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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Waffle House Index

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The 24/7 short order restaurant Waffle House is known for staying open during natural disasters, so much so that federal agencies gauge where to start helping in areas where they’re closed.

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0:00.0

This is Mel Reid, LPTO Tour winner and six-time Lady European Tour winner.

0:04.7

And Kira K Dickson, NBC Sports Reporter and host.

0:07.9

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0:11.0

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0:14.9

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0:19.3

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0:22.9

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0:26.4

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0:30.3

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0:35.9

Hey, and welcome to The Short Step.

0:40.5

I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too, sitting in for Dave, and we're just cooking it up.

0:42.5

Here's stuff you should know.

0:44.0

That's right.

0:50.8

We've talked about Waffle House here and there quite a bit over the years, and I was going to do a full Waffle House episode.

0:51.8

That was in the pipeline.

0:55.6

Maybe still, but maybe not after this.

1:00.5

I feel like we've taken a pretty good chunk out of what would have been a Waffle House episode.

1:01.6

Agreed.

1:04.1

Because we're talking about the Waffle House Index.

1:07.0

And yes, there's plenty of interesting stuff about the Waffle House. But I would argue that the Waffle House index is possibly the most interesting thing about the

1:11.8

chain of what everyone in the South or Southeast knows is 24-7 restaurants that are legendary for staying

1:21.6

open against all odds. That's right. And a lot of restaurants and chains may claim to be open 365 days a year.

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