waffle houses

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Waffle House is an American restaurant chain known for being open 24 hours, serving breakfast items and Southern fare at low prices.

The restaurants are so reliably open that FEMA uses their closures to gauge disaster severity—the "Waffle House Index." In lowercase, waffle houses are simply establishments serving waffles: The neighborhood has three waffle houses within walking distance.

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Opposites
American dining culture/class signifiers

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Exclusive membership venues

culinary pretension/approach

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Lighter contemporary French gastronomy

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G