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Springfield, MO has 6 Waffle Houses. First one opened in 1970s, store 448
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:25 pm
My order anywhere I go:
3 eggs over medium
2 orders of very crispy hashbrowns, slightly burnt.
Smothered in onions, no cheese.
2 slices of crispy bacon, no bread or bisquits.
Coffee
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Share your craziest Waffle House story. The following Waffle House experience happened to me in 2001:
I was driving across the American southwest on I-40 moving myself back to Missouri from San Diego. I crossed the New Mexico/Texas border. Soon after I entered Texas, I began to feel tired so I thought I would stop at a Waffle house in Amarillo for some neverending coffee and food.
It was late evening.
I sat at the bar, ordered my coffee, and began to doodle in a notebook to pass time. Not long after I placed my order, an attractive black guy and his extremely attractive white girlfriend came in and sat down next to me. They noticed me drawing which prompted them to start conversation with me. They were wonderfully nice and very social people.
In the back corner of the restaurant was a table of four faux neo-nazis dressed from head to toe in nazi uniforms. The moment the black guy and white girl came into the restaurant, that particular table started to use the N-word louder and louder to attempt to get a rise from the black guy.
I felt bad for the black guy and at one point I said, "Man, I'm sorry that you have to put up with that. Unbelievable."
He and his girlfriend laughed and he said, "Don't worry about it. They're a bunch of punks. It doesn't bother me at all."
His girlfriend said, "They would be stupid to start shite with my boyfriend. He's a Marine and would kick the shite outta them."
We kept chatting about San Diego, Missouri, Texeas and about everything else under the sun while the neo-nazi table continued to say the N-word over and over. To be honest, it was incredibly awkward, embarrassing, and rather distracting.
I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. I'd never witnessed an act of blatant racism like what I was experiencing at a random Waffle House in Amarillo, Texas.
Suddenly, the biggest neo-nazi rose from his table and began to walk toward us. I thought he was going to the restroom. However, he stopped right behind the black guy and slammed his hand on the bar and looked him right in the eye and said, "fricking n*****s with white whores make me sick."
The black guy stood up, took off his dress coat and calmly handed it to his girlfriend. He looked at me and calmly said, "If you don't mind, stay here with my girl. This will only take a second."
She smiled and said, "He's going to kick the shite outta them. This will be fast."
The rest of the neo-nazies stood up and ran to the front door to fight with their buddy.
However, at that moment another table of four white men on the other end of the restaurant stood up and began walking toward the front door as well. Each one of them was wearing a gray Marines t-shirt.
They all walked outside and the moment they hit the parking lot, the black guy and the white Marines destroyed the neo-nazies in about 10 seconds flat. The black guy knocked out the largest neo-nazi's front teeth. Literally. I mean, his front teeth were on the parking lot.
The black guy and the white Marines calmly walked back into the Waffle House. They paid their tab and left before the cops arrived.
Before they left, the black guy and white girlfriend offered me their place to stay for the night because they knew from our conversation that I planned to sleep in my car in the Waffle House parking lot.
They gave me directions to their place. I waited a few hours because I knew they were on a date. Around midnight I left Waffle House and drove to their place. I ended up sleeping on their couch.
I left the next morning and arrived in SW Missouri the next evening.
That was one of the strangest nights I've ever experienced.
ETA: The cops did in fact arrive not long after the Marines left. They asked normal questions about the incident. Not one person in that Waffle House gave any useful information about the Marines and the black guy to the cops. Clearly everyone was protecting the Marines from punishment.
One cop remarked as he was walking out of the restaurant, "Those punks deserved an asswhoopin'. I wouldn't feel an ounce of remorse if they simply disappeared one day," and then he left.
I was like, "Oh shite...are the cops going to kill those neo-nazis?"
3 eggs over medium
2 orders of very crispy hashbrowns, slightly burnt.
Smothered in onions, no cheese.
2 slices of crispy bacon, no bread or bisquits.
Coffee
_________________________________________
Share your craziest Waffle House story. The following Waffle House experience happened to me in 2001:
I was driving across the American southwest on I-40 moving myself back to Missouri from San Diego. I crossed the New Mexico/Texas border. Soon after I entered Texas, I began to feel tired so I thought I would stop at a Waffle house in Amarillo for some neverending coffee and food.
It was late evening.
I sat at the bar, ordered my coffee, and began to doodle in a notebook to pass time. Not long after I placed my order, an attractive black guy and his extremely attractive white girlfriend came in and sat down next to me. They noticed me drawing which prompted them to start conversation with me. They were wonderfully nice and very social people.
In the back corner of the restaurant was a table of four faux neo-nazis dressed from head to toe in nazi uniforms. The moment the black guy and white girl came into the restaurant, that particular table started to use the N-word louder and louder to attempt to get a rise from the black guy.
I felt bad for the black guy and at one point I said, "Man, I'm sorry that you have to put up with that. Unbelievable."
He and his girlfriend laughed and he said, "Don't worry about it. They're a bunch of punks. It doesn't bother me at all."
His girlfriend said, "They would be stupid to start shite with my boyfriend. He's a Marine and would kick the shite outta them."
We kept chatting about San Diego, Missouri, Texeas and about everything else under the sun while the neo-nazi table continued to say the N-word over and over. To be honest, it was incredibly awkward, embarrassing, and rather distracting.
I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. I'd never witnessed an act of blatant racism like what I was experiencing at a random Waffle House in Amarillo, Texas.
Suddenly, the biggest neo-nazi rose from his table and began to walk toward us. I thought he was going to the restroom. However, he stopped right behind the black guy and slammed his hand on the bar and looked him right in the eye and said, "fricking n*****s with white whores make me sick."
The black guy stood up, took off his dress coat and calmly handed it to his girlfriend. He looked at me and calmly said, "If you don't mind, stay here with my girl. This will only take a second."
She smiled and said, "He's going to kick the shite outta them. This will be fast."
The rest of the neo-nazies stood up and ran to the front door to fight with their buddy.
However, at that moment another table of four white men on the other end of the restaurant stood up and began walking toward the front door as well. Each one of them was wearing a gray Marines t-shirt.
They all walked outside and the moment they hit the parking lot, the black guy and the white Marines destroyed the neo-nazies in about 10 seconds flat. The black guy knocked out the largest neo-nazi's front teeth. Literally. I mean, his front teeth were on the parking lot.
The black guy and the white Marines calmly walked back into the Waffle House. They paid their tab and left before the cops arrived.
Before they left, the black guy and white girlfriend offered me their place to stay for the night because they knew from our conversation that I planned to sleep in my car in the Waffle House parking lot.
They gave me directions to their place. I waited a few hours because I knew they were on a date. Around midnight I left Waffle House and drove to their place. I ended up sleeping on their couch.
I left the next morning and arrived in SW Missouri the next evening.
That was one of the strangest nights I've ever experienced.
ETA: The cops did in fact arrive not long after the Marines left. They asked normal questions about the incident. Not one person in that Waffle House gave any useful information about the Marines and the black guy to the cops. Clearly everyone was protecting the Marines from punishment.
One cop remarked as he was walking out of the restaurant, "Those punks deserved an asswhoopin'. I wouldn't feel an ounce of remorse if they simply disappeared one day," and then he left.
I was like, "Oh shite...are the cops going to kill those neo-nazis?"
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Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:39 pm to mizzoukills
A police officer drove me to my first Waffle House, was 17.
Only establishment in the area open 24 hours.
Accident on the highway, middle of the night, dropped me off with my bags, hung out till morning.
Always get eggs over medium, with burnt hash browns and bacon, black coffee.
I take the toast and try to trade it for bacon.
Only establishment in the area open 24 hours.
Accident on the highway, middle of the night, dropped me off with my bags, hung out till morning.
Always get eggs over medium, with burnt hash browns and bacon, black coffee.
I take the toast and try to trade it for bacon.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:41 pm to miz_zombie
I always attempt trades anywhere I go. It's fun and will save you a few bucks every now-and-then. 
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:45 pm to HillelSlovak
Chili Peps are better without Hillel
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:49 pm to mizzoukills
Was at a Waffle House in Charleston, SC about 3 years ago. It was about 3:30 am. Myself and a group of friends were on a billiards trip. While we were eating, there was a table of 4 skinny, white heroin addicts a few tables back that were trading ideas about how to get money/score. We paid and as we were walking across the parking lot, 2 black dudes rolled up in a murder wagon and tried to rob us. Haha. Charleston is a beautiful city, but that may have been the sketchiest 2 hours of my life. Was totally caught off guard by it.
It was so surprising because I was trying to keep an eye on those needle junkies to make sure they didn't knock us in the head and........BAM...... robbery attempt by some other random arse dudes.
It was so surprising because I was trying to keep an eye on those needle junkies to make sure they didn't knock us in the head and........BAM...... robbery attempt by some other random arse dudes.
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:51 pm to mizzoukills
Yeah, but how many Huddle Houses do you have?
Huddle House is like the K-mart to Waffle Houses Wal-Mart, FWIW .
Huddle House is like the K-mart to Waffle Houses Wal-Mart, FWIW .
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:53 pm to DaleDenton
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Huddle House
Or, even worse, a Waffle Hut?
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:54 pm to mizzoukills
i love waffle house but i have never been sober enough to remember anything interesting that has happened there.
a late night favorite in high school and when home for the holidays/summer while in college. only place open at 3 am.
more options open at that time in athens, but still went to waffle house relatively often.
all star breakfast for me. get the eggs scrambled, choose bacon over ham and sausage, hashbrowns over grits, and you also get a waffle and some texas toast.
ETA: i just remembered a time in PCB on spring break when the wait at waffle house was like an hour so me and some friends just went in there, asked people for their leftovers, and got more than enough to eat doing that. also got paid $3 each to do it because some idiots thought it was gross.
a late night favorite in high school and when home for the holidays/summer while in college. only place open at 3 am.
more options open at that time in athens, but still went to waffle house relatively often.
all star breakfast for me. get the eggs scrambled, choose bacon over ham and sausage, hashbrowns over grits, and you also get a waffle and some texas toast.
ETA: i just remembered a time in PCB on spring break when the wait at waffle house was like an hour so me and some friends just went in there, asked people for their leftovers, and got more than enough to eat doing that. also got paid $3 each to do it because some idiots thought it was gross.
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 8:58 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
however, the most awesome breakfast places in Springfield, MO area are:
1) Aunt Martha's Pancake House
2) Gailey's
3) Billy Gail's (Table Rock Lake, Branson, MO)
1) Aunt Martha's Pancake House
2) Gailey's
3) Billy Gail's (Table Rock Lake, Branson, MO)
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:02 pm to mizzoukills
Springfield is turning into a shithole.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:10 pm to opdogg20
Springfield is a great place...except north Springfield around Hwy 44. That's a shithole.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:12 pm to mizzoukills
Can you still smoke in restaurants in Springfield?
Really gave the whole waffle house experience and their eggs take on a whole new level when a person is chain smoking in the booth behind you.
Really gave the whole waffle house experience and their eggs take on a whole new level when a person is chain smoking in the booth behind you.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:15 pm to opdogg20
nm
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 9:31 pm to mizzoukills
Threw my arse up in the Waffle House bathroom in downtown Athens. This was like 3 months ago on my birthday. My older brother had to hold me over the toilet by my chest. 
Thank you to that waitress who made the meal free
Thank you to that waitress who made the meal free Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:01 pm to mizzoukills
quote:
however, the most awesome breakfast places in Springfield, MO area are:
Antons
Cedars
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:09 pm to mizzoukills
Ok Killz, you may be too young but do you remember the old "Sambo's" restaurants? they were between a Perkins and Waffle House, maybe like a Denny's but Sambo's was the place to go when you were stoned/drunk and needed to fend off the morning hangover. 
This post was edited on 12/10/14 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:13 pm to miz_zombie
Damn, that was waaaaaay tl.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:23 pm to JoeMoTiger
How about the Clock ? 24 hr places with eggs and enough fat to kill a horse.
As for Waffle House...the pecan waffles are the best....will absorb all alcohol in your system. I also loved the juke boxes and the Waffle House songs on most of them.
As for Waffle House...the pecan waffles are the best....will absorb all alcohol in your system. I also loved the juke boxes and the Waffle House songs on most of them.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:26 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
There is story somewhere out there about the late Randy Savage getting into a fight and then biting a police dog at a Waffle House.
I'm afraid my only Waffle House story is that the older one here in Fayetteville once had an all you can eat option. Then one day a friend and I descended upon the place like a breakfast food pillaging horde of Vikings. I cannot recall how much I ate but we were there, and eating, for a solid two hours or so. In our defense, at the time we were living in the dorms and dorm food had long since lost its appeal.
When we returned next week they had removed the all you can eat option from the menu sadly.
I'm afraid my only Waffle House story is that the older one here in Fayetteville once had an all you can eat option. Then one day a friend and I descended upon the place like a breakfast food pillaging horde of Vikings. I cannot recall how much I ate but we were there, and eating, for a solid two hours or so. In our defense, at the time we were living in the dorms and dorm food had long since lost its appeal.
When we returned next week they had removed the all you can eat option from the menu sadly.
Posted on 12/10/14 at 10:46 pm to reel_gator8
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As for Waffle House...the pecan waffles are the best....will absorb all alcohol in your system. I also loved the juke boxes and the Waffle House songs on most of them.
Always, pecan waffles with hash browns and black coffee.
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