Waffle House: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Waffle House, Inc.''' merupakan jaringan [[restoran]] asal [[Amerika Serikat]] yang terletak di 2000 lokasi yang tersebar di 25 negara bagian di Amerika Serikat.<ref name=hist>{{cite web |url=http://www.wafflehouse.com/history |title=History |publisher=Waffle House |date=21 August 2015 |access-date=26 August 2015 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102203814/https://wafflehouse.com/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sebagain besar lokasinya berada di ''[[Amerika Serikat Barat Tengah|Midwest]]'' dan AS [[Amerika Serikat Selatan|bagian Selatan]] di mana jaringan restoran ini menjadi ikon budaya regional.<ref name=ap>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna8927443|title=Waffle House still dishin' diner food at 50 - Business - US business - Food Inc. |publisher=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |date=15 August 2005|access-date=21 June 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Menu-menunya sebagian besar merupakan sajian sarapan [[Hidangan Amerika Serikat Selatan|khas Selatan]].<ref name="Mashed review">{{cite news |last1=Maxwell |first1=Samantha |title=Popular Waffle House Menu Items, Ranked Worst To Best |url=https://www.mashed.com/413886/popular-waffle-house-menu-items-ranked-worst-to-best/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |work=[[Mashed.com|Mashed]] |date=18 May 2021}}</ref> Waffle House bermarkas di Norcross, [[Georgia, Amerika Serikat|Georgia, AS]] di kawasan metropolitan Atlanta.<ref name="ContactUs">{{Cite web|title=Contact us|url=https://www.wafflehouse.com/contact-2/|website=www.wafflehouse.com|publisher=Waffle House|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216140248/https://www.wafflehouse.com/contact-2/|archive-date=February 16, 2019|location=[[Norcross, Georgia|Norcross]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|GA]]|year=2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Waffle House pertama dibuka pada [[Hari Buruh (Amerika Serikat)|Hari Buruh]] di akhir pekan tahun 1955 di 2719 East College Avenue, Avondale Estates, [[Georgia, Amerika Serikat|Georgia]], AS.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-20 |title=A State of Innovation: Waffle House |url=https://georgiahistory.com/a-state-of-innovation-waffle-house/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Georgia Historical Society |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-05 |title=TODAY IN HISTORY: Waffle House opened its doors 68 years ago in metro Atlanta |url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/today-history-waffle-house-founded-65-years-ago-metro-atlanta/QNPN5Q7AT5FCTJ2DVE35CKWB3M/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta |language=en}}</ref> Restoran tersebut pertama didirikan oleh Joe Rogers Sr. dan Tom Forkner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/local/waffle-house-founder-dies-month-after-business-partner/ST26EuQ9oaEqgg8o5u6wEO/|title=Waffle House co-founder dies at 98, a month after business partner|last1=Sharpe|first1=Joshua|date=27 April 2017|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=28 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421000506/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/waffle-house-founder-dies-month-after-business-partner/ST26EuQ9oaEqgg8o5u6wEO/|archive-date=2019-04-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-06 |title=Waffle House's 1955 menu offered this ritzy dish for just $1.50 |url=https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/waffle-houses-1955-menu-offered-this-ritzy-dish-for-just-1-50/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=WJBF |language=en-US}}</ref>

Konsep yang dimiliki Roger adalah mengombinasikan kecepatan makanan cepan saji dengan meja layanan yang tersedia sepanjang waktu.<ref name=ap/> Forkner mengusulkan penamaan "Waffle House" karena waffle[[wafel]] merupakan item paling banyak menghasilkan keuntungan dalam daftar menu 16-item.<ref name=ap/>

Waffle House telah berkembang menjadi sebuah ikon budaya. Salah satu yang membuatnya terkenal adalah karena mereka tampak menonjol di sepanjang [[Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways|jalan-jalan Interstate]] di AS Selatan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Paige |date=2007-12-01 |title=How Waffle House became a cultural icon |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/waffle-house-became-cultural-icon/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Atlanta Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>