Quick Facts

• The first Waffle House restaurant opened on Labor Day in 1955 in Avondale Estates, Ga.
• Waffle House currently operates more than 1,400 restaurants in 25 states.
• The company headquarters of Waffle House, Inc. is located in Norcross, Ga.
• Waffle House is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s).
• The number one Waffle House item sold is coffee. Waffles are number three, right after hashbrowns.
• Challenged to a test, Waffle House has found at least 94,371,000 different ways to prepare its USDA Choice hamburgers.
• More than 442,451,500 waffles (and counting!) have been served since 1955.
• Waffle House restaurants serve more than 95 million cups of coffee each year.

• Waffle House restaurants are the only place where you can hear classic waffle songs “Good Food Fast,” “Waffle Doo Wop” and “Waffle House Family” on a real jukebox.

• If you stack all of the Jimmy Dean sausage patties Waffle House sells in one day, the stack would be as tall as the Empire State Building.

• Waffle House sells enough Bryan bacon in one year to stretch from Atlanta to Los Angeles 7 times.
• Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy are seen eating at a Waffle House restaurant in their 2003 movie, Blue Collar Comedy Tour – The Movie.  
• A Waffle House restaurant is featured in a scene in the 2002 Britney Spears movie Crossroads.

• The R & B group “112” filmed their “It’s Over Now” video at a Snellville, Ga. , Waffle House restaurant.

• Hootie and the Blowfish released a CD in 2000 entitled: “Scattered, Smothered &Covered” and pictured a Waffle House restaurant on the cover.

• After enjoying a meal at a Destin, Fla. , Waffle House restaurant, TV talk show host Rosie O’Donnell flew a grill operator and two salespeople to New York to be on her show in December 2000. They presented her a “Waffles for Life” certificate.

• Waffle House is prominently featured in a scene of “Tin Cup,” a feature film starring Kevin Costner.

Waffle House is the world’s leading server of

• waffles (of course)
• T-bone steaks (yes, the WORLD leader)
• omelets
• cheese ‘n eggs
• USDA Choice hamburgers
• country ham
• pork chops
• grits
• hashbrowns
• patty melts
• raisin toast
• apple butter
• Heinz Traditional Steak Sauce

Waffle House only serves the best brands including

• Coca-Cola soft drinks
• Heinz complete line of sauces
• Sara Lee family of pork products
• Bryan bacon, ham and country ham
• Jimmy Dean Sausage
• Minute Maid Orange Juice
• Wishbone salad dressings
• Waffle House Classic Blend Coffee
• Waffles made with White Lily Flour