Waffle House
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Waffle House, Inc. is an American restaurant chain with over 2,000 locations in 25 states in the United States. The bulk of the locations are in the Midwest and the South, where the chain is a regiona
Plaque showing the first Waffle House restaurant
The first Waffle House restaurant (now a museum), Avondale Estates, Georgia. Note original "syrupy" font on the sign.
A Waffle House in Jasper, Georgia
The Waffle House in Urbana, Maryland
Tom Forkner
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Thomas Francis Forkner was an American businessman, lawyer, and notable senior golfer. He was a co-founder of restaurant chain Waffle House, which as of April 2018 consisted of 2,100 restaurants.
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…weekend in 1955 at the location 2719 East College Avenue in Avondale Estates, Georgia. That restaurant was conceived and founded by Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner. Rogers started in the restaurant business as a short-order cook in 1947 at the Toddle House in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1949, he had become a regional…
This Waffle House in Fort Worth, Texas, is near the Texas Motor Speedway