Waffle House, Joseph Wilson Rogers, and Tom Forkner black plaque

Decatur, GA, United States

The Waffle House At this location, on labor day 1955, Avondale Estates neighbours Joe Rogers, Sr., and Tom Forkner founded the first Waffle House restaurant. The name was inspired by the most popular item on the original menu. The restaurant's focus on fast-food speed ad round-the-clock service refl

ected mid-century societal shifts toward an automobile culture As suburbs and the interstate highway system developed throughout the region and the nation, Waffle House grew to include over 1,600 loca

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