Waffle House is just a magical place.
It would be hard to explain to somebody who had never been why Waffle House is one of America’s greatest treasures.
“Is it clean?”
“No, it’s kinda like a truck stop bathroom.”
“Is it gourmet food?”
“No, the guy cooking definitely has a few felonies and a meth addiction.”
“Is it the staff?”
“No, they’ll definitely beat your ass if you look at them sideways.”
But at 3 AM, after a night of drinking, nothing tastes better than those smothered and covered hash browns cooked with love behind a greasy counter by a guy with a cigarette and an ankle monitor.
And if you ever need to explain to somebody why Waffle House is such a magical place, just show them this video.
This past Friday, Hank Williams Jr. made a stop in Tampa at the Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheater. And after the show, it looks like everybody there made a stop at (where else?) Waffle House.
And in one of the greatest examples of Americans putting aside their differences and uniting together for a common cause that we’ve seen in a long time, the entire restaurant broke out into a beautiful chorus of “Family Tradition.”
@anniemaay17 POV: its 2AM at the waffel house after a @hank.willams.jr concert #hankjr #manofsteel #allmyroudyfriendshavesettleddown #legend #tampaflorida #midfloridaamphitheatre ♬ original sound – Annika 🌸
Almost brings a tear to your eye.
British Tourists Drunkenly Try Waffle House For The First Time
Is there anything more American than drunkenly eating Waffle House at 3 AM?
Stumbling through those glass doors and sliding into that hard wooden booth after a night of partying, knowing that your future is about to be filled with smothered and covered hash browns made with love by a cook who may or may not have been smoking a cigarette and wearing an ankle monitor while he was standing at the grill?
It’s basically a rite of passage here in America. A pilgrimage made by millions of drunk college students and other degenerates every single night. And it’s amazing.
I mean, where else are you going to get an entire restaurant drunkenly breaking out into a Hank Williams Jr. song, while also knowing you’re protected by a staff that will literally throw hands and dodge chairs to take care of their customers when shit inevitably hits the fan?
Nowhere but the Waffle Home.
And two British tourists recently got the experience for themselves – and had their minds absolutely blown.
Josh Clarke is a TikTok creator from England who’s built up quite a following here in America, trying all kinds of American foods and learning about all the weird shit we have – and do – over here in the new world.
And he’s currently on his first trip to America to get a look at our culture and our country for himself.
Well of course no trip to America would be truly complete without a drunken trip to Waffle House, so when Josh and his travel buddy Jase found themselves hitting up the WaHo after a night of partying, I’m not sure that they were ready for what they were about to experience.
@imjoshfromengland2 Replying to @Jasmine Gee @Josh & Jase ♬ original sound – imjoshfromengland2
Both men went with the Texas bacon cheesesteak melt, along with a side of the famous hashbrowns.
And when they went in for the kill, you can see the moment that their lives changed forever.
“What’s it taste like?”
“Heaven.”
“That is some good shit. I don’t know whether it’s because I’m drunk, but this tastes incredible.”
“Really good. 10 out of 10.”
In fact it was so good that Jase was already ordering another round before he was done with his first one.
@imjoshfromengland2 @Josh & Jase ♬ original sound – imjoshfromengland2
Welcome to America boys. Glad you’re getting the true experience.