Taking Sides: Waffle House vs. IHOP

"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.

Village Inn "Santa Fe Chicken Skillet" is pretty great if sufficiently drunk and hungry.

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.

Country fried steak & eggs w/sausage gravy. Awesome.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I would probably like Waffle House more though, if I had been there more than once. They seem to be KEEPIN IT REAL.

WHAt ABOUT EMBER'S? ALWAYS FORGOTTEN...

but you totally order so much stuff, if memory serves correctly!

my vote goes to waffle house.

I like Embers fine but it's no Perkins.

Are there still Happy Chefs out there? I miss seeing those square boxy buildings with the marquee bulbs lining the edges.

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.

I've got a "not-sweet-yams-but-MASHED-CARROTS!" story I could share, but I'll wait for the Luby's/Picadilly's thread.

Yeah, old IHOPs are about as easy to spot as former Pizza Hut's. Once, I was driving at dusk down Markham without my glasses, and was just amazed by how blue the sky looked. It took me a second to really focus before I realized that I was looking at the high roof of an IHOP.

I've never heard of Waffle House.

I would kill for some double hashbrowns covered right now.

^ correct answer.

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.