Waffle House

This article is about the American restaurant chain. For other uses, see Waffle House (disambiguation).
Waffle House, Inc.
Waffle House
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurants
GenreCasual dining
FoundedSeptember 5, 1955; 69 years ago (1955-09-05)
Avondale Estates, Georgia, United States
FoundersJoe Rogers
Tom Forkner
Headquarters5986 Financial Drive,
Norcross, Georgia
,
United States
Number of locations
2,006[1][2] (November 2024)
Area served
25 U.S. states
ProductsWaffles, breakfast food, sandwiches
RevenueIncrease$1 billion[3]
Number of employees
40,000[2]
SubsidiariesWH Capital, L.L.C.
Websitewafflehouse.com

Waffle House, Inc. is an American restaurant chain with over 2000 locations in 25 states in the United States.[4] The bulk of the locations are in the Midwest and the South, where the chain is a regional cultural icon.[5] The menu consists mainly of Southern breakfast food.[6] Waffle House is headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, in the Atlanta metropolitan area.[7]

Plaque commemorating the first Waffle House restaurant
  1. ^ "Waffle House Locator". Waffle House. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Our Story".
  3. ^ "Waffle House Chairman Joe Rogers Jr. Debuts as a Billionaire as Restaurant Industry Digs Out from Wreckage". Forbes.
  4. ^ "History". Waffle House. August 21, 2015. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "Waffle House still dishin' diner food at 50 - Business - US business - Food Inc". NBC News. Associated Press. August 15, 2005. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. ^ Maxwell, Samantha (May 18, 2021). "Popular Waffle House Menu Items, Ranked Worst To Best". Mashed. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "Contact us". www.wafflehouse.com. Norcross, GA: Waffle House. 2019. Archived from the original on February 16, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.