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I don't think anybody is arguing that Waffle House is some gourmet dining experience. But it does have good food fast and reasonably priced. It's also one of the few places that's open 24 hours, and remains open even during severe weather like snow and ice storms, tornados and hurricanes. They aren't just restaurants, they're community gathering places and an institution in the south. It's where every southern college student ends up at 3 am drunk. It's a part of our culture that you can't possibly understand because, simply, you're not southern.
I don't know much about Michigan, but I imagine there must be SOME kind of regional restaurant that's a similar institution up there. If not, I feel sorry for you.
Coney Island is our "Waffle House" I guess, huge part of Detroit culture. 24/7 dining with LOTS of different options. One by me served breakfast all day too. I guess IHOP does the trick as well. There are also local places that aren't chain at all, you would just have to be from around there to even know about it. That being said, I would still love a couple of Waffle Houses to be in Michigan.
I had no idea PA had any. Philly def don't have them. lol. We got our iHop , Dennys, Diners. Here the Diners seem more popular then iHop and Dennys. Not too many Dennys here either.
You can find pretty much any type of food in a metro of that size. No one eats grits up here beyond a few former-southerners and the soul food crowd. I personally don't get the attraction, don't like the texture or really anything about grits, but I realize that not everyone is going to like odd regional comfort foods if they didn't grow up with them.
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