The location of most Waffle Houses means there’s some… classism that tends to get tied up with Anti-Waffle House Discourse, which is probably lending itself, in part, to this being such a fraught topic.Once, in Oxford (UK), my husband and I walked past a kebab van very late one night and he said “why do I smell Waffle House”.The hot sauce bottles say “Casa de Waffle.” The jukeboxes have Waffle-House-themed songs on them (once you have heard “ Raisins in my Toast” you will be earwormed forever) and there is an arcane system of hash brown ordering: scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, diced, peppered, and/or capped.That sense of camaraderie gets turned up to 11, of course, at 2 a.m. My mom is a health nut who could barely find anything on the menu she was willing to eat and yet she describes the Christmas Day lunch we had there one year as one of the nicest meals she’s ever had because everyone was so warm and welcoming. It sounds lame, but I’ve never been to a Waffle House where that greeting didn’t feel completely heartfelt. Part of Waffle House Protocol is that all the servers and cooks greet every single customer as they come through the door.The food is really good, and people eat there at all times of the day or night, but it’s particularly popular as a late-night post-drinking spot because it’s all that’s open and it’s the kind of food that tastes especially good when you’re hammered. Waffle House is one of the few chains in America that’s open 24/7/365, and where you can get both breakfast and lunch/dinner options at any time (I have had so many Breakfast Cheeseburgers at Waffle Houses).Some context for those not familiar with Waffle House Culture:

People having safe fun at a waffle house is scary for most Tumblr bloggers, reports say. This is what you call Waffle House at 2 am when the bars close and everyone is drunk and hungry This is the america they don’t want you to see I dont understand this at all and america scares the fuck out of me

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