Waffle House is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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15 Facts About Waffle House
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Waffle House met Tom Forkner while buying a house from him in Avondale Estates.
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In 2007, Waffle House repurchased the original restaurant, which was sold by the chain in the early 1970s.
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Waffle House restored it using original blueprints for use as a private company museum.
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Founders of the Waffle House brand died in 2017 within two months of each other: Joe Rogers Sr.
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Each Waffle House location is open 24 hours daily, up to 365 days annually.
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Waffle House has released music through its own record label, Waffle Records.
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The songs are on ordinary discs, which are produced for Waffle House and are not commercially sold, but the chain has made a CD of some of the songs available for sale.
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Waffle House provides reservation, candlelight service on Valentine's Day beginning in 2008 with one restaurant in Johns Creek, Georgia, and growing into over 30 in 2009.
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Years, Waffle House was known as "Waffle and Steak" in Indiana due to another chain of restaurants owning the rights to the Waffle House name in the state.
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In 2005, the Waffle and Steak restaurants all adopted the "Waffle House" moniker, bringing the entire chain under the iconic name.
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Waffle House is called the "low-rent roadside cafe featuring waffles" in the 1996 romantic comedy movie Tin Cup.
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Waffle House has an extensive disaster management plan with on-site and portable generators and positioned food and ice ahead of severe weather events such as a hurricane.
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Waffle House prepares 'jump teams' of recovery staff and supplies, brought in from outside disaster-affected areas, so local staff can focus on helping their own homes and families.
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The ability of a Waffle House to remain open after a severe storm, possibly with a limited menu, is used by FEMA as a measure of disaster recovery known as the Waffle House index.
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