Waffle House is the Mercedes of late-night drunk food. My now-wife and I got in a huge fight at a friend's wedding but managed detente long enough to have the cab drop us at WH at 1AM.

Our pattern was buying a six-pack of something decent (relatively - I'm talking Bud or something similar) and a case of Milwaukee's Best Light for after you couldn't really taste what you were drinking anymore.

How far into the drive were you when running up the $200 bar bill?

No chicken fried steak?

Oh, what - all Mediterraneans look the same to you??

A couple of the younger people who work at my firm don't own cars. They Uber to work, which is far cheaper than buying a car and paying to park (never mind gas, insurance and maintenance). If they go on a road trip they rent one for the weekend. Actually makes a lot of sense.

There was a small chain called O'Charleys and the location near where I went to college had three-in-ones (i.e. triple strength drinks) on Wednesdays. If you ordered a Long Island Iced Tea is was 150% alcohol. I think that math works. Anyway, you'd be blasted after two of them.

I love Louisiana for that exact reason. Hit the state line, swing through the drive-in daiquiri stand. I guess because they don't put the straw in it for you, it's not open container. How's that for splitting hairs?

I assumed 20% of their clientele just died off.

"Shit."

Wait, you're telling me a company literally based on a Louisiana swamp island might have a checkered history of race relations?

Smacks of effort.

Hell, I grew up in a big city and we still hung out at Chili's. It's like teenagers don't know better or something.

That would be the toothfish, thank you. There's no such thing as a sea bass, unless you're trying to sell more fish.

There's nothing wrong with Red Robin. But with the explosion in specialty burger places I've got a half-dozen options, closer to home. I don't know how they all stay in business.

How the fuck does revenue drop 20% in a year? I wouldn't think you could cause something like that on purpose.

Nope - Olive Garden nukes as well. I actually had a waiter tell me that, while describing how the specials are superior because they're cooked fresh. "The other stuff they just throw in the microwave." His words.

They passed open carry in Georgia last year, and apparently some guy got upset at the airport because he was walking around with an M-15 on his back and the cops followed him everywhere.

The two patrons they get between one and six AM probably don't cover the cost of carry. Unless you're near a college and get the drunk crowd.

Just the one location, or then entire chain?