Now will you take this seriously?

[Historic NY]

The Waffle House restaurant chain announced Tuesday it is closing 365 locations across the country as companies grapple with the coronavirus outbreak.


[link:https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/489379-waffle-house-shutters-365-locations|]

[msongs]

1. will they have waffles to go then? nt

[dweller]

2. bummer

with butter and syrup on top
😠

✌🏼

[misanthrope]

3. That's a serious sign of disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index

[customerserviceguy]

5. Yep

I had heard of that.

Folks down here sometimes call it "Awful House", but I've never got less than a satisfactory meal at a fair price, with friendly service from any of them I've been to.

[misanthrope]

7. Sometimes, you just want greasy-spoon food

Sure, it's terrible for you but that's the experience you want. And since locally owned, individually distinctive diners can be harder to find, Waffle House fits the bill.

[csziggy]

8. It sure is!

After Hurricane Hermione hit Tallahassee, the only place that had hot food was a Waffle House. They had no electricity, so it was cash only, but their gas grill was working. The menu was limited - hamburgers or grilled cheese. Period.

We had stuff at the house, but no power to cook with so we took a friend who was in worse shape for dealing with it. We all got a hot meal, such as it was, and felt better.

The previous year after a tropical storm hit, the Waffle House food truck was in town and served a lot of food the day after the storm, but it only took one day for the rest of the Waffle Houses to get back up and running.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. The economy is now officially scattered, smothered, and covered. nt

[GulfCoast66]

6. Wow! FEMA uses the number of waffles house that close as an indicator of when shit has hit the fan.

In hurricanes. They literally never close. I remember when Charlie hit here in 04 some of them did not even know where the keys to lock the doors were located.

And love me some pecan waffles!