{"id":1848,"date":"2026-01-08T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2026-01-08T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:25:07","slug":"waffle-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/waffle-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Waffle House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1862\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wafflehouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1862 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wafflehouse-outside-historuc-800-400-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wafflehouse-outside-historuc-800-400-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wafflehouse-outside-historuc-800-400-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wafflehouse-outside-historuc-800-400-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waffle House Crew &#8211; The Early Days!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Waffle House was founded on Labor Day 1955 in Avondale Estates, Georgia, by neighbors Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner, who wanted a 24\/7 restaurant for their community, focusing on good food, fast service, and friendly faces. It grew from a single location into a Southern icon, known for its classic American diner fare, unique ordering lingo, and famous &#8220;Waffle House Index,&#8221; used by FEMA to gauge storm severity due to its consistent operation during disasters. The original location is now a museum, preserving the history of the founders and the brand&#8217;s distinctive culture, including its own record label (Waffle Records) and commitment to employee benefits. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Waffle House &#8211; Serving Good Food Fast since 1955<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Source: <em><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wafflehouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waffle House<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waffle House was founded on Labor Day 1955 in Avondale Estates, Georgia, by neighbors Joe Rogers Sr. and Tom Forkner, who wanted a 24\/7 restaurant for their community, focusing on good food, fast service, and friendly faces. It grew from a single location into a Southern icon, known for its classic American diner fare, unique [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunshine-by-us.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}