me was vehemently refused his special request on the souped-up home fries. those potatoes are over-the-top already.

the original Perkins Pancake House was in my Cincinnati neighborhood. a real hole-in-the-wall on Hamilton Ave.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Saturday, 17 September 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link

Waffle House, definitely.

Last time I went to IHOP I ordered the ice cream sundae, and there was a long hair in it. I sent it back and told them I didn't want another one, but they brought me another anyway. I let my friends eat it. When I went to the counter to pay for my drink, they charged me for the sundae too. When I tried to explain the situation, the hostess woman threatened to call the cops if I didn't pay up. I gave them my $3, and will never go back.

― pinkerton, Saturday, 17 September 2005 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link

There's a hearse that is frequently parked outside of my closest Waffle House. You'd think that they'd make that guy park around back or something.

I'd lose my shit if I ever saw a hearse at the back of a Waffle House.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 17 September 2005 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link

When they refer to as "Burt's Chili", the apostrophe is being used as a contraction and not a possessive, see...

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 17 September 2005 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

i still heart I-SLOP!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:54 (eighteen years ago) link

WAFFLE HOUSE PWNS YOU!!!!!

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:58 (eighteen years ago) link

but i've NEVER been to a waffle house! are there any in the northeast?!?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 16 January 2006 05:59 (eighteen years ago) link

ohio

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 16 January 2006 06:00 (eighteen years ago) link

but that's more central... sadly... outside cleveland is the north-est i've found one :-(

― tehresa (tehresa), Monday, 16 January 2006 06:01 (eighteen years ago) link

according to the store locator on their website, there are waffle houses in delaware and pennsylvania.

― danielle the animal steel (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 16 January 2006 06:23 (eighteen years ago) link

The last few times we've been to Denny's, my wife has requested a booth and we've been seated at the really long U-shaped booth. We sit on either side of the table and pretend like we're one of those really rich couples who have to shout at each other because they're so far away.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link

IHOP. i had a good garden omelette w/ cheese there the other day.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

IHOPs are a little too sterile in decor and always freezing-ass cold. Waffle Houses have a lived-in but not dirty feel, and it's fun to watch the griddle person cook. I covet a professional griddle/stovetop setup like they have.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:24 (eighteen years ago) link

three months pass...

http://www.junkfoodblog.com/uploaded_images/ihop-caramel-breakfast-775641.jpg http://www.menumasters.com/images/MM-IHOP.jpg

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 11 May 2006 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Those stuffed French toast things are pretty sweet.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 11 May 2006 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link

five months pass...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120AP_Naked_at_Waffle_House.html

Nude couple's feud ends at Waffle House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- No shirt, no service? What about no clothes at all? A couple that began squabbling in a motel room Friday morning carried their dispute over to an adjacent Waffle House restaurant in the nude, police said.

The woman, who was not identified, told officers she was staying in a room with Larry Boyd when he took a hit of cocaine, started trashing their room and choked her.

She ran in the buff to the nearby restaurant and locked herself in the bathroom. Boyd, also naked, followed her into the restaurant and then fled in a car.

He was arrested - still naked - after a short chase by police and was charged with driving under the influence and felony evading arrest, among other charges. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Sunday, 5 November 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes! I knew I moved to Nashville for something..

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Monday, 6 November 2006 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Borat is a prophet!

― polar bear flashback episode (nickalicious), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Yay Nashville! I wish they mentioned which one it was. My guess it's the one on Sidco Drive.

Why is this not mentioned in The Tennessean?

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

waffle house kicks ihops ass by a mile. would it kill them to use real strawberries on the rooty tooty fresh 'n' fruity in the summer. WOULD IT?? plus the air conditioning hasnt worked for a good year at our local one.

that said, denny's trumps both

― sunny successor (katharine), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh, nevermind. 2nd story down:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061104/NEWS01/611040318/1006

And, I wholeheartedly vote for Waffle House. The JUKEBOX with WAFFLE HOUSE SONGS is reason enough for it to win.

Although, I've never been to Huddle House.

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Did anyone try those funnel cakes when IHOP was serving them?

IHOP's got the lingonberry factor.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Waffle House -- scattered, smothered and covered hashbrowns, my friends. Delicious.

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Waffle House > IHOP >>>>>>>>> Denny's

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 6 November 2006 23:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok, as a transplanted-Northerner, I have to say Waffle House is WAY better due to the fact that they don't really exist above PA. Am I right? I'm right. You don't get that classy decorum and yellow and black color scheme above the Mason Dixon, that's for sure.

Denny's. Blah. Even "Buffalo '66" couldn't make them cool.

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:34 (seventeen years ago) link

the decor is shifting - i saw a de-groovified waffle house recently, in virginia, and a little part of me died

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:36 (seventeen years ago) link

And, I wholeheartedly vote for Waffle House. The JUKEBOX with WAFFLE HOUSE SONGS is reason enough for it to win.

agreed!

― the starbucks in the forbidden city (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:37 (seventeen years ago) link

There's a "nice" Waffle House in a strip mall near a Target in a fancypants suburb of Nashville. I can never bring myself to go in. I'm afraid it will be clean.

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:38 (seventeen years ago) link

the one i saw was clean, and you couldn't smoke. it was shocking.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link

i swear i posted something about "going diced and chunked" but i must have put it in the wrong thread

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:39 (seventeen years ago) link

the one i saw was clean, and you couldn't smoke

This makes me infinitely sad.

― molly d (mollyd), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link

I watched a Waffle House cook chase two kids out the door (they were trying to get away without paying) and smash a plate over the hood of their car. It was great. A total Waffle House moment. This too was in Tennessee.

― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 00:33 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not exactly my style, but I am proud of the fact that I could walk into any Waffle House within a radius of 300 miles and call the Hogs. It's not quite the same inside an IHOP or Denny's, and it certainly wouldn't work inside a Perkin's.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

they do "dine and dash" at non-waffle house joints, too!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes! Calling the hogs! Last year, a fellow librarian demonstrated that for me at work one day (yep, inside the library). It was fantastic. But answer me this: you can do this inside a Waffle House and other folks would join in? This is mind-blowingly wonderful.

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 01:51 (seventeen years ago) link

God I want an ihop omelette right now.

― milo z (mlp), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 01:52 (seventeen years ago) link

you can do this inside a Waffle House and other folks would join in? This is mind-blowingly wonderful.

Remember that payphone scene in Pee Wee's Big Adventure where Pee Wee proves to Dottie that he's in Texas by singing the first part of "Deep In the Heart of Texas" and all of the strangers and bystanders around him join him for the second part? It's a lot like that, though admittedly, it's much more effective at 2 AM than it is at 2 PM.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Hunker down!

― shookout (shookout), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

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