― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:04 (twenty years ago) link
- The silverware at our table was CAKED with food; it looked like the previous diners had eaten their meals and then reset the table with their used cutlery. We asked for more silverware but it took them three attempts to find some that was actually clean.
- Shaken, I went to take a drink of water. My mother abruptly shouted, "DON'T DRINK OUT OF THAT!" and grabbed my hand. Puzzled and slightly shocked, I took a closer look at the glass and finally saw the ring of orange juice pulp around the inside of my glass.
- At this point, most of the family had lost their appetites, but my dad is stubborn and wanted to eat right then. He ordered a salad with oil and vinegar salad dressing. He had poured on the oil and was going for the vinegar when my middle brother said, "Dad, before you do that, what's on the top of that vinegar?" Dad glanced at it and said, "Oh, that's just pepper." My brother said, "Since when does pepper have WINGS?" Dad put his gnat-topped vinegar carafe back on the table and ordered the check.
We walked out of the restaurant and went straight to McDonald's. I think I've set foot in Denny's maybe once since then (the whole "we don't like black people" thing from the early 90s was an unnecessary nail in an already-sealed coffin as far as I was concerned).
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:14 (twenty years ago) link
― stevie (stevie), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 16:39 (twenty years ago) link
Denny's quality is seriously a coin flip. There were two Denny's just a mile away from each in Orange County. One was in the more upscale city of Irvine. The other was in a slightly more grimy but not so necessarily gang-ridden part of Santa Ana. The Santa Ana Denny's EXCELLED! I actually fondly remember great meals there a couple of times. Service was excellent. It even beat the Norm's right across the street. The Irvine Denny's on the other hand was a complete inately run shitbasket.
It really just depends on who is managing the place. The range is quality is huge and astounding.
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:53 (twenty years ago) link
*cue EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUGHH!*
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:54 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Kingfishee (Kingfish), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:56 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 18:58 (twenty years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 15 January 2004 19:05 (twenty years ago) link
"So I urge you to telephone your congressperson immediately and state your position on this issue clearly and forcefully, as follows: 'I favor gluing turkey rectums!'" -- Dave Barry
Although this means some number of people would be employed as turkey rectum gluers. TS: gluing turkey butts vs. eating at the Denny's Dan described.
― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 15 January 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 15 January 2004 20:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 16 January 2004 02:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Friday, 16 January 2004 02:45 (twenty years ago) link
Village Inn "Santa Fe Chicken Skillet" is pretty great if sufficiently drunk and hungry.
― Hunter (Hunter), Friday, 16 January 2004 03:21 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 16 September 2005 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
waffle house all the way. that said, in the 3 million times i've drunkenly eaten there, they have a 0% success rate at getting even the simplest order 100% correct, bless em.
um, i ordered grits as well.
oh. ok. i'll get them in a minute, honey.
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― dar1a g (daria g), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 16 September 2005 01:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Country fried steak & eggs w/sausage gravy. Awesome.
― shookout (shookout), Friday, 16 September 2005 02:00 (eighteen years ago) link
IHOP gets points for just putting the damn pitcher of coffee on your table, allowing you to serve yourself. However, last time I was there, the A/C wasn't working. The hostess just gave me a menu to fan myself.
Also, at IHOP and Denny's, there's the odd chance that you might get seated at an actual table. Fuck that, bring on the booths. Denny's does have those U-shaped booths than can fool a drunk into thinking that he's been seated at the Peppermint Lounge or somewhere.
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again. A friend and I were at the Perkins off Riverside in Minneapolis. We both had the raspberry pie, and it was sooo good. The waiter came by and asked how it was, and my friend replied, "My God, it's orgasmic!"
Without missing a beat, the waiter responded with "That's great! I'll bring over some more napkins."
And THAT, my friends, is what you call a snappy comeback.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 03:36 (eighteen years ago) link
waffle house CRUSHES all opponents, but the last time i was at a denny's (in the middle of the night while drunk SHOCKAH), my glob of greasy melted crap was darned tasty.
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 16 September 2005 04:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― O'so Krispie (Ex Leon), Friday, 16 September 2005 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
i imagine that the Best IHOP Ever might be pretty great, but by and large they seem medicore at best. Waffle House has more personality, as a chain, but i have had far fewer WH experiences.
― carly (carly), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link
The IHOP has good coffee, good OJ, and I like their variety of pancakes. I'm biased though...IHOP is one of my favorite chains, everything smells so good and looks so good. I suppose they'll get bombed out of business now that I said that.
But I've never been to Waffle House so I don't know.
― simian (dymaxia), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― simian (dymaxia), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
I would probably like Waffle House more though, if I had been there more than once. They seem to be KEEPIN IT REAL.
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link
WHAt ABOUT EMBER'S? ALWAYS FORGOTTEN...
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
but you totally order so much stuff, if memory serves correctly!
my vote goes to waffle house.
― ai lien (kold_krush), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link
I like Embers fine but it's no Perkins.
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Are there still Happy Chefs out there? I miss seeing those square boxy buildings with the marquee bulbs lining the edges.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
one tired morning at IHOP a few months ago i reached for the maple syrup to pour on my pancakes, only to realize too late i had mistakenly grabbed the coffee. i had actually taken a bite before realizing what happened.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 16 September 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
ha
Even though I've never been to Waffle House I have to say I'm surprised this is even a question. IHOP is pretty gross.
― Noooo! Cats are not for eating!!! (ENBB), Thursday, 14 May 2009 20:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Waffle House is probably objectively better, but I'd go with IHOP because it is what I grew up with, I've been there a million times, and there's one right near my house that my son likes me to take him to when we are having special father/son time. I can't say that I've ever been to Waffle House either.
Original Pancake House is indeed a great place, really a step beyond some of these more generic ones. We haven't gone there for a while, even though it's come up in conversation - maybe this weekend...
Also, I love me some Cracker Barrel, though once or twice a year is plenty, thank you very much.
― Moodles, Thursday, 14 May 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Waffle House CEO accused of sexual improprieties
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 10 November 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
davycoolguyInnocent until proven guilty. I am not automatically going to believe this womans story. I have a brain and use it for critical thinking.
http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif
― crüt, Saturday, 10 November 2012 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
Since the opening of its first restaurant in the Atlanta suburb of Avondale in 1955, Waffle House has become a culinary staple of the South with more than 1,500 restaurants that are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It is known for its signature shitty yellow signage, jukebox music and breakfast offerings.
― how's life, Saturday, 10 November 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
Whatever, that signage is cool! I like the little plastic signs they stick in the oreo pie.
― emilys., Monday, 12 November 2012 04:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-miles-square/2014/02/waffle_house_and_the_american049162.php
There are just 10 in all of Yankeedom, which has 55 million people. Those three nations - the “blue” coalition of contemporary politics - comprise 29 percent of the national population, but just 0.6 percent of all Waffle Houses.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
waffle house owns
― death and darkness and other night kinda shit (crüt), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
You go back in time, kill Hitler, come back, and see this. Now what do you do?
https://i.imgur.com/G3bix4g.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 22 February 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link
I would kill for some double hashbrowns covered right now.
― Yerac, Thursday, 22 February 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
^ correct answer.
― pplains, Thursday, 22 February 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Waffle House forever and ever. probably my favorite restaurant of all time at this point. give me cheese eggs, cheese grits, and a biscuit, a cup of coffee, and im in heaven.
lot of good memories of my early 20s hanging/pre-gaming w friends at the Waffle House back when you could still smoke cigarettes.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 22 February 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link